Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Music Therapist - AHP

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Job summary

This position offers an exciting opportunity for an ambitious, highly enthusiastic, and motivated Music Therapist who can place childrens needs at the centre of their clinical work and who is interested in delivering effective, innovative Music Therapy approaches within the children's learning disability team. This is primarily an outreach music therapy service for children who cannot access the music therapy base at Ramsay House.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this post include accepting Music Therapy referrals from the nurses within the CYPS LD team and providing Music Therapy assessments. This is primarily an outreach music therapy service for children who cannot access the music therapy base at Ramsay House and will involve offering blocks of therapy for children at their school or home, as appropriate, as well as sessions in the therapy base, as appropriate.

The post holder will also be active in developing the evidence base for their work through the use of outcome measures expected to work as an integral part of the Music Therapy service as well as establishing and maintaining professional relationships within relevant multi-disciplinary teams.

The post holder will be line managed by the Senior Manager for CYP LD and clinical supervision will be from the senior Music Therapist at Ramsay House

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

25 April 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,574 to £49,587 a year Including 5% HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

C9325-23-0021

Job locations

SABP

Ramsey House

West Park Road

Epsom

KT19 8PH

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide specialist therapeutic assessment, diagnosis and treatment to users accessing services.

To provide support, advice and training to carers and other members of the multi-disciplinary team working in partnership with voluntary and statutory services.

The post-holder will work as an autonomous practitioner, managing an appropriate complex case-load, undertaking clinical reasoning, critical thinking, reflection and analysis to support their assessment. They will use a client centred approach and current evidence base to assess, plan, implement, evaluate and document interventions.

The post-holder will be required to work across a number of geographical areas.

The post-holder will have knowledge of the safe use, maintenance, transportation and replacement of specialist equipment and materials.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide specialist therapeutic assessment, diagnosis and treatment to users accessing services.

To provide support, advice and training to carers and other members of the multi-disciplinary team working in partnership with voluntary and statutory services.

The post-holder will be required to work across a number of geographical areas.

The post-holder will have knowledge of the safe use, maintenance, transportation and replacement of specialist equipment and materials.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree or equivalent professional qualification

Desirable

Practice Placement qualification

Experience

Essential

Experience of utilising supervision
Experience of a range of clinical settings
Post graduate experience within relevant clinical field
Evidence of continuing professional development
Post graduate training relevant to the clinical field
Experience in MDT working.
Knowledge and experience of professional models of practice.
Understanding of other models of practice within the clinical field

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree or equivalent professional qualification

Desirable

Practice Placement qualification

Experience

Essential

Experience of utilising supervision
Experience of a range of clinical settings
Post graduate experience within relevant clinical field
Evidence of continuing professional development
Post graduate training relevant to the clinical field
Experience in MDT working.
Knowledge and experience of professional models of practice.
Understanding of other models of practice within the clinical field

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.