Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Hertfordshire Partnership University Nhs Foundation Trust

St Albans

Hybrid

GBP 32,000 - 39,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is seeking a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) to join NHS Talking Therapies in St Albans and Hemel Hempstead. Appointment to a QPWP depends on current PWP accreditation; offers may be made on a Trainee basis until accreditation is confirmed.

The post is hybrid with at least two office days weekly and up to 10% of clinical contacts outside 9–5.

Qualifications

Talking Therapies (IAPT) Graduate OR equivalent Post Graduate Certificate.
PWP registration with BABCP or BPS or eligible to apply.
Evidence of working with people with mental health problems.
Ability to meet targets and work in Primary Care Services.
Capable of managing a caseload and time efficiently.

Responsibilities

PWPs work with High Intensity Therapists to support step 3 groups.
Promote the service and deliver group webinars where possible.
Attend the office for two days a week and enable blended remote working.
Participate in a full internal CPD program throughout the year.

Skills

Advanced communication skills

Teamwork

Interpersonal communication

Computer literacy

Education

Talking Therapies Graduate or Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Interventions

PWP registration with BABCP or BPS

Tools

Microsoft Teams

Outlook

Electronic Patient Records

Job description

Job summary

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. Please note that appointment to a Qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (QPWP) post is conditional upon candidates holding current PWP accreditation at the time of appointment. Candidates who have completed their training but have not yet received their accreditation will not be eligible to be appointed into a QPWP position. In these circumstances, any offer would be made on a Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner basis until accreditation has been formally confirmed. Upon receipt of the required accreditation, the post can then be reviewed and transferred to a QPWP position. We encourage applicants to clearly indicate their accreditation status within their application and provide evidence of accreditation where available.

Main duties of the job

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.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Job 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Education/Training

Essential: Talking Therapies (previously IAPT) Graduate OR Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Interventions
Essential: PWP registration with BABCP or BPS OR must be eligible and willing to apply

Previous Experience

Essential: Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem
Essential: Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
Essential: Experience of working in Primary Care Services
Essential: Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
Essential: Ability to manage own caseload and time
Essential: Demonstrates high standards of written communication
Essential: Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
Essential: 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
Desirable: Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems

Communication Skills

Essential: Advanced communication skills
Essential: Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
Essential: Excellent interpersonal communication skills, including telephone skills
Essential: Computer literate

Analytical Skills

Essential: Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
Essential: Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
Essential: Ability to assess common mental health problems
Essential: Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post

Diversity

Essential: Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality

Physical Skills/Effort

Essential: Car driver with ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation
Essential: Computer skills for entering clinical notes on electronic patient record
Essential: 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
Essential: Ability to concentrate on clinical work and deliver therapy for most of the working day
Essential: Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision
Essential: Ability to deal with patients with common mental health problems
Essential: Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients, patients and carers

General

Essential: High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
Essential: Welcoming / Kind / Positive / Respectful / Professional

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address: 99 Waverley Road, St. Albans, AL3 5TL

Employer's website: https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Operational Manager Louise Cant, louise.cant1@nhs.net, 07880500799

Details

Date posted: 23 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 5