204015 Arts Psychotherapist

                                               MUSIC THERAPIST - 0.1 WTE Band 7 | 3.7 hours per week

                     ST JOHNS HOSPITAL ACUTE & INTENSIVE CARE PSYCHIATRIC WARDS:  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:-

• Its been a wonderful rich experience Ill 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 Inpatient Acute and Intensive Care Psychiatric Wards at St. Johns Hospital - The purpose of the ward is to keep people safe whilst providing assessment and treatment from the multidisciplinary team and to help people recover and return to their life outside hospital. NHS Lothian leaflet, 2023.

The successful applicant will join the Arts Psychotherapy Inpatient team and be embedded within the a ward at SJH (open group or I:I sessions). They will be expected to respond flexibly to the complex mental health needs of people experiencing acute mental illness, 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 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 people in acute settings 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

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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.