Music Therapist, Full-Time, Days

Job Description

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system, UChicago Medicine, as a Music Therapist in the Comer Children’s Hospital. 

 

In this role as a Music Therapist, you will coordinate services of psychosocial support to children and families during hospitalization, surgeries and/or out-patient visits through promoting socialization, developing coping skills, enhancing body image and awareness, increasing self-esteem, facilitating positive adjustment, fostering self-expression, maintaining autonomy, and providing age-appropriate music therapy. 

Essential Job Functions: 

• Clinical Services 

• Plans, schedules, implements, and evaluates a comprehensive therapeutic music program for individuals and groups 

• Uses music to formulate treatment goals and facilitate interventions 

• Promotes family-centered care through involvement of parents/caregivers, siblings and other family members 

• Develops the therapeutic plan in collaboration with the patient, family, and healthcare team 

• Educates parents and staff to provide a therapeutic outlet for children and families. 

• Develops relationships with families that are caring, trusting, beneficial, and professional 

• Advocates for opportunities for parents/caregivers to maintain their parenting role 

• Demonstrates sensitivity to caregiver concerns and uses the caregiver as a resource 

• Identifies referrals for other team members and/or community resources 

• Documents in patient’s electronic medical record in accordance with department guideline 

• Leadership for Projects and Programming 

• Provides leadership in team meetings; maintains, develops, and models effective working relationships with members of the Child Life staff and the Healthcare team 

• Addresses difficult situations professionally, proactively and collaboratively at the point of service, acts as a model for other staff members 

• Provides consultation/recommendations to medical/patient care team 

• Participates in rounds, patient care conferences, and hospital committees 

• Demonstrates leadership through active participation in departmental meetings/committees 

• Initiates new programs/projects as assigned 

• Provides in-services to hospital staff and works with other departments to facilitate institutional events and clinical presentations 

• Recruits, selects, coordinates, and supervises art therapy interns and/or volunteers within the context of music programming 

• Professional Skills 

• Participates in and contributes to national forums and organizations to remain current with the newest theories, research and trends 

• Assumes responsibility to develop self professionally by participating in continuing education 

• Establishes and accomplishes annual goals in accordance with UCMC goals 

• Engages in community outreach, including but not limited to school and community events 

• Serves as liaison between hospital and participating student internship programs 

• Quality & Performance Improvement 

• Maintains appropriate records and statistical data in accordance with department guidelines 

• Selects, purchases, stocks and maintains inventory within budgetary limits 

• Maintains art supplies that are clean, safe and follows all infection control guidelines 

• Evaluates art programming and makes recommendations for improvement 

• Participates in the planning of new programs, grants, budgets and policies 

 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in Music Therapy, Master's in Music Therapy preferred 

• Current professional Board Certification (MT-BC) or the designation of Registered, Certified or Advance Certified Music Therapist (RMT, CMT, or ACMT) by the American Music Therapy Association 
• Required LPMT (Licensed Professional Music Therapist).
• Training/Certification of NICU-MT.

• Internship in music therapy with hospitalized children and adolescents preferred 

• 1-2 years' work experience with children and adolescents 

• Requires the knowledge and skills necessary to utilize theoretical constructs of human development for assessment and intervention for infants through teenagers 

• Demonstrates leadership abilities with good organizational skil