Music Therapist

Job overview

12 Month Fixed Term

This post offers an exciting opportunity for an ambitious, highly enthusiastic and motivated Music Therapist who can place Service Users needs at the centre of their clinical work and who is interested in delivering a high standard of clinical Music Therapy sessions both with groups and individually across acute inpatient Children’s, Adults and Older People’s Wards in the Fulbourn locality at CPFT.

This post will be supported by grant funding via CPFTs Head to Toe Charity. The post holder will deliver group and individual Music Therapy sessions, sometimes using voice as their primary instrument along with piano.

The Music Therapist will be managed and clinically supervised by the supportive CPFT Arts Therapies team who all have a wealth of knowledge to share. The Arts Therapists innovatively promote recovery and resilience and take referrals for Service Users where a clear clinical need for nonverbal therapy is identified.

The Music Therapist will work across the wards and in the Arts Therapies, Service fully equipped purpose-built Music Room within the Resource Centre Fulbourn Hospital where the service is based. The Arts Therapies Service works closely with Multi-Disciplinary Teams on every ward where they deliver sessions.

This is an exciting opportunity to provide excellent Music Therapy work supporting Service Users of all ages, and to liaise effectively with a range of professionals and staff across Acute Mental Health Services.

Main duties of the job

• To manage a specialist case load, providing assessment, diagnoses, treatment and monitoring of individuals identified needs across the Arts Therapies Service.
• To participate in multi-disciplinary/ multi agency working within the Arts Therapies. and with key partners.
• To participate in audit, service evaluation and research activities when required
• To participate in the delivery of Music Therapy under the guidance of specialist band 7 Arts Therapist and the Lead Arts Therapist by managing a caseload of clients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

• To maintain professional standards in accordance with the relevant professional body BAMT and the professional regulator (Health and Care Professions Council)
• To participate in audit, service evaluation and research activities when required
• To participate in the delivery of Music Therapy under the guidance of specialist band 7 Arts Therapist and the Lead Arts Therapist by managing a caseload of clients.
• The post holder will demonstrate specialist knowledge and skills and have undertaken appropriate post registration training.
• To be proficient in the assessment, identification, treatment and management of the emotional and psychological needs of the population requiring prolonged, in-depth concentration. This includes risk assessment, assessment of complex conditions.
• To participate in the delivery of Music Therapy under the guidance of a specialist band 7 Arts Therapist and the Lead Arts Therapist by managing a caseload of clients.
• To frequently communicate and receive highly complex sensitive information with people; who have experienced trauma/abuse /highly complex needs; their relatives/carers and other professionals.
• To have the specialist knowledge / skill to apply psychodynamic formulations and theory to work with individuals, groups and organizations