Music Therapist – Fulltime
Job Summary
The Music Therapist is recognized as a mental health professional, responsible for planning and implementing therapeutic interventions for patients using formal programming. Interventions are designed to assist children and families in coping with the stress and trauma often associated with a hospitalization. The Music Therapist provides ongoing assessment of child and family interventions and is an integral member of the interdisciplinary team, supporting the social and emotional well-being of the child and family.
Essential Functions
– Uses knowledge of growth and development- typically developing children and those with differing abilities- to guide interactions for patients of all ages (neonatal, infant, toddler, pre-school, school-age, adolescent). Provides a trauma informed approach to care, understanding how exposure to trauma impacts the health care experience.
– Manages consult requests placed by the interdisciplinary healthcare team. This includes providing formal assessment and documentation as directed by the CW Policy and Procedure: Assessment and Reassessment and Documentation and Child Life and Creative Arts Therapies Standard of Care.
– Communicates with interdisciplinary staff to communicate relevant child/family information, Offers consultation regarding developmental status and individual needs to promote adaptation to treatment.
– Plans and implements music therapy interventions to address the individual needs of the child. Utilizes music therapy techniques and observations as treatment tools. Interprets the child’s perception of diagnosis and treatment as revealed through music, play and other verbal and non-verbal communication. Uses observation to note significant behaviors and adapts programming accordingly.
– Implements a family-centered approach to care, including parents, caregivers, siblings.
– Provides music therapy to ameliorate depression, work through issues related to trauma and to address other psychosocial issues inherent to a patient’s hospitalization.
– Provides clinical education to music therapy practicum students and interns (Milwaukee Campus). Actively participates in Creative Arts Therapies Clinical Supervision.
– Works closely with various teams, such as Child Life, Psychology, Speech and PT/OT, to develop and implement a child-specific treatment plan.
– Provides group programming support, with the potential for occasional weekend coverage.
– Creates and facilitates placement of exhibitions in the Patient Gallery.
Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy required and – Master’s Degree in Music Therapy preferred – Completion of NICU-MT training required Experience:- less than 1 year A minimum of three to six months experience with pediatric patients required and – less than 1 year A minimum of 6-12 months experience working with pediatric patients preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities – Analytical ability to observe behaviors and direct appropriate music therapy programming and interventions in support of the individual child/family – Demonstrated proficiency in verbal and written communication. This includes: assessment, evaluation and provision of accurate and timely handoff of child and family information with members of the healthcare team Licenses and Certifications: – BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider – American Heart Association/American Red Cross/National Safety Council required
Patient Care Responsibility- Provides care appropriate to patient population and as described in applicable policies and procedures.
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