Posted: 02-Nov-25
Location: Akron, Ohio
Categories:
Internal Number: 30378
Part-time, 16 Hours/Week
Wednesday and Friday, 8am - 4:30pm
Onsite: Expressive Therapy Department
Summary:
Provides comprehensive music therapy assessment and treatment interventions for patients, families, and community served by Akron Children's.
Responsibilities:
1. Plans, develops, and implements comprehensive therapeutic music interventions for infants, children, adolescents, young adults, families, and staff. Facilitates group and individual music therapy sessions with inpatient and outpatient populations in a variety of settings, including home environment.
2. Responsible for assessing patients and families to determine psycho-emotional and developmental needs to facilitate goal focused music therapy-based interventions to promote adaptive coping strategies.
3. Maintains accurate and up-to-date charting related to patient participating in music therapy sessions.
4. In collaboration with individual divisions/departments, designs and implements music therapy interventions for patients, learners, and staff. Oversees activities of volunteers and learners during group music therapy sessions.
5. Facilitates music therapy education for patients, families, staff, and community. Collaborates with faculty at affiliated institutions to provide comprehensive learning opportunities for music therapy practicum students.
6. Participates in research, donor relations, and professional collaboration, including participation in multi-disciplinary teams, like Palliative Care, Behavioral Health, Addiction Services, Burn Center, and Rehabilitation Services. Actively participate in the development of evidence-based practice for the field of music therapy and advocate for integration of evidence-based music therapy interventions into patient treatment plans.
7. Other duties as required.
Other information:
Technical Expertise
1. Experience in working with children, adolescents, and young adults in individual and group-based interventions is required. Experience working with infants is preferred.
2. Experience with hospital-community collaboration is preferred.
3. Ability to organize and prioritize multiple work assignments and projects.
4. Experience working in electronic charting software (e.g., EPIC) is preferred.
5. Strong problem-solving, interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) are required.
6. Research experience preferred.
Education and Experience
1. Education: Bachelor's Degree in Music Therapy required. Master's in Music Therapy is preferred.
2. Certification: MT-BC board certification through Certification Board for Music Therapists is required.
3. Licensure: A valid, active license to practice as Licensed Professional Music Therapist in the state of Ohio is required.
4. Years of relevant experience: 2 years
5. Years of supervisory experience: None required but experience supervising interns, students, and other practitioners is preferred.
6. Ability to deal with confidential information and/or issues using discretion and judgement.
Part Time
FTE: 0.400000
Status: Onsite