JOB DETAILS
- Full Time Position for a Hospice Music Therapist in LaPeer MI
- Work Schedule and Shift Expectation to be provided during the interview process
- Excellent Benefits
- Company has been consistently named Top Workplace by employees and genuinely care for their employees career path
JOB SUMMARY
Our client is seeking a compassionate Hospice Music Therapist to provide professional music therapy to patients in accordance with company protocols. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor of Music Therapy degree current Board certification and relevant experience in geriatric and endoflife/terminal illness healthcare.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide consistent professional music therapy in accordance with company protocols and accepted certification practices
- Effectively inform and educate our patients staff and facility partners about music therapy
- Establish therapy objectives as part of the patient assessment
- Plan review and assess therapy sessions to monitor effectiveness and to aid in the planning of subsequent sessions
- Take an active role in sessions by playing instruments singing and listening
- Encourage patients to take part in the session and support them by responding musically and improvising with music as a reaction to what the client is communicating to give comfort during the last stages of life
- Support the patients creative development and facilitate positive changes in their behavior and wellbeing
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree in Music Therapy
- Current Board certified (MTBC) credential according to U. S. Certification Board for Music Therapists
- State music therapy licensing where required
- At least six 6 months of work/education experience with geriatric health care
- At least six 6 months of work /education experience with endoflife/terminal illness health care