Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 02 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £35,763 - £43,466 per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 02 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Mitcham, CR4 3DA |
| Cwmni: | South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7455216/294-COMM-7455216-JB |
Crynodeb
We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to join our committed team of clinicians in Merton Talking Therapies on a permanent basis.
Merton Talking Therapies offers evidence based psychological interventions including CBT, IPT, DIT, BCT and EMDR to its residents. The service is professionally led by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and operationally managed by the Service Manager. The clinical team includes qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologists and CBT Therapists, IAPT High Intensity Trainees, and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, all of whom provide evidence-based psychological interventions in line with NICE guidance.
Applicants must have essential qualification of post graduate diploma in Low Intensity CBT via accredited PWP course
You will work clinically within the Talking Therapies service which delivers a range of evidence-based psychological interventions to people with common mental health problems (i.e., depression, anxiety disorders and eating disorders) within a stepped-care model. Merton Talking Therapies is professionally managed by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and operationally managed by the Service Manager. The Talking Therapies team includes Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, High Intensity Practitioners, and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, who provide evidence-based psychological interventions in line with NICE guidance.
You will be providing high volume low intensity interventions, which will be a range of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self-management interventions to clients with mild to moderate anxiety and depression. You will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities. You will receive regular clinical supervision from a Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist working within the service and have the opportunity to attend regular in-house training sessions and clinical skills groups.
You will be required to work flexible hours in line with the ‘Improving Access’ agenda. The service operates from 8am to 8pm Monday to Thursday and 8am-5pm on Friday. You will be required to work at least one evening per week.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
· To provide comprehensive triage assessments and low intensity therapeutic services for adult patients for common mental health problems referred to the service based on sound, evidence-based CBT principles, working within the context of the agreed policies and procedures of the service.
· To deliver a minimum of 25 booked and 20 completed clinical contacts per week.
· To formulate and implement plans for the psychological treatment and/or management of patients’ mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the patients’ problems, and employing methods of intervention that are based upon evidence of treatment efficacy.
· To make appropriate use of specialist assessments of patients’ mental health, including structured and semi-structured interviews, questionnaires, rating scales and guided inquiry methods.
· To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients and to provide advice on psychological aspects of risk assessment, including the risk of self-harm.
· To contribute to the development of new and existing group CBT programmes for patients with anxiety disorders and/or depression and their carers.
· To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of patients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of their treatment within the Merton Uplift service.
· To complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.
· To keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols and use these records and clinical outcome data in clinical decision making.
· To work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.
· To assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process.
This advert closes on Sunday 14 Sep 2025