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Shriners Children's
Boston, Massachusetts

US - Music Therapist

CounselorFull-Time

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Job Description

Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact.

We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status. Please click here to learn more about our locations.

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Job Description

Job Summary

The Music Therapist provides therapeutic music interventions to pediatric patients and their families, addressing physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs within a hospital setting.

Key Responsibilities

Communicates effectively with patients, families and staff to identify patient care needs demonstrates professional behavior when interacting with patients, families, and coworkers.

Orients patient and family to the Music Therapy program. Assesses the family's and patient's learning needs and ability to participate in program.

Develops and follows age specific and culturally appropriate treatment plans based on standards of Music Therapy and individual needs.

Integrates knowledge and skills gained from other staff members (social work, psych, nursing, rehab, etc.) into the treatment plan.

Organizes and implements therapeutic group interventions for all patients that are age, culturally, and developmentally appropriate in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.

  • Assists with inventory, maintenance and ordering of departmental supplies.
  • Orients students, visitors, and new staff to the department and its philosophy in pediatric burn care.
  • Aids in supervision of child life volunteers and assistants.

Required Qualifications

  • Music Therapy Board Certified (MT-BC)
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) or within 30 days
  • 1 year music knowledge, skills

Preferred Qualifications

1 year of pediatric

Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Music Therapy Board Certified (MT-BC) credential and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. At least one year of music knowledge and skills is required, with pediatric experience preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Patient assessmentTreatment planningPediatric careInterdisciplinary collaborationCommunicationDocumentationCrisis interventionTherapeutic interventions

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 28% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost of livingMassachusetts index 105.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Massachusetts269 active7,857 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 28% remote · 28% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

40 jobs
401k / retirement match
90% this job
CME allowance
38% this job
Sign-on bonus
23%
Loan repayment
23%
PSLF eligible
10%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,851 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Shriners Children's

Hospitals and Health Care
Montreal, Quebec
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical/Dental/Vision
Retirement plan
Paid time off
Continuing education

Living in Boston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$813k
Typical market rent
$3,338/mo
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.3
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.