Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Assistant

2 weeks ago


Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Are you a passionate, driven individual looking for a new challenge? Then look no further


You will work with both inpatients and outpatients to provide brief, low intensity evidence-based psychological interventions based on a range of cognitive, behavioural and solution focused approaches.

There will be opportunities to become involved in service evaluation and audit projects.


Under clinical supervision to provide assessments and short-term low intensity psychological interventions for adults with acute and chronic physical health conditions.

You will work across a number of clinical areas in the acute hospital setting (This may include; Oncology, Renal, Critical Care, Airways, Burns, Plastics and Dermatology).

Inpatient and outpatient work across the Trust is required.


To assist in service evaluation (including audit), maintenance of databases/spreadsheets, service development and compilation of self-help materials for patients & scoring of questionnaires.

Attending and contributing in Triage meetings and MDT's.

To support with project work as requested by the leadership team within the clinical health psychology service

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients.

Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.


Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.


You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done.

You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things.

Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.


You will be part of an established clinical health psychology service within the Trust and be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team.

Regular clinical supervision will be provided by a senior therapist within the service.


You will assist the Clinical Health Psychology Team to provide a high quality, effective service to patients with long term & physical health conditions.

You should be able to demonstrate an enthusiasm for working with people who have acute and long-term health conditions. You will need to be flexible, have excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a team.


You will be required to work therapeutically with patients whilst they are inpatients on the wards as well as patients in the outpatient clinics therefore there will be an expectation that you will be onsite for the role.


Duties will include, but not be limited to:
Contributes to the clinical activity of the psychology service within the Psychology Service.

Assist in setting, monitoring and maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care. Including the development and compilation of self-help materials for patients and scoring of psychometric questionnaires.

When opportunity arises, assist in the organisation and delivery of components of psycho-educational group treatment programmes

Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals.


Maintain and develop own professional competence and skills within scope of role and provide information to others to help their development.


Contribute to the management of risk and monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.


Supporting the preparation of reports, teaching and/ or psychoeducational materials, service evaluation (including audit and focus groups) and maintenance of databases, all under supervision from the clinical team.



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