# Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/trainee-psychological-wellbeing-practitioner/5efd7858-3a57-4e2a-b633-90b2ff672458 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/trainee-psychological-wellbeing-practitioner/5efd7858-3a57-4e2a-b633-90b2ff672458.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Blackpool Victoria Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychological wellbeing practitioner - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 per week) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-12T18:01:34.942Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Blackpool/Blackpool_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Perinatal_Mental_Health/Perinatal_Mental_Health-v8171642 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8171642?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.blackpoolteachinghospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is a training role supported by NHS England. The post-holder will work within the Lancashire and South Cumbria Reproductive Trauma Service (RTS), providing high volume low intensity interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role. The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities. The post holder will be expected to provide a range of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self- management interventions to women accessing the service, whilst also attending all taught and self-study days necessary to complete the course at the University of Lancashire. ### Main duties of the job This is a key, organisation-wide role in developing and maintaining high standards of care for women who experience specific mental health difficulties in their pregnancy and the postnatal period, and their families. You will gain relevant knowledge and skills which you will use to contribute to the care of, and treatment delivery for women during pregnancy and beyond with complex mental health difficulties, in particular those presenting with tokophobia, birth-related trauma and perinatal loss, working alongside the wider RTS team, in partnership with maternity services, health visiting services, and other mental health services. Potential interview dates - 17th or 18th November ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Clinical - Undertake initial assessments for women referred into the service and contribute to MDT discussions to determine service suitability, appropriate allocation and input. - Provide a range of evidence based psychological interventions to individuals in line with clinical guidance, whilst developing problem statements from a perinatal perspective - Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service. Attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate. - Work closely with other members of the team ensuring treatment plan remains appropriate and necessary adjustments/amendments to treatment plan are agreed and actioned. Training and Supervision - Attend and fulfil all the requirements of the training element of the post including practical, academic and practice-based assessments. - Apply learning from the training programme in practice. - Receive supervision from educational providers in relation to course work to meet the required standards. - Prepare and present clinical information for all patients on their caseload to clinical and case management supervisors within the service on an agreed and scheduled basis, in order to ensure safe practice and the clinical governance obligations of the worker, supervisor and service are delivered. - Respond to and implement supervision suggestions by supervisors in clinical practice. - Engage in and respond to personal development supervision to improve competences and clinical practice. Professional - Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating bodies and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of health (e.g., NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence). - Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times. - Be aware of and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of treatment for common mental health problems, and perinatal specific mental health difficulties. - Ensure clear objectives are identified, discussed, and reviewed with supervisors/ line manager on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development. - Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives. - Keep up to date all records in relation to Continuous Professional Development and ensure personal development plan maintains up to date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery models/developments. - Attend relevant conferences / workshops in line with identified professional objectives. General - To contribute to the development of best practice within the service. - To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and procedures in relation to Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Services. Collaborative Practice - Understand the impact of poor maternal mental health on infants and other family members, and the role that maternity services can play in mitigating this. - Regularly liaise with Midwives, GPs, Health Visitors, Obstetricians, Community Mental Health Teams and other agencies in relation to the care of pregnant women and new mothers with specific mental health difficulties. - Have up to date knowledge of local services available to pregnant women in relation to their mental health needs, ensuring women from diverse backgrounds are able to access the service and address their specific needs. - Liaison with peer support to request additional support for women and their families where needed. - Develop and maintain knowledge of the impact of common psychiatric medications on women and babies during pregnancy and breastfeeding and have links to experts (specialist perinatal psychiatrists and pharmacists) to keep this knowledge up to date and seek additional information where required. ### Applicant requirements 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 ### Skills and Attributes **Essential** - Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training - Computer literate - Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills - Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients - Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships - Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively - Ability to work under pressure - Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy - Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision - Able to attend all required University Training days - Able to complete academic components of the course **Desirable** - Fluent in languages other than English - Car driver and/or ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation ### Experience and Knowledge **Essential** - Evidence of working with people who have suffered with a mental health problem - Demonstrates high standards in written communication - Able to write clear reports and letters - Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care **Desirable** - 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 a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health - Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems - Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post - Received training (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - Evidence of ability to study successfully at undergraduate year 1 level or the equivalent **Desirable** - Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or within a psychological therapy. - Psychology or other health related undergraduate degree. - Psychology or other health related postgraduate degree ## Documents - [conditions of service (pdf, 306.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10473905) - [application guide booklet (pdf, 511.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2617) - [rts trainee pwp job description (pdf, 378.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10475455) - [guidance on pre-employment checks (pdf, 64.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=447) - [rts trainee pwp person specification (pdf, 195.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10475456) - [statement on recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 43.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=448) ## 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.