# Qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/qualified-psychological-wellbeing-practitioner/82dcd740-a86d-4643-b476-a2ccdaee4210 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/qualified-psychological-wellbeing-practitioner/82dcd740-a86d-4643-b476-a2ccdaee4210.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Braintree - **Profession:** Mental health professionals - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hybrid - minimum 2 days in office) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-07T10:00:50.832Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Braintree/Hertfordshire_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Qualified_Psychological_Wellbeing_Practitioner/Qualified_Psychological_Wellbeing_Practitioner-v8189118 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8189118?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.hpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview About You Are you a qualified PWP looking for a new challenge? Are you ready to demonstrate your passion, enthusiasm and clinical expertise and join a service who supports and invests in you? Would you like to work with HPFT to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be? Then please read on… Mid Essex Talking Therapies are hiring for QUALIFIED PWPs to join our team! Please note, this vacancy may close early once the required number of applications have been received Please note that HPFT is contracted to provide the Mid Essex Talking Therapies service until 31 March 2027, after which a different provider will assume responsibility for delivering the service. This advertised job role is a permanent position and the role itself is expected to continue beyond this date. Any transfer of staff to the incoming provider would be subject to the applicable TUPE regulations and formal consultation processes. ### 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 equal opportunities - Ability and access to an independent means of transport for business use Where Will I Be Based? You will be based in Braintree, Essex and will be part of an 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 at least 2 days a week. We are hoping to recruit a diverse cohort with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Mid Essex Talking Therapies are a dynamic and innovative team. We actively encourage people to specialise in projects, alongside their core work. If you are looking for an exciting new job, then we are the people to come to. At present the service uses telephone and video conferencing, as well as online methods of communication, to support patients to access and engage with treatment. There would be an expectation for the post holder to attend the office at least 2 days a week which is essential as we pride ourselves on having a strong, cohesive team, and we would expect the successful postholder to be integrated fully with our other PWPs. PWPs work alongside High intensity therapists to support a variety of step 3 groups. The PWPs also promote the service with stress workshops, mental health training, and attending conferences and GP days. If successful you will also be working with other professionals to offer a service to people with various long term conditions. A full internal CPD programme is on offer to all our staff, which runs throughout the year. See job description and person specification for details. For full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role please refer to the job description and person specification documents attached. ### 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 (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010) - 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 ## Documents - [refer a friend (pdf, 160.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2083) - [staff benefits (pdf, 888.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2165) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 584.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10493475) - [guidance on ai usage in job applications (pdf, 55.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2305) ## 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.