Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

South West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; United States; Hybrid; USD 43,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust is seeking a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to deliver triage assessments and low intensity CBT-based interventions for adults with common mental health problems.

The role involves telephone triage, guided self-help, and online CBT programmes, with regular clinical supervision. Based at our Tooting Broadway office, there are opportunities for remote or hybrid working consistent with service delivery.

Qualifications

• Formulation of treatment plans based upon CBT evidence.
• Conduct and document risk assessments and management.

Responsibilities

• To provide comprehensive triage assessments and low intensity therapeutic services for adult patients referred to the service based on CBT principles.
• To make appropriate use of specialist assessments including structured interviews and questionnaires.
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients and advise on psychological aspects of risk including self-harm.
• To contribute to development of new and existing CBT programmes for anxiety and/or depression.
• To communicate treatment plans and monitor progress with patients within the service.
• To maintain data collection and coherent clinical records.
• To collaborate with team to ensure appropriate step-up and step-down within stepped care.

Job description

Wandsworth Talking Therapies is a primary care mental health and wellbeing service which aims to provide support to people living within Wandsworth or those with a Wandsworth G.P. As a service, we aim to deliver a range of evidence-based psychological interventions to people with common mental health problems within a stepped care model. Wandsworth Talking Therapies is professionally managed by a consultant Clinical Psychologist and operationally managed by a service manager. The team consists of qualified Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs) who provide evidence-based psychological interventions in line with NICE guidance. We are looking for a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to join our successful and dynamic NHS Talking Therapies service. You will offer triage assessments and low intensity interventions to people with common mental health problems (depression and anxiety disorders). You will provide brief telephone-based triage assessments as well as NICE-supported low intensity treatments such as guided self-help and CBT-based psycho-educational courses. You will receive regular clinical supervision from either a Senior PWP or clinical/counselling psychologist/CBT therapist working within the service. You will offer triage assessments and low intensity interventions to people with common mental health problems (depression and anxiety disorders). You will provide brief telephone-based triage assessments as well as NICE-supported low intensity treatments such as guided self-help and CBT-based psycho-educational courses. You will receive regular clinical supervision from either a Senior PWP or clinical/counselling psychologist/CBT therapist working within the service. You will be based at our office in Tooting Broadway with opportunities to work remotely from home as well offering a combination of face to face, telephone and digital online web camera-based programmes. The service offers evening appointments, so flexible working is required. Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.,

• 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.

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We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust. We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'. This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027. We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do. We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive. Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

• 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.