Art Therapist (Art)

EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in London is looking for an HCPC registered Allied Health professional to develop and provide specialist Arts Therapy. Responsibilities include planning and providing patient-centered therapies, managing staff, and ensuring high-quality care. The ideal candidate will have experience in Arts Therapy and a commitment to diverse service delivery. This role supports a collaborative healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Allied Health professional.
• Experience in developing and providing specialist Arts Therapy.
• Ability to maintain registration with HCPC and relevant professional bodies.

Responsibilities

• Plan and provide specialist patient-centered Arts Therapies.
• Evaluate effectiveness using service-user reported measures.
• Manage and supervise allocated staff.

Skills

Arts Therapy

Team leadership

Quality Improvement

Clinical supervision

Job description

As an HCPC registered Allied Health professional, you will develop and provide specialist Arts Therapy individually and in groups using your own arts therapy modality (Art) and line manage and clinically supervise junior members of staff.

As part of the ELFT Trust wide Arts Therapies you will work as an integrated and collaborative team member, upholding the Trust values, 'We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive', and maintaining a holistic approach to promote effective functioning of the team and patient‑centered care of service users.

Embedded across our Acute Services wards – including our High Dependency Unit, long‑stay and rehabilitation wards – you will deliver trauma‑informed specialist arts therapy while supporting Psychology, OT and the wider MDT with co‑produced and collaborative work.

Responsibilities

• Plan, provide and develop specialist patient‑centered Arts Therapies including assessment, treatment and evaluation of individual and group work using your own Arts Therapy modality.
• Evaluate work on an ongoing basis, emphasizing the use of appropriate service‑user‑reported experience and outcome measures to demonstrate effectiveness.
• Manage and supervise allocated staff, including trainees.
• Regularly undertake Quality Improvement, Research and Audit.
• Provide a range of teaching and training to multi‑professional staff, service users and carers as required.
• Take a designated role in local service leadership and development.
• Maintain registration with HCPC and relevant professional bodies (e.g., BAAT).
• Maintain your own self‑care and ability to practice.

Values

ELFT is committed to being a diverse organisation. We welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties and with insight and understanding of different backgrounds and cultures so that staff can deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.