Pediatric Music Therapist

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At Community Hospice \& Palliative Care, we’re honored to bring clinical excellence and compassion to every bedside, every home, every conversation. Every day, we serve approximately 1,500 patients living with advanced illness, wherever they call home, be it a private residence, a long\-term care or assisted living facility, a hospital, or in one of our nine inpatient care centers.

We’re here to improve quality of life, to ease pain and lift burdens, and to be the Compassionate Guide that families need when time matters most. And most importantly, as the only non\-profit hospice provider in the region, we never turn anyone away due to an inability to pay.

The Music Therapist provides music therapy as a modality to relieve the physical, emotional, and spiritual suffering caused by advanced, life limiting conditions of the pediatric patients, and their families.

Position Details

* Work Location: Dorion Family Pediatric Center/Community Hospice and Palliative Care main location; 4266 Sunbeam Road Jacksonville, FL.
* Days/Hours: Monday \- Friday, 8:00am \- 5:00pm; weekends and weeknights as needed.
* Compensation: Commensurate with experience; plus full benefits package including 23 days annual PTO

Job Responsibilities

* Assess pediatric patients referred to the music therapy program and identify individualized therapeutic needs, goals, and areas of support.
* Develop individualized therapeutic interventions that are consistent with each patient’s strengths, developmental needs, culture, faith, interests, and identified clinical concerns.
* Create, develop, coordinate, and facilitate ongoing music therapy sessions, therapeutic programming, and group activities at the Dorion Family Pediatric Center for pediatric patients and their families to promote emotional expression, social connection, coping skills, communication, self\-expression, normalization, and positive family interactions.
* Collaborate with Dorion Family Pediatric Center staff and interdisciplinary team members to identify programming needs and develop music therapy experiences that support the overall well\-being of patients and families.
* Implement and evaluate individualized music therapy treatment plans in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, adjusting interventions as clinically indicated.
* Provide individual music therapy sessions for pediatric patients and their families
* Develop and provide music therapy interventions for procedural support, medical coping, and preparation.
* Provide family and group therapy sessions as indicated, including bereavement support, family support, and staff support.
* Document all music therapy interventions, including the pediatric patient’s physical status, therapeutic goals, interventions provided, and observable and measurable outcomes.
* Evaluate the effectiveness of music therapy interventions and communicate patient progress and outcomes to members of the interdisciplinary team.
* Develop and maintain music libraries and therapeutic music resources accessible to patients, families, staff, and volunteers.
* Develop with the team a music therapy training center and oversee music therapy interns, including their clinical training, supervision, and professional development.
* Support the integration of music therapy programming throughout pediatric services and promote awareness of the therapeutic benefits of music within the organization.
* Participate in evening and weekend programming and events as required.

Knowledge and Critical Skills Needed

* Principles and practices of music therapy intervention
* Community Hospice program and philosophy
* Communicating and listening effectively
* Providing excellent end of life music therapy care and documentation in medical record
* Evaluating patient care and documentation
* Creative problem solving, efficient use of resources
* Ability to work with others in a positive and productive manner

Experience \& Education

* Undergraduate degree or equivalence in music therapy from an approved program
* Board Certification in Music Therapy

Community Hospice \& Palliative Care, including all of its subsidiaries and affiliated companies, is committed to complying with all applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended. We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to ensure equal access to employment opportunities and the ability to perform the essential functions of a position. If you require an accommodation to complete the application process, interview, or perform the essential functions of a role, please contact Human Resources at [email protected].

We participate in E\-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Where applicable, and as required by law, employment with Community Hospice \& Palliative Care may be contingent upon successful completion of a background screening initiated by the organization through the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) Background Screening Clearinghouse. More information about the Clearinghouse, including positions that require screening, can be found here: https://info.flclearinghouse.com. Equal Opportunity Employer