Job overview
About You
Are you a qualified PWP looking for a move and a new challenge? Are you keen to demonstrate your passion, enthusiasm and clinical expertise and join a service that supports and invests in you?
Then please read on…
NHS Talking Therapies in St Albans and Hemel Hempstead are recruiting a qualified PWP.
Main duties of the job
Should I Apply?
If you feel you meet the following criteria then we would like to hear from you:
- A qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
- Registered with the BABCP/BPS (or can provide evidence of application)
- Significant experience of working with people with mental health difficulties in a healthcare setting
- A commitment to inclusive and anti discriminatory practice
- Able to work on site in St Albans or Hemel Hempstead at least two days a week and access other areas of Hertfordshire on occasion.
Where Would I Be Based?
You would be based in St Albans or Hemel Hempstead and would be part of a very well established, experienced and supportive team. This post is a hybrid-working role and there would be an expectation for the post holder to attend the office for a minimum of two days a week and deliver 10% of clinical contacts outside the normal 9-5 hours.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our staff all work in a hybrid blend of home and office working. We provide the facilities for all staff to work full time in the office, but if you are able to provide yourself with a safe, suitable and confidential workspace at home, you may also work in a blended pattern.
Working from home is enabled making extensive use of Microsoft Teams and Outlook.
PWPs work alongside High intensity therapists to support a variety of step 3 groups. The PWPs also promote the service in various ways when clinical work allows, and deliver group webinars.
A full internal CPD program is on offer to all our staff, which runs throughout the year.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
GENERAL
Essential
- High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
- Welcoming / Kind / Positive / Respectful /Professional
DIVERSITY
Essential
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
Essential
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
- Ability to assess common mental health problems
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Experience of working in Primary Care Services
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Demonstrates high standards of written communication
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
Desirable
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care
- Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Essential
- Advanced communication skills
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, including telephone skills
- Computer literate
PHYSICAL SKILLS/EFFORT
Essential
- Car driver with ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation
- Computer skills for entering clinical notes on electronic patient record
- Requirement to carry laptop/files between office base and remote working in line with all relevant HPFT policies
MENTAL/EMOTIONAL EFFORT
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to concentrate on clinical work and deliver therapy for most of the working day
- Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision
- Ability to deal with patients with common mental health problems
- Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients, patients and carers
QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING
Essential
- Talking Therapies (previously IAPT) Graduate OR Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Interventions
- PWP registration with BABCP or BPS OR must be eligible and willing to apply
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This advert is for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner with Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in 99 Waverley Road, St. Albans, AL3 5TL. It is listed as a Band 5 Mental health professionals role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 03 Sep 2026.
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