Music Therapist

Treasure Coast Hospice•Stuart, FL

3h•$50,000 - $55,000

About The Position

Provides music therapy for hospice patients, families, and staff, as appropriate. The Music Therapist assesses and delivers age-appropriate services that address patients’ and families’ medical, psychological, emotional, spiritual, and social needs, while respecting their cultures, religions, and values. The role uses creative therapeutic activities to improve or maintain mental and physical functions and quality of life, evaluates service effectiveness, and documents services in the clinical record. The therapist collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, participates in weekly care-planning meetings, and helps patients, families, staff, volunteers, and other care team members use music to support individualized care-plan goals. The position also provides education and in-services to hospice staff and community members, follows relevant professional standards, and supports the organization’s compliance and strategic-plan responsibilities. The regular schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with minimal evenings and weekends with advance notice. Emergency duty may be required outside normal work hours or days during an emergency, crisis, or disaster, including at evacuation sites. The position is categorized as OSHA Category III, involving no routine or potential exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues. The work location is smoke-free, and the employee must adhere to smoking restrictions.

Requirements

CBMT Board Certification and compliance with continuing music therapy education requirements.
High customer service orientation.
Effective written and verbal communication skills.
Competent musical skills, including soothing singing, guitar and piano proficiency, and knowledge of other recreational instruments.
Knowledge of music therapy research and best practices in clinical interventions.
Ability to recognize patient and family strengths and weaknesses and their support systems.
Ability to assess, provide, and interpret age-related data and interpret age-specific responses to symptom management in treatment.
Attendance is a condition of employment.
Ability to perform the physical activities listed for the role, including lifting up to 50 pounds and transferring patients between a bed, chair, and toilet.
Ability to adhere to smoking restrictions at a smoke-free work location.

Responsibilities

Plan, implement, and complete music therapy assessments with referred patients and families in accordance with the interdisciplinary plan of care.
Guide patients in creative therapeutic activities intended to improve or maintain mental and physical functions and quality of life.
Evaluate the effectiveness of music therapy services with patients.
Document all services provided to hospice patients and families in the clinical record.
Instruct care team members, including hospice aides, volunteers, and family members when appropriate, in using music to achieve individualized care-plan goals.
Provide in-services to staff, hospitals, nursing homes, related facilities, and community members as requested or appropriate.
Participate in special events when appropriate and allowable alongside regular scheduled duties.
Follow standards of practice established by the American Music Therapy Association and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
Educate hospice staff and community members about the appropriate use of the music therapy program and encourage referrals from clinical staff and volunteers.
Use music therapy to address patients’ and families’ medical, psychological, emotional, spiritual, and social needs in an age-appropriate way and consistent with their cultures, religions, and values.
Participate in weekly interdisciplinary team care-planning meetings, contribute the music therapist’s perspective on clinical needs, and educate team members about music therapy’s role in meeting care-plan needs.
Maintain a high level of urgency, customer consciousness, and service excellence.
Support the Treasure Coast Hospice compliance program, report concerns, and comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws and organizational compliance requirements.
Fulfill responsibilities related to the organization’s strategic plan as requested and assigned.
Perform emergency duty before, during, or beyond normal work hours or days during emergencies, crises, or disasters, including at evacuation sites.