Music Therapist NEX Job at Akron Children’s Hospital in Akron

Overview

Part-time, 16 Hours / Week

Wednesday and Friday, 8am - 4 : 30pm

Onsite : Expressive Therapy Department

Summary

Provides comprehensive music therapy assessment and treatment interventions for patients, families, and community served by Akron Children's.

Responsibilities

• Plans, develops, and implements comprehensive therapeutic music interventions for infants, children, adolescents, young adults, families, and staff. Facilitates group and individual music therapy sessions with inpatient and outpatient populations in a variety of settings, including home environment.
• Responsible for assessing patients and families to determine psycho-emotional and developmental needs to facilitate goal focused music therapy-based interventions to promote adaptive coping strategies.
• Maintains accurate and up-to-date charting related to patient participating in music therapy sessions.
• In collaboration with individual divisions / departments, designs and implements music therapy interventions for patients, learners, and staff. Oversees activities of volunteers and learners during group music therapy sessions.
• Facilitates music therapy education for patients, families, staff, and community. Collaborates with faculty at affiliated institutions to provide comprehensive learning opportunities for music therapy practicum students.
• Participates in research, donor relations, and professional collaboration, including participation in multi-disciplinary teams, like Palliative Care, Behavioral Health, Addiction Services, Burn Center, and Rehabilitation Services. Actively participate in the development of evidence-based practice for the field of music therapy and advocate for integration of evidence-based music therapy interventions into patient treatment plans.
• Other duties as required.

Other information : Technical Expertise

Education and Experience

Part Time

FTE : 0.400000

Status : Onsite

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