NHSL 203743 Arts Psychotherapist (Music) (LI) CP20

Please note: As this post is part-time the salary will be pro-rata.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

**Please note we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage**

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

MUSIC THERAPIST - 0.3 WTE Band 7 | 1.5 days per week

EDINBURGH HOSPITAL BASED CLINICAL CARE SITES:  12 month contract

An exciting opportunity to join the NHS Lothian Arts Psychotherapies Service – a team comprising of over 30 Arts Psychotherapists working across all age groups and all localities served by NHS Lothian.

What staff say about our team:-

• ‘It’s been a wonderful rich experience I’ll always greatly value’
• ‘My time working within the NHS Lothian Arts Therapies team has been incredibly rich and I have learnt so much.’
• ‘I would like to thank you .. for the incredible opportunities you have provided me within the NHS, I have learnt so much during my time as a student and as an employee and feel very lucky to have worked alongside such an inspiring team.’

The Arts Psychotherapies Service provides Art, Music, Drama Psychotherapy services to children, young people, adults and older adults with complex needs across all of NHS Lothian and specific additional partners (i.e. local authority social care and third sector organisations).

For this role, Music Therapy is provided to Edinburgh Hospital Based Clinical Care sites (3). HBCCC is for people who need care and treatment that can only be provided by a hospital or specialist NHS unit. It is provided free of charge by the NHS when nursing and other daily healthcare needs are judged by a multidisciplinary team to be complex, specialist, unpredictable and intense. Someone is eligible for this level of care if the team feel their needs cannot be met in another setting.

As far as possible, hospitals should not be places where people go to live – even people who have ongoing clinical needs. Hospitals are places to go for people who need specialist short-term or episodic care.

Reviews of those admitted to HBCCC should occur at least every three months and outcome decisions should be recorded in the health notes and also communicated to the patient, family and carer.

The successful applicant will join the Arts Psychotherapy Inpatient team and be embedded within the HBCCC teams (open groups & I:I sessions). They will be expected to respond flexibly to the complex mental health needs of older people, and work as an active member of the multi-disciplinary team, contributing to systemic care planning, formulation and risk management. They may also have opportunities to do other roles within the Arts Psychotherapy service as they arise.

This post is of interest to clinicians with experience of working with older people with complex mental health needs. Training, development, clinical supervision and line management are provided by the Arts Psychotherapy Inpatient Team. We are looking for someone who is highly motivated, creative in their approach and with previous experience of working with older people using a range of verbal and non-verbal communication. The post holder will be expected to work independently using own initiative and be a team member, linking closely with other health professionals, visiting specialists, and families as appropriate. The post holder will also be required to provide line management and clinical supervision to Band 6 staff within the team. HCPC registration is essential.

If you would like an informal discussion, please contact:

Kate Pestell: Kate.Pestell@nhs.scot (Mon-Wed) or Jenni Johnston: Jenni.Johnston@nhs.scot

W: Arts Therapies – NHS Lothian | Our Services

Please note: As this post is part-time the salary will be pro-rata.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

**Please note we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage**

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

MUSIC THERAPIST - 0.3 WTE Band 7 | 1.5 days per week

EDINBURGH HOSPITAL BASED CLINICAL CARE SITES:  12 month contract

An exciting opportunity to join the NHS Lothian Arts Psychotherapies Service – a team comprising of over 30 Arts Psychotherapists working across all age groups and all localities served by NHS Lothian.

What staff say about our team:-

• ‘It’s been a wonderful rich experience I’ll always greatly value’
• ‘My time working within the NHS Lothian Arts Therapies team has been incredibly rich and I have learnt so much.’
• ‘I would like to thank you .. for the incredible opportunities you have provided me within the NHS, I have learnt so much during my time as a student and as an employee and feel very lucky to have worked alongside such an inspiring team.’

The Arts Psychotherapies Service provides Art, Music, Drama Psychotherapy services to children, young people, adults and older adults with complex needs across all of NHS Lothian and specific additional partners (i.e. local authority social care and third sector organisations).

For this role, Music Therapy is provided to Edinburgh Hospital Based Clinical Care sites (3). HBCCC is for people who need care and treatment that can only be provided by a hospital or specialist NHS unit. It is provided free of charge by the NHS when nursing and other daily healthcare needs are judged by a multidisciplinary team to be complex, specialist, unpredictable and intense. Someone is eligible for this level of care if the team feel their needs cannot be met in another setting.

As far as possible, hospitals should not be places where people go to live – even people who have ongoing clinical needs. Hospitals are places to go for people who need specialist short-term or episodic care.

Reviews of those admitted to HBCCC should occur at least every three months and outcome decisions should be recorded in the health notes and also communicated to the patient, family and carer.

The successful applicant will join the Arts Psychotherapy Inpatient team and be embedded within the HBCCC teams (open groups & I:I sessions). They will be expected to respond flexibly to the complex mental health needs of older people, and work as an active member of the multi-disciplinary team, contributing to systemic care planning, formulation and risk management. They may also have opportunities to do other roles within the Arts Psychotherapy service as they arise.

This post is of interest to clinicians with experience of working with older people with complex mental health needs. Training, development, clinical supervision and line management are provided by the Arts Psychotherapy Inpatient Team. We are looking for someone who is highly motivated, creative in their approach and with previous experience of working with older people using a range of verbal and non-verbal communication. The post holder will be expected to work independently using own initiative and be a team member, linking closely with other health professionals, visiting specialists, and families as appropriate. The post holder will also be required to provide line management and clinical supervision to Band 6 staff within the team. HCPC registration is essential.

If you would like an informal discussion, please contact:

Kate Pestell: Kate.Pestell@nhs.scot (Mon-Wed) or Jenni Johnston: Jenni.Johnston@nhs.scot

W: Arts Therapies – NHS Lothian | Our Services