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Music Therapist - Lakewood Long Term Care - (FT 8a-4:30p)

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  • Music Therapist - Lakewood Long Term Care - (FT 8a-4:30p)
  • 101 Truman Medical Center
  • Job Location
  • UH Lakewood Medical Center
  • Kansas City, Missouri

Department

  • Long Term Care Unit UHLMC
  • Position Type
  • Full time

Work Schedule

  • 8:00AM - 4:30PM
  • Hours Per Week
  • 40

Job Description

Summary

Strategizes, plans and implements music therapy (MT) interventions across the medical inpatient departments. Ensures the therapies enhance physical, cognitive, social and affective development and support the goals and objectives of the patient. As directed, participates in and provides direct supervision of MT students. Participates in project planning and implementations.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Minimum Requirements

  • Graduation from college program with major in Music Therapy.
  • Current board certified music therapist (MT-BC) or certified within 90 days.
  • 3-5 years’ experience in delivery of Music Therapy in a Hospital based system
  • Experience designing therapy plans for a variety of age groups, diverse cultures, and a variety of medical conditions
  • Verbal communication skills required to lead music therapy groups.
  • Written communication skills required to complete required documentation.
  • Possess, or obtain within 60 days, BCLS

Key Responsibilities

The Music Therapist plans and implements therapeutic music interventions to support the physical, cognitive, and social development of patients in medical inpatient departments. They also participate in project planning and provide direct supervision to music therapy students.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a degree in Music Therapy and be board certified (MT-BC) or eligible for certification within 90 days. A minimum of 3-5 years of hospital-based experience and BCLS certification are required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Patient AssessmentTherapy PlanningClinical DocumentationGroup FacilitationInterdisciplinary Collaboration

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 20% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks37 jobs

401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Sign-on bonus
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.3this job 5.1
Better work-life than 40% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,853 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • On-site

Living in Kansas City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$251k
Typical market rent
$1,428/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.5
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Kansas City, MO-KS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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