Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP)

Northumbria Group.; Wallsend; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Home working

Evening clinics (Weds/Thurs)

Hybrid working model

Pension scheme

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) to deliver high-volume, low-intensity CBT-based self-management interventions for clients with mild to moderate anxiety and depression. The role involves digital, video, in-person, and telephone delivery across North Tyneside Talking Therapies.

You will work within a team that values compassionate leadership and continuous professional development, with a mix of in-base and home-working

Qualifications

• Qualification from Low Intensity PWP Training Course (Post Graduate Certificate in mental health) or equivalent PWP apprenticeship qualification.
• Professional registration with BABCP/BPS – Post holder will be expected to complete this within 6 months of appointment.
• IAPT Low Intensity Supervision Qualification.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-volume, low-intensity psychological interventions for mild to moderate anxiety and depression using CBT-based self-management approaches delivered via digital, video, face-to-face, telephone and groups.
• Work across North Tyneside Talking Therapies with flexibility for hybrid working and occasional evening clinics.
• Contribute to continual professional development and uphold NICE guidelines and Talking Therapies manuals.

Education

Low Intensity PWP Training Course (Post Graduate Certificate in mental health) or equivalent

BABCP/BPS registration

IAPT Low Intensity Supervision Qualification

Job description

Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP)

Main area North Tyneside Talking Therapies Grade 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working
• Home or remote working

47 hours per week (The service offers evening clinics until 7.30pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays and the post holder would be expected to offer an evening clinic. The role is hybrid between home and in-base working which may be reviewed in line with service need. This is NOT a remote only role.) Job ref 319-8235354IO

Site Hadrian Health Centre Town Wallsend Salary £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/10/2026 23:59

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!

What the Northumbria Way means for you:

• Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
• Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
• A range of flexible working opportunities
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
• Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
• Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank

We work closely with Kids First Nurseries that are based within our trust grounds at Wansbeck, North Tyneside and Hexham hospitals to care for our Trust family's children, they offer care for children from 6 weeks old up to 4 years. There are a number of funding options run by the government to help working parents, including Early Years Funding and Tax Free Childcare.

Flexible working offers choice in where, when, and how we work, ensuring patients remain at the heart of all we do. It’s open to everyone, and we aim to find solutions that work for both you and the organisation. All arrangements must be reasonable and balanced to maintain safe and effective patient care.

We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.

We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.

If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.

Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Job overview

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team at North Tyneside Talking Therapies as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP).

North Tyneside Talking Therapies is recognised for its high-quality therapeutic delivery and our patients experience significant improvements which is demonstrated in our performance outcomes. We pride ourselves on adopting a compassionate culture and have collective leadership approach. Our staff are our biggest asset, their dedication is inspiring, and we value and support them greatly.

North Tyneside Talking Therapies service currently operates Monday- Friday including one evening (until 19:30) shift on a Wednesday or Thursday per week. Currently the service offers a flexible working arrangement between at home and in office working (60% in office minimum expected). However this is not contractual and may be subject to change based on patient needs). The contractual role expectation is to work from venues within North Tyneside. This post DOES NOT offer remote only working.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received. Part and full time hours available.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will work within the North Tyneside Talking Therapies Service providing assessment and high-volume low intensity psychological interventions; these comprise a range of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self-management interventions to assist clients who experience mild to moderate symptoms of anxiety and depression. These interventions will be delivered via digital, video, face to face, telephone and groups.

Working for our organisation

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?

Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The post-holder will work within the North Tyneside Talking Therapies Service providing high volume low intensity psychological interventions as a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP)
• The post holder will provide a range of low intensity CBT based (cognitive behavioural therapy) self management interventions to support a caseload of clients who experience mild to moderate symptoms of anxiety and depression.
• The post holder will deliver evidence-based psychological interventions in line with the Talking Therapies manual and NICE guidelines to achieve the best possible outcomes for patients
• The post holder will be committed to continual professional development as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership practices within your role in order to support a collective leadership culture within the service and trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) demonstrates psychologically safe behaviours, and (c) contributes team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries

Person specification

Qualifications

• Qualification from Low Intensity PWP Training Course (Post Graduate Certificate in mental health) or equivalent PWP apprenticeship qualification)
• Professional registration with BABCP/BPS – Post holder will be expected to complete this within 6 months of appointment.
• IAPT Low Intensity Supervision Qualification

Experience & Knowledge

• Experience of working in the local community
• Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem.
• Experience of delivering Low Intensity Interventions in an IAPT model.
• Experience of assessing patient’s suitability for IAPT therapies.
• Experience of working in a service with agreed targets in place - demonstrating clinical outcomes
• Received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
• Experience of working in Primary Care Services
• Experience of peer supervising PWP’s delivering Low Intensity Interventions
• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

Other requirements

• It is desirable that the post holder has a valid driving license and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role

Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and those who have been looked after by the care system as a child or young person (for example, in foster care, children's homes, kinship or local authority care) who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.

Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.

Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!

Certificate of Sponsorship

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Sharnna Stevens Job title Assistant Operational Team Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0191 285 2775

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