Music Therapist

NAACPJobFinder; Chapel Hill (NC); Presencial; USD 30 000 - 43 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

UNC Health in Chapel Hill, NC seeks a Music Therapist I to join our pediatric rehabilitation team and provide music therapy services at UNC Children’s Hospital. You will work within a collaborative pediatric therapies team including child life, OT, PT, and speech therapy to help children cope, connect, and heal while growing your skills with colleagues who care deeply about kids and families.

The Music Therapist I delivers evidence-based music interventions, trauma-informed practice, and

Qualificações

• Bachelor's degree in Music Therapy with internship.
• Board Certified Music Therapist (preferred).
• BLS within 3 months of hire date.
• NICU-MT certification preferred.
• No prior pediatric hospital experience required; 1 year preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Provide chart reviews and comprehensive assessments; plan care with short and long-term goals.
• Deliver individualized and group music therapy interventions.
• Document and reassess progress toward goals; modify plan as needed.
• Collaborate with patient, family, and treatment team for discharge planning.
• Consult with interdisciplinary team on music therapy interventions.
• Provide clinical precepting and teaching for students or staff.

Conhecimentos

Communication

Interprofessional collaboration

Physical stamina

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in Music Therapy

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary:
UNC Health is seeking a Music Therapist I to join our pediatric rehabilitation team and provide music therapy services at UNC Children’s Hospital in Chapel Hill, NC. At UNC Children’s, music therapy is part of a collaborative pediatric therapies team that includes child life, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, and more. You'll have the chance to make a meaningful difference every day, helping children cope, connect, and heal while growing your skills alongside colleagues who care deeply about kids, families, and each other.

The Music Therapist I provides music therapy services and programs for patients and families of all ages within the pediatric medical setting. At UNC, music therapy promotes healing through evidence-based music intervention, trauma-informed practice, family partnership, and a humanistic, holistic, and strengths-based approach. Music Therapists provide services within a wide variety of pediatric units including:

• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (Level I Pediatric Trauma Center)
• Burn Intensive Care Unit
• Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
• Hematology/Oncology
• General Inpatient Units

Flexible scheduling available

Experienced teammates demonstrating clinical excellence have the opportunity to advance on the clinical ladder.

Responsibilities:

1. Provides chart reviews and comprehensive patient assessments per provider orders; develops and determines a plan of care that consists of individualized short and long-term goals and treatment interventions to meet the patient's needs. Meets productivity standards per team guidelines.
2. Implements individualized patient treatment plans by developing and facilitating group and/or individual interventions.
3. Documents and reports patients' response to interventions, re-assesses and evaluates patients' progress towards goals and modifies treatment goals/plan as necessary.
4. Collaborates with the patient, family/caregiver, and treatment team to determine the patient's discharge and transition plan.
5. Consults and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team members regarding the use of music therapy interventions to meet individual patient needs.
6. Provides clinical precepting and teaching for students and/or staff under the guidance of the clinical specialist or other subject matter experts.

Other Information

Other information:

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Music Therapy or related field which includes an internship.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

• Certified Music Therapist by the Board of Music Therapists.
• BLS within 3 months of hire date.

NICU-MT certification preferred.Professional Experience Requirements:

• No prior experience required. Prior paid or training experience in a pediatric medical setting preferred. Minimum 1 year professional music therapy experience preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

• Exhibits effective communication and interprofessional skills; requires physical stamina and repetitive movements, including, but not limited to, sitting, standing, kneeling, walking, and squatting during patient interventions while supporting one's weight; can engage in high-level problem-solving to ensure patient safety during mobilization.

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Recreational Therapy Child Life

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range:$21.62 - $31.07 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [e-mail] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.