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Volunteer Music Group Co-Facilitator

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Farnborough Common, BR6 8NYView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

Negotiable

Contract

Voluntary

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

3 November 2026

11 days left

Job description

Green Parks House is an inpatient unit of four wards, three working age adult and one older adult based in the grounds of Princess Royal University Ho...

  • This placement offers an opportunity to volunteer with working age adults engaged with Bromley Mental Health Services.
  • It will require knowledge of music theory and practise. Someone who is able to play an instrument as well as the ability to play a wide variety of music from the 60's to current.
  • It will require a variety of creative and communication skills involved in working with people from all types of backgrounds and cultures.
  • To work under the supervision of the group facilitators.

Green Parks House is an inpatient unit of four wards, three working age adult and one older adult based in the grounds of Princess Royal University Hospital. The group was set up by Occupational Therapy staff interested in music and the well-being it provides to patients. This group has been facilitated by OT staff, using a play list.

  • This placement offers an opportunity to volunteer with working age adults engaged with Bromley Mental Health Services.
  • It will require knowledge of music theory and practise. Someone who is able to play an instrument as well as the ability to play a wide variety of music from the 60s to current.
  • It will require a variety of creative and communication skills involved in working with people from all types of backgrounds and cultures.
  • To work under the supervision of the group facilitators.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

  • We're Kind
  • We're
  • We Listen
  • We Care

Skills

Essential: - Applicant must be able to play at least one musical instrument and read music

Experience

Essential: - Applicant must have experience of working or helping people from all walks of life

Communication

Essential: - applicant must have excellent communication skills

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

21 October 2026

Last checked

23 October 2026

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About the employer

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Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

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