Artist Humanities in Medicine

Receives direction from and works closely with Center for Humanities leadership or designee.  Integrate the arts into a wide variety of settings to enhance the healthcare experience and provide creative opportunities for patients, visitors, learners, and staff.

The artist will provide visual, literary, and/or performing arts interventions that are individualized to meet the interest and needs of the patient, visitors, learners and/or staff. Artists will collaborate with colleagues and clinical partners to create an unparalleled healthcare experience. Artists will prepare reports on activities.

**Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.  Also, Mayo Clinic DOES NOT participate in the F-1 STEM OPT extension program.

Minimum  Education and/or Experience  Required: 

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related field,  Associate Degree plus 2 years’ experience, or High School diploma plus four years experience.

Additional Experience  and/or Qualifications: 
•   Must demonstrate knowledge and proficiency in sharing the expression of chosen art form.  
•   Must demonstrate cultural competencies and possess interpersonal and interprofessional communication skills with a focus on customer service.  
•   Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
•   Demonstrates knowledge of good hand hygiene and infection control practices. 
•   Demonstrates knowledge of and adheres to privacy policies and HIPAA regulations governing confidentiality and security of protected health information for both manual and electronic patient records, charts, other confidential information. 
•   Some degree of familiarity with the hospital environment. 
•   Must be adaptable and flexible in a changing work environment. 
•   Must exhibit good time management skills and ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a service-oriented work culture. 
•   Must be able to move throughout the hospital for several hours performing as a musician or working as an artist at the bedside.
•   Additional duties as described.

Preferred:  Experience teaching adult and children at diverse levels of physical or artistic abilities, OR, counseling or social work experience.