Hospice Music Therapist - Compassionate Care & Growth

Ascend Health; Overland Park (KS); Vor Ort; USD 48.000 - 68.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive salaries

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Mileage Reimbursement

Opportunities to advance and grow your

Zusammenfassung

Ascend Hospice in Overland Park, KS is seeking a Music Therapist to provide individualized and group music therapy services for hospice patients. The role focuses on pain and anxiety reduction, relaxation, emotional expression, and family connection through evidence-based techniques.

You will assess patient needs, document findings, and tailor music interventions to match cultural and cognitive differences while coordinating care with the care team.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Hospice experience or working with geriatric population preferred.
• Board certification or certification to be obtained within 6 months.

Aufgaben

• Demonstrates basic knowledge of the purpose and function of music therapy for various client populations.
• Help patients decrease pain, anxiety, and agitation.
• Promote relaxation, emotional expression, coping and wellbeing.
• Instruct patients individually or in groups in prescribed music techniques.
• Communicate assessment findings in written and verbal form.
• Observe and record client responses to assessments and interventions.
• Identify client needs through analysis of music therapy data.
• Develop and maintain music repertoires for diverse ages and cognitive levels.
• Determine frequency and duration of treatment.

Kenntnisse

Music therapy basics

Pain management

Individual & group therapy

Assessment documentation

Ausbildung

Bachelor's Degree

Jobbeschreibung

Ascend Hospice in Overland Park, KS is seeking a Music Therapist to provide individualized and group music therapy services for hospice patients. The role focuses on pain and anxiety reduction, relaxation, emotional expression, and family connection through evidence-based techniques.

You will assess patient needs, document findings, and tailor music interventions to match cultural and cognitive differences while coordinating care with the care team.