Job Details
Job Location
South Charlotte - Charlotte, NC
Position Type
Full Time
Travel Percentage
Up to 50%
Job Shift
Day
Description
VIA Health Partners is an industry leader and top-10 nationally ranked provider of end-of-life care. More importantly we are proud to be a community based, not for profit hospice & palliative care provider. We have deep community roots, with decades of experience serving ALL patients' and families' needs regardless of their ability to pay or their medical complexity. We are a people first organization whose funds go to serve our mission.
Due to our significant growth, we are looking for amazing new staff who share these same values. Apply now and be a part of our success story.
We provide excellent benefits including:

• Medical, Vision, and Dental plans through BCBS
• 28 days of Paid Time Off
• Excellent mileage reimbursement rate
• 403b Retirement plan with matching
• Focused programs honoring Veteran patients
• Assistance with achieving Certified Hospice & Palliative Nurse (CHPN)
• Best Orientation and Onboarding program you've experienced
• Seasoned Hospice leaders guiding your career growth

Essential Functions

• Assumes responsibility for the provision of music therapy for patients/caregivers
  • Provides support to both patient and caregivers through therapeutic presence, encouraging both musical and verbal/emotional expression as appropriate
  • Encourages and maintains a respecting and courageous space for expression with regard to each person's unique cultural and religious views and backgrounds.
  • Continually educates and advocates for appropriate music therapy services and patients and families that could benefit from the service line.
  • Develops, implements, and evaluates plan of care for patients/caregivers, which incorporates support for patient/family care with regards to emotional expression, neurologic status, quality of life, coping, and anticipatory grief. Evaluates and updates plan of care as goals and objectives are achieved or changed.
  • Consults with the patient, caregivers, physicians, facility staff and interdisciplinary team when initiating care and when significant changes in care needs occur. Reliably communicates pertinent information to appropriate members of the interdisciplinary team.
  • Participates in interdisciplinary team conferences (IDT) and special case conferences.
  • Maintains caseload and productivity according to current VIA Health Partners standards.
• Assumes responsibility for the effective and professional delivery of health services
  • Schedules visits in advance based on prioritized judgment of case load needs.
  • Prepares for visits, anticipates care needs, reviews plan of care and patient information, and obtains needed materials and educational resources for patients/caregiver.
  • Makes visits to provide needed care. Follows established plan of care, evaluates patient/caregiver responses to determine progress toward goals, and revises plan of care as necessary.
  • Provides interventions consistent with the plan of care and performs all interventions required for each visit. Identifies new problems or needs when they occur.
  • Facilitates patient and caregiver independence to the extent possible.
  • Plans work day to respond to priorities as well as to minimize travel time.
  • Actively participates in discipline specific meetings and works to increase knowledge of evidence-based music therapy practice, evolving role of music therapy provider, symptom management by way of music therapy technique, and other educational topics presented in these meetings.
  • Consistently strives to provide care that meets VIA Health Partners' Exceptional Care/Exceptional Experience standards.
• Ensures accurate, complete and timely clinical documentation in accordance with VIA Health Partners guidelines
  • Keeps clinical records current by transferring laptop information daily.
  • Completes and submits all clinical documentation per VIA Health Partners clinical documentation guidelines.
  • Records time/mileage report logs accurately. Submits activity logs in accordance with VIA Health Partners policy.
• Assumes responsibility for establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with interdisciplinary teams and interdepartmental staff
  • Attends and participates in meetings as assigned.
  • Participates actively in process improvement.
  • Maintains open lines of communication with supervisor. Keeps supervisor apprised of any complex patient/caregiver issues.
  • May participate in memorial services in collaboration with spiritual care or bereavement professionals as needed and if appropriate/within scope.
• Assumes responsibility for related duties as required or assigned
  • Ensures that VIA Health Partners professional reputation is maintained and projected.
• Assumes responsibility for professional development and staying abreast of current trends in the music therapy field. Incorporates new information and methods into practice.
  • Maintains professional certification through the Certification Board of Music Therapists.
  • Adheres to music therapy Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics as outlined by the American Music Therapy Association
• May perform other duties as required.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree in Music/Music Therapy from accredited university, including successful completion of clinical internship.
• Clinical experience in the area of death and dying preferred, with a thorough understanding of Hospice care.
• Proficiency in piano, voice, and guitar, with the ability to demonstrate mastery as requested.
• A minimum of two years related experience is preferred.
• Basic computer skills, using Microsoft Office