Music Therapist (Thought Disorders Unit)

Join Sheppard Pratt as a Music Therapist (Thought Disorders Unit) in Maryland.

Key Responsibilities

• Contributes in creating a learning environment that values, empowers, enriches and supports patients/students and other staff.

• Patient Assessment/Treatment Planning.

• Develops a professional treatment plan that meets patient needs and complements the services provided by other treatment team members.

• Applies knowledge of normal growth and development for specific patient population through the use of accepted conceptual principles, e. g. Erikson.

Requirements

• American Music Therapy Association plus 1-2 years related experience or through a Masters degree in music therapy from an accredited college or university plus 3-6 months related work experience.

• Must be licensed by the State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing.

• Work requires substantial interpersonal skills sufficient to interact effectively and professionally with multidisciplinary staff, faculty, and patients from a wide variety of diagnostic groups, cultural backgrounds, and functioning levels (51-80% of work time).

• Work requires a relatively high level of analytical skills sufficient to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment interventions and programs. Work also requires creative and adaptive modifications of treatment approaches and techniques where treatment objectives are difficult to achieve.

Work Schedule

• Full-Time position.

• No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Sheppard Pratt as a Music Therapist (Thought Disorders Unit).