Music Therapist - Pediatric Pain & Palliative Care - Physician Practice

Music Therapist – Pediatric Pain & Palliative Care – Physician Practice

HMH Physician Services, Inc. | Hackensack, New Jersey

• Requisition #:
• Shift: Day
• Status:
  Full Time with Benefits

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better – advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

• Collaborates with Child Life Program.
• Provides creative arts therapy for both individuals and groups of children.
• Develops and implements a creative arts therapy program.
• Evaluates creative arts therapy program on a regular basis.
• Provides therapeutic support for pediatric patients during identified stress points such as medical distress and end‑of‑life.
• Collaborates with other staff by sharing information regarding planning of treatment and follow‑up.
• Procures creative arts supplies.
• Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (e.g., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired). This process includes communicating with the patient, parent and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.).
• Adheres to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies. AHCH specific job functions:
  • Provides a comprehensive assessment of patient’s psychosocial needs and develops treatment plans and treatment plan reviews based on findings and according to department policy; provides effective treatment to patients and shares and interprets information to staff, families, and/or other approved agencies.
  • Completes written reports in a timely fashion as required.

• Appropriate education in creative arts therapy from an accredited creative arts therapy program.

• Master’s degree.

• Creative Arts Therapy certification by the appropriate creative arts accrediting board within 18 months from date of hire.

Minimum rate of $72,072.00 annually.

• Labor Market Data:
  Compensation is benchmarked against market data to ensure competitiveness.
• Experience:
  
  Years of relevant work experience.
• Education and
  
  Certifications:
  
  Level of education attained, including specialized certifications, credentials, completed apprenticeship programs or advanced training.
• Skills:
  
  Demonstrated proficiency in relevant skills and competencies.
• Geographic
  
  Location:
  
  Cost of living and market rates for the specific location.
• Internal Equity:
  Compensation is determined in a manner consistent with compensation ranges for similar roles within the organization.
• Budget and Grant Funding:
  Departmental budgets and any grant funding associated with the job position may impact the pay that can be offered.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Retirement benefits.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!