Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

6 months ago


Newport, United Kingdom Isle of Wight NHS Trust Full time

We are recruiting fora Qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS for a 1 year fixed term contract.

We will consider remote working for this fixed contract.

You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards “great people, great place”.

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Employment is conditional on being a registered as a qualified PWP with the BABCP or BPS.

For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values areCompassion,Accountable,Respect andEveryone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.

We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.

This exciting opportunity will enable you to make a real difference to the lives of local people. You will be based centrally in our main office and provide clinics across a number of community settings, so a driving license and ability to travel is essential.

**An average week during the training year may look like**:

- Attendance of team meetings and forums

Offer 5 days of patient facing work either through face to face, telephone, online or group treatment modalities
- Attended caseload management, clinical skills and line management supervision
- Completing administrative tasks including session write up, onward referral, signposting, risk management and safeguarding reporting

**Person specification**:
Essential
- Hold an evidence based post graduate certificate PWP qualification from an accredited training provider
- Experience of working with people with mental health or wellbeing problems
- Understanding of the IAPT model and how anxiety and depression based disorders may present in a primary care setting
- Effectiveness as a team player, with a positive and solution focused attitude who is flexible and willing to learn in order to thrive in the role
- Engagement with supervision effectively to support wellbeing and performance, responding positively when provided with constructive feedback
- Promotion of diversity, inclusion and respect in all aspects of the role, recognising the value of each individuals life circumstances and journey

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