Hospice Music Therapist

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Job Description

Job Title

Hospice Music Therapist

Location: Lisle, IL, USA

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  • Working Hours Per Week
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Job Description

Care Where You Are: Where Your Work Truly Matters

Residential Home Health and Hospice is a nationally recognized leader in home health and hospice, and a consistent Top Workplace. If you are a clinician seeking autonomy, meaningful patient relationships, and real career growth; this is where you belong.

We are hiring a Music Therapist for a Hospice position providing care to patients in their homes in the Lisle, IL. area.

What You’ll Do

Deliver compassionate, patient-centered care in a hospice setting, collaborating with an interdisciplinary team dedicated to comfort, dignity, and quality of life

Provide compassionate music therapy services in accordance with hospice care plans to promote comfort, emotional support, relaxation, and overall quality of life for patients and families

Educate and support patients and caregivers through therapeutic music interventions, responding to emotional and comfort needs with professionalism, empathy, and flexibility throughout the end-of-life journey

  • Work independently but never alone
  • Travel to patient homes within assigned territory
  • Designed for Success
  • Dedicated field education team supporting you from Day 1
  • Leadership that listens, mentors, and champions your growth
  • A collaborative culture where your impact is recognized and your feedback shapes improvement
  • Benefits That Support Your Whole Life
  • 401(K) with company match
  • Paid parental leave
  • Up to 90% off degrees and certifications through our Purdue University partnership
  • Music Therapist Qualifications

Bachelor of Music Therapy Degree

Current Board certified (MT-BC) credential according to U. S. Certification Board for Music Therapists

  • State music therapy licensing where required
  • At least six (6) months of work/education experience with geriatric health care
  • At least six (6) months of work /education experience with end-of-life/terminal illness health care

Due to the field-based nature of this home health position, a valid driver’s license and the ability to spend approximately 20% of your workday driving to and from patient locations are required

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

Notice

Successful completion of a drug screen prior to employment is part of our background process, which includes medical and recreational marijuana.

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  • By submitting your application, you are confirming that you are legally authorized to work in the United States.
  • Residential Home Health and Residential Hospice is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Key Responsibilities

Deliver compassionate, patient-centered music therapy services to hospice patients in their homes. Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to support the emotional and comfort needs of patients and their families.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor of Music Therapy degree and current Board Certified (MT-BC) credential. Candidates must have at least six months of experience in geriatric and end-of-life health care.

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Interdisciplinary collaborationEnd-of-life care

Counselor Career Context

Residential Home Health and Residential Hospice holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 71/100, 60 active listings.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 32% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks37 jobs · 34 employers

401k / retirement match
89% this job
CME allowance
41%
Sign-on bonus
32%
Loan repayment
19%
PSLF eligible
11%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,084 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Lisle

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$447k
Typical market rent
$1,967/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
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.

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

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Benefits & Perks

401(K) with company match
Paid parental leave
Up to 90% off degrees and certifications through Purdue University partnership
Dedicated field education team
Leadership mentorship