Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Newport; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust is seeking a Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to lead a team within its NHS Talking Therapies service. The candidate will manage and supervise Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, providing high-quality evidence-based interventions for anxiety and depression. This role offers a salary range of £38,682 to £46,580 per year and requires prior leadership experience. Flexibility in work arrangements can be discussed during the interview process.

Qualifications

• Must have completed PWP Clinical Supervision training.
• At least one year's post-qualification experience required.
• Driving license and ability to travel necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide line management and clinical skills supervision.
• Manage and support Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners.
• Deliver evidence-based psychological treatments.

Skills

Leadership experience

Clinical supervision

Evidence-based interventions

Case management

Education

PWP qualification

Related degree in Psychology

BABCP or BPS registration

Job description

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

The closing date is 12 October 2025

We are seeking applications from a highly motivated individual, to join our leadership team as a Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner. The successful candidate will be joining a well-established NHS Talking Therapies service and will contribute to a stepped care model of service delivery for people experiencing anxiety disorders and depression.

This exciting opportunity will enable you to make a real difference to the lives of local people through leadership of the Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner workforce and delivery of evidence-based interventions. You will be based centrally in our main office and may provide clinics across a number of community settings, so a driving license and ability to travel is essential. This is not a remote post.

As part of the role, you will provide line management, clinical skills and caseload management supervision to Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, therefore, previous experience of leadership and/or clinically supervising others is required. The successful candidate will have undertaken and completed PWP Clinical Supervision training with a known training provider.

You will work alongside the service team leads and clinical lead to ensure clinically safe and effective delivery of evidence based psychological treatments.

The successful candidate will have a recognised PWP qualification, with at least one year's post-qualification experience. Current registration with the BABCP or BPS is also required.

Previous applicants need not reapply.

Main duties of the job

• Offering case management to PWPs
• Offering line management supervision meetings and completing appraisals
• Offering clinical skills supervision groups
• Attend senior service meetings
• Offer 1 day of patient facing work either through face to face, telephone, online or group treatment modalities
• Offer evidence based low intensity psychological interventions and assessment
• Complete administrative tasks including session write up, onward referral, signposting, risk management and safeguarding reporting

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A related degree, e.g. Psychology and IAPT Low intensity worker/ psychological wellbeing practitioner qualification (dip/cert PWP).
• BABCP accredited PWP (or other relevant provider) and or IAPT trained Supervisor.

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.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearBased on full time hours