Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Job overview

The NHS Talking Therapies Service in North Hertfordshire is looking to employ a full time Senior  Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner.  The role, working closely with the PWPs they supervise, plays a central role in ensuring our service is of the best quality, with the best outcomes for our service users.

Hertfordshire was one of the original 11 Pathfinder sites for the development of Talking Therapies Services, commencing in 2007/8 and has since developed through 1st and 2nd wave expansion sites to provide a well –resourced and innovative Talking Therapies service across the whole of the county. Our Trust has been awarded ‘Outstanding’ status by the Care quality Commission and our Talking Therapies Service is APPS accredited.

Main duties of the job

This is a blended post with a weekly pattern of working two or three days on site,  and some home working.  A key part of the role will be to provide clinical supervision for PWPs within the service. The Senior PWP will work alongside the Talking Therapies Service Manager, Team Leaders and our other Senior PWPs and Senior Clinicians and will receive their own clinical supervision from the Deputy Clinical Lead within the team. There will be opportunities for ongoing professional development as well as the chance to contribute to further service development. You will be an experienced PWP with at least 1 year post qualification experience and with a recognized Talking Therapies qualification in Step 2 intervention and will be registered or working towards PWP accreditation with the BABCP or BPS.  The position provides an excellent opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced PWP to lead in the further development of the PWP role as the service grows and ensure our team of PWPs are supported and supervised effectively.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Undertake appropriate clinical supervision on a regular basis in accordancewith the relevant professional guidelines and policies
• Take personal responsibility for achieving agreed clinical activity in accordance with service policies.
• To develop an area of special interest, to the level whereby the post-holdercould become a resource of information for the whole service.
• Adhere to the policies and procedures of Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust.
• Maintain appropriate clinical records in keeping with service operational policy
• Participate in setting and review of objectives for the post on an annual basis
• Participate in activities of ‘continuing professional development’ (CPD) on an annual basis.
• Attend professional meetings as appropriate.
• Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.
• Co-ordinate and liaise between different staff groups including Assistant psychologists, High Intensity Therapists.
• Support the development and delivery of interactive psycho-education within a CBT framework to large groups of Service Users.

For full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role please refer to the job description and person specification documents attached.