Music Therapist (Per Diem)

General Information

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Work Location: Santa Monica, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote


Fully On-Site


Work Schedule


Variable


Posted Date


04/10/2026


Salary Range : $38.15 - 50.35 Hourly


Employment Type


6 - Staff: Per Diem


Duration


Per Diem


Job #


29876


Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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The Department of Medicine is seeking a per diem Music Therapist to support the UCLA 3 Wishes Program by providing compassionate, trauma-informed music therapy services to families at the end of life. Responsibilities include conducting telehealth bereavement support sessions and creating personalized Heartbeat Legacy Songs for loved ones. The role centers on delivering culturally sensitive interventions that honor patients and support grieving families during and after a patient's passing.

This position also involves close collaboration with interdisciplinary clinical teams to ensure continuity of care and alignment with program goals. The Music Therapist will document services in accordance with institutional standards and maintain professional certification and ethical practice consistent with MT-BC requirements. This is a meaningful opportunity to bring comfort, connection, and healing to families during some of their most vulnerable moments.

*This is a per diem role which may convert to career

Hourly range: $38.15-$50.35

Job Qualifications

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Required:

• Music Therapist Board Certified (MT-BC) via CBMT
• Bachelor's Degree in Music Therapy and/or
  
  
  Master's Degree in Music Therapy or related field (ie. Clinical psychology)
• Minimum 3 years experience grief work, experience in palliative care/hospice care end-of life care
• Demonstrated ability to set and meet internal deadlines, work independently, use judgment and make decisions
• Ability to organize and update paperwork with supervision
• Ability to connect compassionately with patients and families
• Be able adapt to needs of the 3 Wishes Program (i.e. there might be some slow and busy weeks)
• Ability to respond to 3WP Medical Director and Project Manager in timely fashion
• Have excellent organizational skills in order to update excel sheets, organize files in BOX

Preferred:

• Minimum 5 years of related experience or training

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.