ACT Health
Creative Art Therapist - Adult Inpatient Mental Health Services
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Employment Type: Full Time, Temporary 6 months with possibility of extension and or permanency
Classification: Health Professional Level 1 (PN 45530)
Salary: $80,861 - $97,932 (Plus 12.5% Super)
Location: The Canberra Hospital, Garran ACT
Section: Adult Inpatient Mental Health Services (AIMHS)
Closing Date: 02 August 2026
What can we offer you:
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Flexible working conditions
- 12.5% Superannuation.
- Access to Employee Assistance Program.
- Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
- Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
About the Role:
Are you a passionate and creative therapist looking to make a meaningful difference in the lives of people experiencing mental health challenges?
We are seeking a Creative Arts Therapist (HP1) to join our dynamic Allied Health team, delivering recovery-focused services within Adult Mental Health Inpatient facilities.
As a Creative Arts Therapist, you will conduct skilled clinical assessments and provide individual and group-based creative arts therapy interventions that support consumers on their recovery journey. Working under routine supervision, you will deliver high-quality, evidence-based interventions and contribute to positive consumer outcomes.
You will be part of a diverse Allied Health team that collaborates to support the recovery goals of individuals admitted to Adult Mental Health Inpatient Services.
The successful applicant will conduct comprehensive clinical assessments and deliver high-quality, recovery-oriented creative arts therapy interventions to consumers within an adult mental health inpatient setting. The role involves planning and facilitating both individual and group therapy programs, monitoring and evaluating consumer progress, and maintaining accurate clinical documentation. Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary Allied Health team, the Creative Arts Therapist will support consumers to achieve their recovery goals while contributing to quality improvement initiatives and service development activities that promote best-practice care. The position also requires maintaining professional, ethical, and organisational standards, engaging in clinical supervision, and participating in ongoing professional development to enhance service outcomes.
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We offer a supportive and collaborative work environment where you will receive regular supervision, mentoring, and professional development opportunities to support your growth as a Creative Arts Therapist. You will have access to experienced Allied Health leaders and the Creative Arts Therapy Profession Lead, providing strong clinical and professional support. As part of a diverse and inclusive multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to a recovery-oriented service that values innovation, teamwork, and best-practice care. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of consumers by supporting their recovery, wellbeing, and participation through creative and therapeutic interventions.
Join us and use your creativity, skills, and passion to help consumers achieve their recovery goals and improve their quality of life.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
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Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
- Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.
To Apply:
Please apply online by submitting a copy of your CV along with a 2-page Response to the Selection Criteria, listed in the Position Description.
Please note applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community-based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Jessica Page on (02) 5124 3618 or at Jessica.Page@act.gov.au
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