Music Therapist

Responsibilities:

· Provide quality and professional Music Therapy services at Inpatient and Outpatient Services. These include but are not limited to individual and group music therapy

· Plan, review and assess progress with clear documentation

· Set relevant goals and objectives with the patient and their caregivers (where applicable)

· Execute music interventions to improve patient care such as expression, attention, mood, participation, reduction of undesirable behaviour, relieve symptoms, enhance spiritual or psychological comfort as well as assist in gross/fine motor and communication deficits

· Provide clinical reports and records on the following according to hospital standards:

1. Initial assessment

2. Review and subsequent assessments

3. Therapy goals

4. Weekly review therapy plan

5. Treatment updates

6. Discharge planning (with measure outcomes)

· Participate in case conferences, team meetings and family meetings

· Carry out proper hand over when required

· Ensure safety measures to protect patients during therapy

· Communicate to patient/family member to enhance therapy care, skill application and promote therapeutic carry over after therapy session

· Discuss cases with multidisciplinary team

· Develop and implement more appropriate treatment plans and new/modified programs when necessary

Requirements:

· Candidates should possess at least a Bachelor Degree in Music Therapy from an accredited institution with national credentials: e.g. MT-BC(USA), HCPC (UK), RMT (Australia & Canada), RMth (NZ) and IACAT (Ireland)

· Have prior experience with geriatric rehabilitation and dementia. NMT training an asset.

· Proficiency with keyboard, guitar, percussion and vocal ability and familiarity with wide range of music genres (familiarity with Asian repertoire and geriatric population is an asset).

· Respect a wide range of cultural or spiritual practices and beliefs

· Able to work independently with good communication and documentation skills

· Must have an interest to work with the elderly in a hospital environment

· Ability to communicate in vernacular languages is an asset