Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

NHS Jobs; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 38 000 - 47 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust is seeking an experienced practitioner to provide triage assessments and low intensity CBT for adults referred to the Talking Therapies service in Wandsworth. The role requires delivering at least 24 booked hours and 20 completed clinical contacts per week, using evidence-based CBT principles.

You will conduct structured interviews and risk assessments, contribute to group CBT programmes, and maintain accurate records.

Qualifications

• Provide comprehensive triage assessments and low intensity therapeutic services for adult patients based on CBT principles.

Responsabilités

• Deliver a minimum of 24 booked and 20 completed clinical contact hours per week.
• Formulate and implement treatment plans for mental health problems.
• Conduct structured and semi-structured assessments, questionnaires, and risk assessments.
• Contribute to development of group CBT programmes for anxiety and/or depression.
• Maintain coherent records and data collection in line with service protocols.
• Work with the team to ensure stepped care and integration of work/employment issues in therapy.

Description du poste

To provide comprehensive triage assessments and low intensity therapeutic services for adult patients for common mental health problems referred to the service based on sound, evidence[1]based CBT principles, working within the context of the agreed policies and procedures of the service. To deliver a minimum of 24 booked and 20 completed clinical contact hours per week. To formulate and implement plans for the psychological treatment and/or management of patients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the patients problems, and employing methods of intervention that are based upon evidence of treatment efficacy. To make appropriate use of specialist assessments of patients mental health, including structured and semi-structured interviews, questionnaires, rating scales and guided inquiry method To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients and to provide advice on psychological aspects of risk assessment, including the risk of self-harm. To contribute to the development of new and existing group CBT programmes for patients with anxiety disorders and/or depression. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of patients under their care and to monitor progress during their treatment within the Wandsworth Talking Therapies service. To complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service. To keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols and use these records and clinical outcome data in clinical decision making. To work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach. To assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process.

£38,488 - £46,852 per annum inclusive of inner London HCAS

South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust

£55,524 - £62,652 per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS

South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust