Music Therapist- Full time - Washington, United States - Children's National

    Children's National
    Children's National Washington, United States

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    Music Therapist- Full time - DC XF) Description

    The Music Therapist will help develop, implement, and evaluate a music therapy program for patients receiving care from the Department/Division. Foster positive and professional interpersonal relationships with patients/families, physicians, hospital staff, community representatives and visitors. Effectively use interpersonal communication skills to promote a healing environment.

    Qualifications Minimum Education
    Bachelor's Degree (Required)
    Master's Degree (Preferred)

    Minimum Work Experience
    2 years Post Bachelor's experience as a music therapist (Preferred)
    1 year Post Master's experience as a music therapist (Preferred)

    Required Skills/Knowledge
    Excellent inter-personal and communication skills.
    Ability to relate to diverse patient populations.
    Sensitivity to individuals from varied backgrounds and cultures.
    Competency with age-specific needs from childhood through young adulthood.

    Functional Accountabilities
    Development
  • Work with patients, families, and staff to understand the needs of different patient populations in relation to a music therapy program.
  • Participate in developing appropriate documentation standards to reflect music therapy assessments and interventions.
  • Participate in developing materials to explain and promote the program.
  • Participate in designing measures to evaluate effectiveness of the program.
  • Participate in setting goals and priorities for the music therapy program.
    • Evaluate
  • Meet individual patients and parents/guardians to explain music therapy program, invite participation, and answer questions.
  • Assess individual and/or group needs and identifies goals based on assessment.
  • Develop plan for music therapy interventions for individuals and groups as appropriate.
  • Design and provides individual and group music activities and evaluates outcomes.
  • Document interventions in patient medical records according to standards developed for music therapy documentation .
  • Obtain and maintain an age-appropriate and safe selection and quantity of supplies, equipment, and other materials for the program.
    • Collaborate
  • Actively work to integrate music therapy programs with other psychosocial services.
  • Participate actively in departmental rounds and psychosocial rounds to insure coordinated care for patients and families.
  • Work with other hospital programs to insure coordination of services.
  • Collaborate with relevant departmental and hospital staff to address patient or systemic problems that arise.
    • Promote Program
  • Work with Public Relations and Marketing and other hospital departments to promote the Program internally and externally as appropriate.
  • Participate in development of student training program.
  • Orient, train, supervise, and evaluate students and volunteers, as appropriate.
  • Assist with activities to fund the program (grant-writing, support for fund-raising activities).
  • Participate in psychosocial research projects relevant to music therapy activities and interventions.
    • Safety
  • Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
  • Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
  • Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
  • Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
  • Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
  • Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance
    • Organizational Accountabilities
    Professional Growth
  • Meet with supervisor for regular supervision, prepare agenda and discuss areas of concern.
  • Meet all departmental requirements for chart recording, statistics, and other professional documentation and submit documents.
  • Complete all hospital and departmental annual requirements.
  • Participate in departmental performance improvement activities.
  • Complete required continuing education courses to maintain license or certification status.
  • Practice in accordance with the standards of the American Music Therapy Association.
    • Organizational Commitment/Identification
  • Partner in the mission and upholds the core principles of the organization
  • Committed to diversity and recognizes value of cultural ethnic differences
  • Demonstrate personal and professional integrity
  • Maintain confidentiality at all times
    • Customer Service
  • Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met
    • Teamwork/Communication
  • Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
  • Partner with all team members to achieve goals
  • Receptive to others' ideas and opinions
    • Performance Improvement/Problem-solving
  • Contribute to a positive work environment
  • Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
  • Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes
  • Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment
    • Cost Management/Financial Responsibility
  • Use resources efficiently
  • Search for less costly ways of doing things
    • Organizational Accountabilities (Staff)
    Organizational Commitment/Identification
    Teamwork/Communication
    Performance Improvement/Problem-solving
    Cost Management/Financial Responsibility
    Safety

    Primary Location

    :District of Columbia-Washington

    Work Locations

    :CN Hospital (Main Campus)111 Michigan AvenueWashington20010

    Job

    :Non-Clinical Professional

    Organization

    :Patient ServicesPosition Status:R (Regular)-FT - Full-TimeShift:DayWork Schedule:some weekend coverage required

    Job Posting

    :Apr 29, 2024, 3:47:58 PM