Music Therapist ​/ Group Therapy ​/ FT ​/ Day at Northwest Texas Behavioral Health Amarillo, TX

Music Therapist / Group Therapy / FT / Day job at Northwest Texas Behavioral Health. Amarillo, TX.

Music Therapist (BM)

A Board-Certified Music Therapist with strong leadership abilities, communication and problem‑solving skills who, with minimum supervision, coordinates interventions with other members of the treatment team to meet patient needs in a quality, cost‑effective manner. The Music Therapist is responsible for providing age‑and developmentally appropriate music therapy groups and establishing behavioral treatment goals in alignment with the philosophy and objectives of the Northwest Texas Healthcare System’s Behavioral Health Hospital.

The Music Therapist supports an organizational culture of Service Excellence and practices Service Excellence standards with all customer groups. The Music Therapist reports to the Director of Clinical Services.

• Designs and provides music therapy interventions, based on therapeutic goals, to address patient needs, such as using music for self‑care, adjusting to life changes, improving cognitive functioning, improving self‑esteem, communication, or controlling impulses.
• Collaborates with a multi‑disciplinary treatment team to establish goals or objectives for music therapy treatment, considering patient needs, capabilities, interests, overall therapeutic program, treatment coordination, or length of treatment.
• Documents evaluations, treatment plans, case summaries, progress notes, or other reports related to individual patients.
• Observes, monitors, and documents patient reactions, progress, and responses to music therapy treatments.
• Directs and provides daily operations and activities of the Behavioral Health Therapeutic Alternative services.
• Demonstrates flexibility for reassignment to units providing care to varied populations including children, adolescents, adults, older adults, and dually diagnosed patients.
• Attends and participates in weekly treatment‑plan meetings.

• Retention Bonus Program if offered.
• Loan Forgiveness Program if offered.
• Challenging and rewarding work environment.
• Competitive compensation and generous paid time off.
• Excellent medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plans.
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan.
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program.
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ subsidiaries.
• More information is available on our benefits guest website:

• Bachelor’s degree in Music Therapy. Currently Board Certified as a Music Therapist (MT‑BC certification) or willing to obtain certification within 6 months.
• 2+ years of work experience in music therapy with a mental‑health population.
• Proficient with playing guitar, piano, drums, autoharp, and other instruments.
• Excellent singing abilities.
• Excellence in interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong organizational and multi‑tasking skills.
• Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association upon hire or within 30 days of start date, maintained throughout employment. Certification must be obtained prior to providing patient care.

• Ability to read and write in English.
• Ability to speak and hear, to allow discussions with employees and peers.
• Ability to cope with and remain calm under stress.
• Ability to respond to pages.
• Ability to evaluate and interpret information and make independent decisions.
• Bending and lifting (5–10 lbs), grasping, fine hand coordination, pushing and pulling.
• Ability to understand and interpret financial data.

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal‑opportunity employers and openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.