Job Description

Company : IWK Health

Requisition ID: 153588
Department/Program: Child Life Centrewide, Children\'s Health Program
Location: Halifax
Type of Employment: Casual Relief x 1 position(s)
Start Date: ASAP
Union Status: NSGEU Hlthcare, Healthcare Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $31.6875 - $39.8153/hour
Closing Date:10-Apr-23 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across . People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other\'s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our , and enjoy access to enhanced and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

Promoting an anti-racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi\'kma\'ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi\'kmaq people. Working in Mi\'kma\'ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Manager of Inpatient Surgical Care and Child Life Services, the Music Therapist, through the skillful use of music and music elements, promotes, maintains, and restores mental, physical, social, emotional and spiritual health. Music has non-verbal, creative, structural and emotional qualities. The Music Therapist uses these in a therapeutic relationship to facilitate engagement, self-awareness, learning, self-expression, communication and personal development. Music therapy programs are based upon individual assessment, treatment planning and ongoing program evaluation. As a member of the interdisciplinary team, the Music Therapist implements programs with groups or individuals that display a vast continuum of needs.

Hours of Work

Casual Hours as needed

Your Qualifications

• Accredited/Certified with the Canadian Association for Music Therapy, required
• Music Therapy Degree, diploma or certificate from an education program recognized by the Canadian Association of Music Therapy (CAMT), including 1000 hours of internship under the supervision of an Accredited Music Therapist (MTA), required
• Registered member of the Canadian Association for Music Therapy, required
• Demonstrated ability to provide music therapy for infants, children, youth and families in a health care setting
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team
• Demonstrated proficiency in piano, guitar and voice
• Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge of music therapy theory and practice as well as therapeutic processes and boundaries with children, youth and families
• Demonstrated ability to engage and build therapeutic relationships with children/youth and families
• Demonstrated knowledge of child and youth development
• Demonstrated initiative to work independently with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated effective decision making abilities
• Demonstrated ability in conflict resolution
• Demonstrated ability to teach, demonstrate and coach
• Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge of other health care professionals and their role in care
• Demonstrated skill with: building repertoire, song writing, music improvisation, music technology and the use of adaptive technology
• Competency in other languages an asset

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials. Additionally, as per Nova Scotia\'s COVID-19 Vaccine mandate, any offer of employment will be conditional upon submitting proof of full vaccination status. Medical exceptions or any other kind of requested exception based upon the Health Centre\'s obligations pursuant to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis

If you are an employee of IWK Health, please apply through the to ensure you are flagged as an internal applicant.

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