Connecticut Children's is hiring: Music Therapist- 24 hrs in Hartford

Job Description

The music therapist will:

• Create individualized treatment plans and goals for patients based on their specific needs.
• Plan, organize, implement, adapt, and evaluate music therapy interventions designed to positively influence patients' psychosocial needs.
• Document patient progress and outcomes in the patient’s EMR.
• 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 and maintain current clinical music therapy practice through review of current music therapy research.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings.
• Provide legacy interventions and bereavement support for patients and families regarding anticipatory grief and at the time of death as appropriate.
• 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.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy. Master’s Degree preferred.

Experience: 2 years of music therapy experience working with children required. Experience in a healthcare setting preferred.

Required: Music Therapist – Board Certified (MT-BC)

Knowledge of:

• Music therapy interventions and theory
• Basic knowledge and understanding of the medical conditions and healthcare experiences of specific patient populations
• Clinical operations policies and procedures; documentation and patient record policies and standards
• In-depth knowledge of child development theory and practice
• Therapeutic play activities and materials; teaching techniques; identification of learning needs and provision of patient/family education
• Legal and ethical issues related to patient rights
• Crisis intervention techniques

Skilled at:

• Musical proficiency and plays a variety of instruments
• Strong interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community
• Basic proficiency in utilization of personal computers in networked Windows-based health care environment to access related software applications; locate, open, edit and print files and information utilized by the unit; and use of Internet as research tool

Ability to:

• Create effective relationships with individuals of different cultural beliefs and lifestyles
• Observe, assess, and record symptoms, reactions and progress
• Maintain emotional stability to cope with human suffering, emergencies and other stresses
• Maintain confidentiality of information
• Make administrative/procedural decisions and judgments
• Evaluate the progress of therapeutic programs and make individual modifications
• Lead and train staff and/or students in music therapy and practice
• Work independently and within a multidisciplinary team.

Work Environment: Clinical environment with normal noise level.

Physical Requirements:

Amount of Time:

Stand: Occasional

Walk: Frequent

Sit: Occasional

Manual Dexterity/Repetitive use of hands, wrists, arms, elbows: Frequent

Forward reach w/hands and/or arms: Frequent

Climb or balance: Occasional

Stoop, kneel, crouch: Occasional

Overhead/above shoulder reaching: Occasional

Choose Applicable Lifting Demands:

LIFT Floor-Waist: Frequently (< 15 lbs.)

LIFT Waist-Shoulder: Frequently (< 15 lbs.)

LIFT Above Shoulder: Occasionally (< 15 lbs.)

PUSH/PULL: Occasionally (< 50 lbs.)

About Us: Connecticut Children’s is the only health system in Connecticut that is 100% dedicated to children.