Hospice Music Therapist; MT-BC)

Hospice Music Therapist (MT-BC)

The Care Team Hospice is seeking a Part-Time Music Therapist to provide comfort, connection, and emotional support to hospice patients and families through individualized music therapy services in home and facility settings. This role focuses on enhancing quality of life through therapeutic interventions that promote comfort, relaxation, and emotional expression.

Standard operating hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM in West Branch, MI, and surrounding areas.

Opportunity to provide meaningful therapeutic support to hospice patients and families. Interdisciplinary team collaboration. Mission-driven hospice environment focused on comfort and dignity.

Key responsibilities include conducting music therapy assessments and developing individualized plans, providing therapeutic music interventions for patients and families, collaborating with interdisciplinary team members, supporting emotional expression, relaxation, and symptom relief, and documenting services and patient responses accurately and timely in the EMR HCHB (Homecare Homebase).

Qualifications include maintaining the agency's mission, philosophy, and core values, ensuring compliance with agency policies and procedures, maintaining patient confidentiality, including all HIPAA regulations, licensed or registered in the State of MI, passing a criminal background check & MVR check, completed health statements acknowledging the ability to perform the duties of the position, valid state drivers license, proof of current automobile insurance, current CPR card;
On-line CPR certification accepted;
Hands-on CPR certification preferred, TB testing per agency policy; (1 or 2-step TB skin test within 12 months of hire & annual TB symptom screening thereafter).

Hospice and Palliative Care certified Music Therapist preferred. Bachelor's Degree in Music with a concentration in Music Therapy, and must meet educational requirements to achieve certification from the Certification Board for Music Therapists. Previous experience with terminally ill patients/families is highly desirable.