Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP)

To provide high quality primary care IAPT services to adults with mild to moderate mental

health problems.

To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of team

policies and procedure.

To deliver IAPT services in accordance with NICE guidelines, within agreed activity levels

and model, meeting required key performance indicators (KPIs).

To provide advice and consultation on clients care, to other clinicians and to non-professional carers.

Our vision: high quality care, in the right place, at the right time, every time.

To promote wellbeing and social inclusion.

To work flexibly and in accordance with service demands.

To work to the agreed number of clinical contacts per week as set by the Team Lead.

To communicate and liaise where appropriate with all other professionals involved in the individual clients

treatment and on-going mental health care.

To provide regular information to clients GP and/or referrer about the treatment process and outcome,

initial and on-going risk assessments, making appropriate disclosure and onward referrals where

necessary.

To provide reports as required by the team lead , service manager, clinical leads and

others as requested in order to facilitate effective communication with referring agencies and

commissioners.

To improve wellbeing through interventions and encouraging access to other agencies that provide social

prescribing and promotes social inclusion.

To make decisions regarding suitability for therapy and clinical pathways with particular regard to issues of

risk and onward referrals to other specialist services as required.

To formulate and implement treatment plans with clients, normally within an agreed brief structured time

frame and contracted number of sessions by offering NICE compliant one to one interventions, NICE

compliant group interventions and on-line therapy.

To exercise sound theoretical knowledge of evidence based psychological intervention and to

employ a range of short term interventions to meet the needs of the referred client.

To manage own clinical caseload within guidelines provided by the team lead and relevant professional

guidelines and ethical frameworks (PWP Code of Practice).

To provide a level of activity in accordance with service level agreements and as agreed by team lead.

To contribute to in service training events through presentations, with information relating to good working

practice, special projects and procedural changes.

Physical Skills

Ability to sit for therapeutic work (up to 5 hours a day)

Ability to sit at a desk and work at a computer for data/clinical notes inputting purpose.

To exercise professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients referred by

GPs, members of the IAPT team and other appropriate health and social care professionals.

To assess and provide interventions to clients presenting with multiple and complex personal difficulties

including those arising from mild to moderate mental health difficulties, based on accurate understanding

and utilising a conceptual framework of the clients difficulties within the bounds of low intensity therapy.

To be able to work with a range of client presentations including ambivalence and resistance in order to

facilitate a clients ability to explore a range of life issues which frequently are of a distressing

emotional nature.

To maintain the highest professional standards of practice by undertaking regular professional/clinical

supervision, caseload management supervision and appraisal in keeping with professional body and trust

guidelines.

To improve wellbeing and social inclusion through interventions and encouraging access to other agencies

that provide social prescribing and which promote social inclusion.

Responsibility for Policy and Service Development

To contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of the teams operational policies and

service.

Responsibility for Finance

To maintain effective use of resources.

To ensure that clinical time is used as effectively as possible.

Responsibility for Human Resources

To contribute to the induction and orientation process of new members of the team and trainees.

To provide monthly clinical activity data.

To provide appropriate statistical returns.

To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and

recording, report writing and responsible exercise of professional self- governance.

To ensure electronic recording of clinical activity meets the required standards, recorded accurately and in a

timely fashion to meet the timely reporting of KPIs.

To have basic keyboard skills and be able to use Microsoft Office applications such as Word and Excel.

Research and Development

To contribute toward appropriate research project management, audit and service

evaluation with colleagues within the service to help to develop service provision.

Freedom to Act

To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients

whose problems are appropriate for low intensity therapy.

To continue to develop the skills of a reflective practitioner by conducting regular personal audit and

evaluation of clinical work and by maintaining an active engagement with current development in the field

of psychological therapy

To develop knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to primary care adult

mental health services.

The post holder is expected to demonstrate and champion the Trusts Values at all times.

The post holder would need to demonstrate energy, drive and enthusiasm for the role.

The post holder would be expected to have excellent interpersonal skills.

Positive working behaviour is expected at all times.

The post holder would be expected to meet deadlines and deliver on all objectives set.

The Post Holder would need to demonstrate the highest level of accountability through their work.

The range of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and are intended to give

a broad flavour of the range and type of duties that will be allocated. They are subject to

modification in the light of changing service demands and the development requirements of the

post holder.

The team consists of RMN's, PWP's and HITs. We are a

forward thinking organisation enabling us to look holistically at the needs of

the local population.

Qualifications

Skills & Abilities

Experience