Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Art Therapist / Music Therapist Level 3
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $58.95 – $60.86 per hour
Hours Per Week: Up to 32
Requisition ID: REQ
Applications Close: 18/02/2026
With CORE Values of C ollaboration, O penness, R espect and E mpowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.
About Us
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is an exceptional environment to advance your career while enhancing your skills and expertise. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we deliver a comprehensive range of public health services across the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Regions.
Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.
The Nepean Adolescent Mental Health Unit (NAHMU) is a new 10 bed facility designed to provide care for adolescents 12-17yrs experiencing complex and severe mental ill-health issues in an inpatient setting. NAMHU is state-wide service but sits within NBMLHD Child, Youth and Family Mental Health and is based at Nepean Hospital.
We’re expanding our therapeutic team and are looking for passionate, creative professionals who want to make a real difference in the lives of young people. You will be working as part of the NAMHU multidisciplinary team to provide the therapeutic program including running some groups on evening and weekends where penalty rates will apply.
We ideally hope to offer both art and music therapy to young people in NAMHU. Contracted hours will be negotiated with successful applicant/s based on unit needs.
If you’re creative, compassionate, and eager to support young people through expressive therapies, we’d love to hear from you.
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees
* Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
* Novated Leasing
* Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
* Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
* Fitness Passport
NBMLHD is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects the community we serve. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+, Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) people, neurodiverse individuals, and people with disabilities to apply.
NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.
For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal please click here.
What you will bring to the role
* Recognised tertiary qualifications in either Art Therapy or Music Therapy. Eligibility for full registration with either the Australian, New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association (ANZACATA) or the Australian Music Therapy Association (AMTA).
* Demonstrated ability to assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate individual and group therapy interventions using evidence-based art or music therapy practices with young people with mental health conditions. Proven capacity to adapt therapeutic approaches to meet diverse developmental, cultural, and psychosocial needs of adolescents.
* High level written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively within an interdisciplinary care framework, contributing to case discussions, treatment planning, and integrated models of care. Ability to communicate therapeutic insights and recommendations that inform recovery-oriented care plans.
* Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, and evaluating arts/music therapy programs that support emotional regulation, social skills, and recovery outcomes. Ability to engage adolescents through creative modalities and build therapeutic rapport.
* Proven ability to provide clinical supervision, mentoring, and leadership to junior staff and students. Experience in developing and evaluating programs or quality improvement initiatives that enhance clinical service delivery.
* Demonstrated understanding and application of trauma-informed and culturally safe practice, particularly when working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people, culturally and linguistically diverse populations, and other priority groups.
* Demonstrated ability to manage a complex and varied caseload, maintain accurate and timely documentation, and deliver evidence-based, safe, and ethical practice consistent with ANZACATA or AMTA professional standards and NSW Health governance requirements.
* Willingness to be flexible within the role, including ability to work after-hours and weekends, or attend other CYF-MH work sites as role demands.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
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