# Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/psychological-wellbeing-practitioner/7e674fb4-c06c-4b3a-9d79-c17fb685426a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/psychological-wellbeing-practitioner/7e674fb4-c06c-4b3a-9d79-c17fb685426a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £38,488 - £46,852 per annum inclusive of HCAS (Inner) - **Contract type:** Permanent: this is not a remote working only post - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Some evening work will be expected) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-08T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-24T15:52:04.552Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/South_London_Maudsley_NHS_Foundation_Trust/PCCPS_Southwark_IAPT_PCCPS/PCCPS_Southwark_IAPT_PCCPS-v8056963 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8056963?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.slam.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWP) to join the NHS Talking Therapies for Depression and Anxiety delivered by NHS Talking Therapies Southwark (TTS). We are seeking enthusiastic PWPs who are passionate about developing their skills in order to help improve the lives of others. Successful applicants can expect to join a highly valued and motivated TTS workforce who are committed to develop a person-centred and effective psychological assessment and treatment service to the local population.  We provide extra supervision and CPD trainings on working with specific client groups, e.g. perinatal, older adult, young people, clients presenting with long-term conditions. There are opportunities to shadow or facilitate our treatment groups (e.g. Overcoming Worries, Connecting with You). We are committed to getting the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career progression pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other specialties, like training to becoming a High Intensity CBT therapist or Clinical Psychologist. ### Main duties of the job Our PWPs deliver low intensity CBT-based interventions, offer telephone or video sessions working from home or a team base, and face-to-face sessions either from the team base or from a GP surgery or satellite clinic.  PWPs attend weekly team meeting, weekly individual case management supervision, and a fortnightly clinical skills supervision group. There is also a bimonthly meeting for all PWPs, their supervisors and our PWP leads, to review, discuss and develop the low intensity provision within the service. We are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk about flexible working at the interview stage. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Detailed job description and main responsibilities are outlined separately - please refer to the attached document ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWP) to join the NHS Talking Therapies for Depression and Anxiety delivered by NHS Talking Therapies Southwark (TTS). We are seeking enthusiastic PWPs who are passionate about developing their skills in order to help improve the lives of others. Successful applicants can expect to join a highly valued and motivated TTS workforce who are committed to develop a person-centred and effective psychological assessment and treatment service to the local population. We provide extra supervision and CPD trainings on working with specific client groups, e.g. perinatal, older adult, young people, clients presenting with long-term conditions. There are opportunities to shadow or facilitate our treatment groups (e.g. Overcoming Worries, Connecting with You). We are committed to getting the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career progression pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other specialties, like training to becoming a High Intensity CBT therapist or Clinical Psychologist. ## Job Description Our PWPs deliver low intensity CBT-based interventions, offer telephone or video sessions working from home or a team base, and face-to-face sessions either from the team base or from a GP surgery or satellite clinic. PWPs attend weekly team meeting, weekly individual case management supervision, and a fortnightly clinical skills supervision group. There is also a bimonthly meeting for all PWPs, their supervisors and our PWP leads, to review, discuss and develop the low intensity provision within the service. We are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk about flexible working at the interview stage. ## Responsibilities Detailed job description and main responsibilities are outlined separately - please refer to the attached document ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working as a PWP to treat common mental health problems in adults - Experience of collecting and recording patient reported outcome measures to monitor progress - Experience of carrying out psychological assessment including assessment of risk **Desirable** - Working in a NHS Talking Therapies stepped care framework - Delivering NHS Talking Therapies relevant psycho-educational or therapeutic groups or workshops - Working with one or more specific patient groups relevant to the NHS Talking Therapies service, e.g. older adults, people with long-term physical health conditions ### Qualification **Essential** - Qualification from PWP training course (e.g. Post Graduate Diploma in Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Interventions) - qualified or about to qualify ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Familiarity with the NHS Talking Therapies stepped care framework for treatment of depression and anxiety disorders - Ability to meet agreed service targets and manage own caseload - High standards of communication skills, including written communication - High level of enthusiasm and motivation **Desirable** - Able to offer therapy in another language in addition to English ## Documents - [slam staff benefits (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2341) - [happy to talk flexible working (pdf, 680.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1723) - [jd & pers spec for qualified pwp in tts (pdf, 528.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10346894) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.