When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Contributes to the Hospital’s mission to care, to heal, and to excel in service to our community by providing hypnotherapy education. This staff position will have an impact on improving patient safety and quality by teaching the practice of self-hypnosis.
*Please see revised job description from 2025-JD Hypnotherapist 2025.doc

Job Description:

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

Required:  Bachelors degree in related field

 Preferred: 

Experience:

Required: At least three years of experience as a clinical hypnotherapist with a minimum of 150 hours of instruction in hypnosis and hypnotherapy, visualizations and guided imagery.

Preferred:

Other Skills/Knowledge:

Required:N/A

Preferred:

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS: 

Required: Certified by the American Board of Hypnotherapy and the American                       Academy of Medical Hypnoanalysts

Preferred:           

                                   

LIFE SUPPORT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED:  n/a

POPULATION SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Children, Adolescent, Adult and Geriatric

OTHER JOB REQUIREMENTS:

On-call:  n/a

Schedule requirements: n/a

Travel requirements: Ability to travel to multiple locations by car.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS: Reports to the Associate Director of the Community Health Institute

• Not responsible for supervising the work of others.

JOB FUNCTIONS

Consistent with the WE CARE principles and inherent in a hospital environment, employees must be flexible in meeting patients’ and the Hospital’s needs. While the list below describes the primary functions of this job, all employees at Winchester Hospital need to recognize that an essential element of their job is the ability to respond to unanticipated and/or changing situations.  This may result in assuming responsibilities or tasks, which are not on this list.

As part of the Community Health Institute team, this position:

• Assesses individuals for hypnotherapy education, solicits information from the patient that will be helpful in developing the most favorable outcomes for the use of hypnosis.
• Teaches hypnosis, relaxation techniques, visualization and guided imagery to assist patient with desired outcome.
• Teaches self-hypnosis to each client.
• Maintains documentation of each patient.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS / CONDITIONS

• The employee needs to have the physical and mental abilities to perform the duties of the position listed above using the WE CARE behaviors. 
• It is not anticipated that the employee will have contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials while performing their job duties
• The list below is intended to describe the physical and sensory ability requirements of the position; however those requirements may vary, sometimes considerably, based on meeting patient and operational needs.

 

 

Pay Range:

$30.00 - $45.00

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law.  Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

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