Music Therapist Pediatric Palliative Care

Baystate Health•Springfield, MA

19d•Remote

About The Position

Baystate Pediatric Palliative Care is looking for a Music Therapist to join our team! The music therapist is a certified professional who has the opportunity to join a growing, innovative palliative care team and provide services to families in Western Massachusetts. We service patients in the community - this includes Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties.

Requirements

5 years of music therapy experience working with children who have various needs
Excellent observation, communication, listening, and documentation skills.
Musical proficiency and knowledge of a variety of instruments.
The ability to relate to people from all backgrounds.
The ability to handle sensitive and difficult issues.
Emotional strength and ability to cope with challenging situations.
Empathy and the ability to gain clients' trust.
The confidence to work with people independently and in groups.
Bachelors Degree (Required)
Music Therapist - Board of Certified Music Therapists

Nice To Haves

5+ years experience in areas such as pediatrics, special education, palliative/hospice care, and/or social services

Responsibilities

Establish, document, and evaluate clinical music therapy goals and objectives to address psychosocial needs of patients, siblings, and parents enrolled within the Pediatric Palliative Care Program.
Plan, organize, implement, adapt, and evaluate music therapy interventions designed to positively influence patients' psychosocial needs.
Create and implement interdisciplinary co-treatments with other pediatric palliative care providers to support psychosocial needs of patients and families.
Integrate the most appropriate music therapy approach (i.e. behavioral, developmental, improvisational, neurological, medical) into the patient’s music therapy treatment planning.
Have a high level of clinical musicianship by playing, adapting, and selecting appropriate musical and non-musical equipment for all music therapy experiences.
Supervise music therapy students (i.e. practicum, interns) and maintain current clinical music therapy practice through review of current music therapy research.
Communicate clinically relevant music therapy information effectively to a variety of professional disciplines in the form of oral, written, in-services, conferences and other community sharing opportunities.