# Music Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for West London NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/music-therapist/5de7636b-8a77-4322-a36b-ad096ac6fb74 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/music-therapist/5de7636b-8a77-4322-a36b-ad096ac6fb74.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** West London NHS Trust - **Location:** St Bernard's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Music Therapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 Per Annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-01T23:10:56.515Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Ealing/West_London_NHS_Trust/Music_Therapist/Music_Therapist-v8255106 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8255106?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for a highly motivated music therapist to provide group and individual music therapy to service users in the borough of Ealing, comprising both brief and longer interventions. We are looking for a practitioner who is passionate about the role of creativity in supporting people’s health and autonomy and who manages risk in a collaborative way. You will work autonomously across trust and community premises, building effective and productive relationships with Ealing mental health teams and non-statutory community resources. You will be managed by a Head of Arts Therapies, and you have links to arts therapies across the wider trust. The arts therapies are an established part of provision West London NHS Trust’s psychological therapies provision and links with psychology are strong. Tuesdays are a core team day for the arts therapies, so the postholder will be expected to work Tuesdays. ### Main duties of the job The postholder will offer interventions within defined timescales, encompassing both brief, low intensity and some longer, high intensity interventions. Knowledge of trauma informed practice is essential, and you will be implementing trauma informed approaches for a range of presentations. Most interventions will be groups but there will also be scope for individual work. In addition to direct clinical work you will support the wider team to work with service users e.g. through formulation. You will need to be able to work independently to develop your part of the service in liaison with inpatient and community teams and to supervise trainees on placement. You will be line managed by the head of arts therapies and supported by a structure of meetings with arts therapies colleagues and clinical supervision. All arts therapists are active in developing the evidence base for their work through the use of outcome measures, clinical audit and research. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of providing Individual & group clinical music therapy post qualification - Experience of work in a community mental health setting - Experience of working in a multi-cultural service - Experience of work in MDT setting and communicating complex information therein - Experience of personal therapy - Experience and understanding of a wide range of musical processes and equipment - Experience of assessing and formulating risk and supporting a reduction in risk **Desirable** - Experience of participating in reflective practice, case formulation meetings or team debriefs. - Experience of providing music therapy in a community setting - Lived experience of mental health difficulties. - Experience of work with interpreters ### Qualifications **Essential** - Health and Care Professions Council registrant - MA in music therapy **Desirable** - Training in another psychological therapies modality e.g. Mentalization Based Therapy. ## Documents - [jd & ps (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10568141) - [oh requirements (pdf, 304.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3067) - [occupational health requirements (pdf, 376.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3003) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.