• Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre - Arts in Health
• Salary $75,430 - $79,070 OPS4 | Part Time, 6 hours p/w Until January 2025

If you're a passionate and creative Music Art Facilitator ready to make a difference in patient care, apply now!

Arts in Health at FMC is a program at Flinders Medical Centre working to enhance the hospital environment by making it a warmer and more welcoming place to visit. By offering a broad range of performance, music and visual arts activities that support patient recovery, Arts in Health at FMC promotes health and wellbeing in patients, staff and visitors. The program, established in 1996, is one of the largest hospital-based arts in health programs in Australia, with a national and international reputation for high quality and innovative programming. 

About the Role:

The Arts in Health at FMC program offers a range of therapy-based and therapeutic arts activities and interventions that support patient recovery and promote health and wellbeing in the hospital community.

As the Arts in Health Facilitator, your duties may include: 

• Planning, developing and providing Arts in Health Facilitation activities to meet the needs of clients and their families across all areas of SALHN
• Encouraging creativity, innovation and honesty
• Liaising with ward staff regarding patient engagement and ward visits.
• Promoting an understanding of the purpose and principles of Arts in Health activities within the Network
• Evaluating programmes provided and develop recommendations and improvements

About you:

To be successful for the role, you will need: 

• Experience in the planning, implementation and evaluation of Art in Health Facilitated arts activities
• Significant experience working with people of varying ages.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and with inter-disciplinary teams
• Excellent time management skills and flexibility to meet service demands.
• Clear and effective verbal and written communication.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

What To Know More? Contact: Claire McKee, Arts in Health Manager, on (08) 8204 3096 or Claire.Mckee@sa.gov.au 

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Saturday 6th July 2024

Attachments:

• 869868 - Arts in Health Facilitator Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• Note: The Indicative Total Remuneration is inclusive of Award salary, Superannuation, and other monetary benefits.  We also offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.
• 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: 869868