Massage Therapist- Palliative CareRequisition ID2024-48087CategoryNursing, Allied Health, OtherOverviewThe Massage Therapist is responsible for evaluating pediatric and select adult patients receiving home hospice or home-based palliative care for massage therapy; implementing massage therapy services to meet the clinical needs of patients and families; providing assessment details with the interdisciplinary team; documenting evaluation results and patient progress, and providing patient and family education. Demonstrates competence defined (*) in Massage Therapy responsibilities in providing age-appropriate care and services to patients from the age of birth to 21 years, and selected adult patients.Why Nationwide Children's Hospital?The moment you walk through our doors, you feel it. When you meet our patient families, you believe it. And when you talk with anyone who works here, you want to be part of it. Welcome to Nationwide Children's Hospital, Where Passion Meets Purpose.Here, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are integrated into our core values and practices. We are passionate about building, sustaining and evolving an inclusive and equitable environment. We are seeking individuals who live these values and want to share their experiences and efforts in support of our collective mission.We're 14,000 strong. And it takes every one of us to improve the lives of the kids we care for, and the kids around the world we'll never meet. Kids who live healthier, fuller lives because of the knowledge we share. We know it takes a Collaborative Culture to deliver on our promise to provide the very best, innovative care and to foster new discoveries, made possible by the most groundbreaking research. Anywhere.Ask anyone with a Nationwide Children's badge what they do for a living. They'll tell you it's More Than a Job. It's a calling. It's a chance to use and grow your talent to make an impact that truly matters. Because here, we exist simply to help children everywhere.Nationwide Children's Hospital. A Place to Be Proud.ResponsibilitiesThe Massage Therapist supports, communicates, implements and enforces the philosophy, mission, values, standards, policies and procedures of Nationwide Children's Hospital.*1. Evaluates patients (birth through adult) with varied diagnoses to determine appropriateness of massage therapy services; establishes long and short term goals with patient and family involvement; and develops an individualized treatment plan incorporating patient and family needs.*2. Administers massage therapy treatment to patients to promote relaxation and improve pulmonary function; utilizes stress reduction techniques and other modalities to meet each patient's specific needs and achieve therapy goals; observes progress and/or changes in patient's condition and modifies treatment plan accordingly.*3. Educates patient and family on their child's treatment goals and therapy plan; instructs patients and family on massage therapy activities to follow while in hospital or at home; documents instruction; and evaluates ongoing compliance and understanding.*4. Documents patient's evaluation results, objective status, progress towards goals, treatment plan, and recommendations in compliance with documentation requirements of the hospital and accrediting associations; utilizes appropriate computerized or standardized documentation methods, as applicable to caseload.5. Conducts patient care in the patients' homes in compliance with NCH Homecare policies and procedures.6. Maintains the administrative functions of individual caseload, including scheduling patients for treatment, entering daily patient charges, and submitting timely documentation to appropriate parties.7. Partic