Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

5 months ago


Chichester, United Kingdom Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Are you a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Therapist looking for your next career step in one of the country’s leading NHS Talking Therapies services? Then look no further

Join the NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies team and help us continue to build on our success and work with a range of adults with anxiety, depression and trauma-related problems in a primary care setting.

Using your skills, knowledge, enthusiasm and commitment to providing NHS talking therapies you will manage a patient caseload offering high quality, evidence-based low intensity interventions and assessments by telephone, video, face to face, groups and online.

You will be fully supported by our management and clinical leads and surrounded by a friendly, highly competent supportive workforce. We have taken time to create a model and culture in our service which ensures that you are happy in your work.

As one of the country’s leading NHS Talking Therapy services, we lead the way in the provision of NICE recommended psychological therapies, are focused on clinical excellence, innovation, and collaborative working.

**We offer**:
Excellent CPD and career development opportunities

Regular support, supervision and training

Opportunity to engage in a number of interesting and social activities led by a Wellbeing lead in each locality

Our West Team covers Chichester, Bognor and the surrounding areas. Plenty of opportunities to work flexible hours and office and home working flexibility.

Provide assessment and evidenced based Low intensity interventions eg psycho-educational interventions, Guided Self Help, computerised CBT to patients who access NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies drawing from CBT theories and techniques.

To undertake clinical risk assessment and take the appropriate action.

To work with colleagues to formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients.

To maintain a clinical caseload within agreed limits and supervision.

Provide a service that is equitable, non-discriminatory, and accessible to a broad range of patients who have common mental health problems and who are over 18 years of age.

Support GPs and other primary care workers in making appropriate referrals.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.

Why work for us?

Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
**Supportive flexible working patterns such as**: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
Excellent training and development opportunities
Research opportunities
Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) is the largest provider of community healthcare services in Sussex. We employ 5,000 staff and provide community services to a population of 1.3 million people.

NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies is a psychology led service that maintains strong working links with psychologists working in the rest of the Trust and with our community stakeholders in primary and secondary care.

All NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies staff ensure that the service ethos of placing patients at the centre of service delivery and promoting mental wellbeing and emotional resilience is central to the Team’s activity. We employ a dedicated IAPT database (IAPTUS) to ensure accurate data collection and record keeping.

NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies staff work within community bases and health centres. Each of our bases has excellent public transport links and are in thriving South Coast towns with close proximity to the sea.

**As part of Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, we have**:
Positive NHS Staff Survey results

CQC rates our quality of services as good with outstanding features

Excellent training and development opportunities

Flexible working options, including career breaks, parental leave and adoption leave

Thriving BAME



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