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St. Croix Hospice
South Sioux City, Nebraska

Hospice Music Therapist

Counselor / TherapistFull-Time

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Job Description

  • Job Location: South Sioux City NE - South Sioux City, NE
  • Position Type: Full Time
  • Salary Range: Undisclosed
  • Travel Percentage: 100%, At St. Croix Hospice, we believe in the power of compassionate care. Like the river that inspired our name and takes great skill to navigate, St. Croix Hospice guides patients and their families through the end-of-life journey. We are committed to ensuring the highest quality of life for our patients, empowering them to make the most of their time with dignity, comfort and respect. If you are ready to be part of our deeply compassionate family of caregivers guiding extraordinary life experiences, then we invite you to join our team, where your work truly matters. Music Therapists use the power of music to complement and enhance conventional care, providing additional comfort and connection for patients. Through personalized musical experiences, they help patients find moments of joy and peace during challenging times. This role combines artistic passion with clinical knowledge, offering the chance to make a meaningful difference in people's lives through the healing art of music therapy. If you're a compassionate Music Therapist who values meaningful patient connections and autonomy in your practice, we’d love to meet you.

Qualifications

Music Therapist Requirements & Core Responsibilities: Degree in Music from an accredited school Ability to pass background, consumer report, and drug test. Provide music therapy per plan of care; assess patients and determine effectiveness.

Implement interventions to relieve symptoms and support emotional, physical, and spiritual comfort. Use techniques such as relaxation, lyric analysis, songwriting, and life review; document sessions promptly. Educate team, maintain HIPAA compliance, and participate in interdisciplinary meetings and quality improvement.

Benefits &

  • Schedule: 8:00am to 5:00pm

Full-time position Health, dental, vision, and life insurance Company-paid short/long-term disability and basic life insurance 401(k) with up to 4% company match Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities Paid time off and paid holidays

Key Responsibilities

The Music Therapist will provide personalized musical interventions to enhance patient comfort and emotional well-being within a hospice setting. They are responsible for assessing patient needs, documenting sessions, and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to support the plan of care.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a degree in Music from an accredited school and be able to pass background, consumer report, and drug screenings. The role requires clinical knowledge to implement therapeutic interventions and maintain compliance with healthcare standards.

Key Skills

Clinical assessmentPatient careSymptom managementRelaxation techniquesInterdisciplinary collaborationDocumentationEmotional supportSpiritual support

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 84% are remote, 14% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Nebraska is 90.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.4% of Nebraska clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedMental Health Therapy median $70k (middle half $60k–$84k)256 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingNebraska index 90.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Nebraska65 active7,494 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 84% remote · 14% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS counselor listings (all specialties): 12% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 11% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Mental Health Therapy listings2,575 in the last 30 days1,373 the 30 days before (+88%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Benefits & Perks

Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
Company-paid short/long-term disability and basic life insurance
401(k) with up to 4% company match
Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
Paid time off and paid holidays

Living in South Sioux City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$261k
Typical market rent
$1,399/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
86.5
State income tax
Up to 6.6%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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