Music Therapist - Pediatrics Support Programs

$55,500 - $83,500/Yr

University of Texas M.D. Anderson - Houston, TX

Full-time

Houston, TX

Hospitals

About the position

The Pediatric Creative Arts Therapist (Music Therapist) provides and promotes the creative arts therapies to support pediatric patients in processing emotions, creative self-expression, socialization, developing coping skills, and fostering emotional resilience while receiving medical care and treatment.

Responsibilities

• Meets and assesses patients within 24 hours of consult.
• Formulates and implements an individualized treatment plan that leverages the unique modalities of creative arts therapy to address identified patient needs and improve overall functioning.
• Creates and conducts personalized therapeutic interventions utilizing various creative modalities (art, music, drama, dance) based on patient needs, observations, and referrals.
• Participates in Arts in Medicine events and collaborative programming with community arts partners.
• Ensures accurate and up-to-date documentation of all patient sessions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Music Therapy, Music Education, Psychology, Social Work, Human Development, Music, Theatre, Dance or related field.
• Completion of an internship in music therapy.
• MT-BC - Music Therapist-Board Certified within 1 Year Required.
• BLS - Basic Life Support American Heart Association (AHA) upon hire required.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's Degree in Music Therapy.
• Experience in a clinical setting, pediatrics a plus.
• Multilingual.