Music Therapist

Full-time, 40 hours per week. Schedule: 1st shift, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM or 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM, Monday – Friday. Travel required to Akron, Mahoning Valley, Medina, and Canton primary care locations.

About the role

Provides comprehensive music therapy assessment and treatment interventions for patients, families, and the 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 environments.
• Assesses patients and families to determine psycho-emotional and developmental needs, facilitating goal-focused music therapy-based interventions to promote adaptive coping strategies.
• Maintains accurate and up-to-date charting related to patient participation 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 the 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 such as Palliative Care, Behavioral Health, Addiction Services, Burn Center, and Rehabilitation Services.
• Actively participates in the development of evidence-based practice for the field of music therapy and advocates for integration of evidence-based music therapy interventions into patient treatment plans.
• Other duties as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Music Therapy required; Master's in Music Therapy preferred.
• MT-BC board certification through Certification Board for Music Therapists is required.
• Valid, active license to practice as Licensed Professional Music Therapist in the state of Ohio is required.
• 2 years of relevant experience.
• Experience supervising interns, students, and other practitioners is preferred.
• Experience in working with children, adolescents, and young adults in individual and group-based interventions is required.
• Experience working with infants is preferred.
• Experience with hospital-community collaboration is preferred.
• Experience working in electronic charting software (e.g., EPIC) is preferred.
• Strong problem-solving, interpersonal, and communication skills (verbal and written) are required.
• Research experience preferred.
• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple work assignments and projects.
• Ability to deal with confidential information and/or issues using discretion and judgment.

Schedule

Full-time, onsite position with an FTE of 1.000000.