North London NHS Foundation Trust
Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
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To apply for this role
To apply for this role, you will have successfully completed existing training on a nationally recognised post graduate Talking Therapies (IAPT) low intensity programme. This will include how to improve knowledge on a range of mental health issues, and how to provide a range of brief solution focused interventions for adults who are experiencing mild to moderate emotional difficulties, particularly anxiety and depression.
You will be able to access further training and staff development, as well as our robust supervision and governance systems.
Key Requirements
- Excellent communication skills
- Real interest in and knowledge of working with adults experiencing a range of mental health difficulties and psychosocial problems in a primary care setting
- Enthusiasm, confidence, and the ability to work flexibly and without close direction
Key Responsibilities
- Provide brief evidence-based interventions in primary care
- Support mental health promotion initiatives within the community
- Deliver Step 2 CBT interventions, including guided self-help, computer aided CBT, group work, and signposting
- Manage a caseload of clients with mild to moderate anxiety and/or depression
- Support patient referral to other services as appropriate
- Provide a range of evidence-based brief interventions using guided self-help methods
- Ensure work is patient-focused, responsive to need, and culturally competent and sensitive
- Facilitate the development and running of self-help groups, activities, and use of self-help material, information, and other mental health resources
- Support general practice staff and community and primary care organisations in their management of patients with mental health needs
- Attend and participate in multidisciplinary team meetings as appropriate
- Engage in health promotion and outreach work directed towards local communities, particularly those groups under-represented within the service
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Working Environment
We operate a hybrid working policy which means all staff are required to come on site to team bases to offer in person appointments, attend supervision and meetings, and combine this with remote working.
About North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT)
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy
- Provide consistently high-quality care closer to home
- Ensure equity of outcome for all with our partners in North London and each borough
- Offer great places to work, providing staff with a supportive environment to deliver outstanding care
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Why NLFT?
- Develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities
- Promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives
- NHS Discounts, generous annual leave, and NHS pension scheme
- Excellent internal staff network
In order to meet the needs of the Trust, you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Christina Pathmarajah
- Job title: Senior CBT Therapist
- Email address: christina.pathmarajah@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 0208 702 4776
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