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VITAS Healthcare
Port St Lucie, Florida

Home Care Music Therapist

CounselorNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

VITAS® Healthcare is the nation’s leading provider of end-of-life care, and has the resources and expertise to support your personal and professional growth.

As a member of the VITAS team, you’ll find fulfillment working for a people-focused organization dedicated to making a difference in the lives of others. You will be more than just an employee: You will be counted on as an expert in your field, and as a valued team member whose efforts are respected and vital to our hospice mission.

All VITAS employees commit to fulfilling their duties and responsibilities with the highest regard for professionalism, collaboration and teamwork, and an eye focused constantly on growth and improvement. We serve with commitment and compassion, and position ourselves for the future by embracing, innovating, and leading change. If you are that person, make your voice heard—find your purpose at VITAS today.

Benefits Include

  • Competitive compensation
  • Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
  • Pre-tax healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
  • Life insurance
  • 401(k) plan with numerous investment options and generous company match
  • Cancer and/or critical illness benefit
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Paid Time Off
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Legal Insurance
  • Roadside Assistance
  • Affinity Program

Many of our positions offer the opportunity to work day or night shifts, weekdays or weekends.

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Key Responsibilities

The Music Therapist plans, organizes, and directs medically prescribed music therapy activities for patients and their families. These interventions are designed to influence positive behavioral and psychological changes as part of the patient's treatment plan.

Requirements

The candidate must be a professional capable of working within a hospice environment to support end-of-life care. The role requires a commitment to professionalism, collaboration, and the ability to serve patients with compassion.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Psychosocial treatmentPhysical treatmentHospice carePatient careBehavioral changePsychological changeCommunication

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Home Care Music Therapist at VITAS Healthcare a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Mental Health Therapy counselor listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 26% are remote, 38% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top Counselor Jobs

42 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution35 jobs · 32 employers

13
<$65k
10
$65k-80k
7
$80k-95k
5
$95k-110k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks29 jobs

401k / retirement match
76% this job
CME allowance
45%
Sign-on bonus
24%
Loan repayment
14%
PSLF eligible
7%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Licensed Talk Therapist - Fee for Service

Thriveworks · West Palm Beach, Florida

$101k
#2

Military & Family Life Counselor - School

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$60k-$100k
#3

Licensed Mental Health Counselor / Therapist (LCSW LMHC LMFT) - Spanish fluency

$65k-$100k
#4

Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LCSW LMHC LMFT) - Outpatient - Spanish fluency

$65k-$100k
+ 40 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 6.0
Better work-life than 50% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,002 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Port St. Lucie

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$377k
Typical market rent
$2,396/mo
Residents’ average commute
31 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.2
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Port St. Lucie, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About VITAS Healthcare

Hospitals and Health Care
Miramar, Florida
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive Compensation
Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
Life and Disability Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts
401(k) with Company Match
Tuition Reimbursement
Paid Time Off
Employee Assistance Program