- Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre– Allied Health/OPAL RCOT
- Salary $91,785 - $106,330 p.a. (Pro Rata) AHP2| Part Time Position Until November 2026, 22.5 Hours Per Week
Music Therapist - Bring Healing Through Sound at SA Health
Join SA Health as a Music Therapist at Flinders Medical Centre and other SALHN sites, using your clinical expertise to enhance patient recovery through evidence-based music interventions. This part-time contract position offers the opportunity to work with diverse patient populations in a collaborative healthcare environment. Make a real difference in patients' healing journeys whilst developing your career with South Australia's leading healthcare network.
About the role:
Reporting to the Senior Music Therapist, this role is responsible for working within the multidisciplinary team providing music therapy to clients to maintain and improve function and well-being whilst awaiting long term disability services.
Duties for the role will include:
- Contribute to quality service delivery and consumer driven care through a comprehensive Music Therapy program,
- Designing intervention services to meet these needs,
- Planning and implementing intervention programs,
- Monitoring and evaluating the progress and outcomes of interventions,
- Responding appropriately to consumer feedback,
- Participating in team meetings and case conferences,
- Contributing to the planning and service development for Music Therapy services in conjunction with the Service Manager and relevant Allied Health Lead,
- Participating in and supporting the development of relevant research activities
About you:
- Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification in music therapy. Eligible for membership of the Australian Music Therapy Association,
- Demonstrated ability to undertake assessment and intervention with clients with a range of illness and disabilities relevant to older people, acute care and rehabilitation,
- Demonstrated ability to provide clinical services as a member of a multidisciplinary team,
- Demonstrated ability to communicate with clients and a range of professional and other staff, orally and in writing, including in the provision of supervision to Allied Health Assistants and volunteers as required,
- Experience and clinical expertise in the provision of clinical Music Therapy services (assessment and treatment) to clients with a range of disorders and disabilities resulting from medical, surgical or neurological conditions including acquired brain injury and dementia,
- Demonstrated experience in planning and reviewing clinical services, and participation in quality and research activities
Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.
Want To Know More? Contact: Jo Baumann, EA Director Transition Services & Allied Health, (08) 8404 2671, [email protected]
Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 14th June 2026
Attachments:
- Music Therapist- Role Description
- Australian applicant guidelines
- International applicant guidelines
Applicant Information:
- We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
- The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
- Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
- SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 935952
