Job Description
Job Title: Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Hidden Wounds (equivalent to NHS Band 5)
Reports to: Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Team Lead
Based at: Phoenix House Recovery Centre, Catterick, DL9 3AW
Job Purpose
Delivery of low intensity CBT, with additional responsibilities that may include provision of case management and clinical skills.
Main Responsibilities
- Support a full caseload of people requiring low-intensity CBT within the Step 2 Hidden Wounds’ service, in a safe, effective and efficient manner,
- Collect outcome data to support service evaluation
Essential Qualifications
- Successfully completed a BPS accredited IAPT training programme at PG Cert or Degree Level 6
Desirable Qualifications:
- Successfully completed a PWP training programme/undertaken CPD in competencies associated with advanced PWP such as supervision, leadership, service evaluation or enhanced clinical competencies with specific patient groups.
Essential Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- Clinical monitoring, assessment, and risk management skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills (clarity and confidence in face-to-face, telephone and written communication) with people from a range of backgrounds (e.g. Veterans and their families, general public, other health care providers)
- Good evidence of organisational skills with respect to monitoring of data integrity and project management
- Computing skills sufficient to use an internet platform, download data, or respond on-line.
- Experience at using guided self-help interventions
- Experience of conducting risk assessments and understanding of health and safety legislation
- Excellent skills in supporting patients using low intensity CBT over the telephone
- Experience relevant to working with clinical populations
Desirable Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- Project management skills
- Knowledge and understanding concerning the major difficulties facing Military personnel or Veterans and their families
- Knowledge and skills in using patient management systems
- Previous experience of working in the charitable sector
- Experience of being involved in service development
- Experience of successful working using low-intensity CBT with Military personnel or Veterans and their families
- Experience of working collaboratively with physical rehabilitation professionals
- Experience of providing case-management supervision to PWPs
- Experience of providing clinical skills supervision to PWPs
- Experience of providing leadership to other PWPs
- Experience of delivering training within a group setting
Key Competencies & Behaviours
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills; able to liaise with colleagues and in person and on the telephone.
- Resourceful in addressing challenges related to work duties; uses initiative to solve problems related to work duties
- Ability to relate constructively to colleagues; ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Well organised with good administrative skills
- Willingness to work flexibly to fit in with demands of the post
- Honesty and integrity, especially around matters to do with confidentiality, ethics and clinical governance
- Punctuality and reliability
- Willingness to engage in continuous professional development
- Actively participate as a member of a team
- Able to travel as required for successful completion of the work
