Music Therapy Fellow - Integrative Medicine

University of California - Los Angeles Health

United States, California, Los Angeles

Feb 12, 2025

Description

As a Music Therapy Fellow, you will assess and meaningfully interact with infants, children, youth, adults and families by providingmusic therapy activities for individuals and groups at UCLA Health.

You will:

Create and maintain therapeutic developmentally appropriate environments for infants, children, youth, adults and families.
Provide developmentally appropriate music as a primary tool in assessing and meeting psychosocial needs.
Interpret the patient's perception of his/her diagnosis and treatment as revealed through music and other means of communication both verbal and non-verbal.
Demonstrate, explain and/or provides stress reduction techniques to facilitate adaptive coping, matching developmental level, emotional state, situation and stressor.
Provide emotional support during identified stress points and utilizes music therapy techniques to facilitate adaptive coping for patients and family members.
Uses music therapy as a diagnostic and treatment tool.
Advocates on behalf of patient to other hospital staff as necessary so that the best environment for positive coping is provided.

Salary range: $35 hourly

Contract may convert to career.

Qualifications

Music Therapy Fellows are required to have a completed Bachelor's Degree in Music Therapy.
Board certification in Music Therapy is required within six months of hire.
Documented completion of at least 1000 hours of clinical internship under the supervision of a Board-Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC, CMT, RMT, MTA) is required.
Experience working with children, adolescents and adults in a medical setting is required. Experience working with patients on palliative care with children/premature infants in a healthcare setting is highly desired. Experience with end-of-life care highly desired.
Skill in assessment and intervention planning for infants, children, youth, adults and families developmental and psychosocial functioning must be demonstrated.
Excellent oral and written communication skills and relationship building skills are required.
Must have basic computer knowledge and word processing skills (frequently used).
Must have basic knowledge to operate and maintain equipment for individual and group music programs (e.g. maracas, guitar, CD player, recording equipment etc.) Experience in music engineering/recording software highly desired, specifically experience creating heartbeat legacy songs.