The closing date is 12th Oct 2025
Job summary
We are seeking applications from a highly motivated individual, to join our leadership team as a Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner. The successful candidate will be joining a well-established NHS Talking Therapies service and will contribute to a stepped care model of service delivery for people experiencing anxiety disorders and depression.
This exciting opportunity will enable you to make a real difference to the lives of local people through leadership of the Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner workforce and delivery of evidence-based interventions. You will be based centrally in our main office and may provide clinics across a number of community settings, so a driving license and ability to travel is essential. This is not a remote post.
As part of the role, you will provide line management, clinical skills and caseload management supervision to Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, therefore, previous experience of leadership and/or clinically supervising others is required. The successful candidate will have undertaken and completed PWP Clinical Supervision training with a known training provider.
You will work alongside the service team leads and clinical lead to ensure clinically safe and effective delivery of evidence based psychological treatments.
The successful candidate will have a recognised PWP qualification, with at least one year's post-qualification experience. Current registration with the BABCP or BPS is also required.
Previous applicants need not reapply.
Main duties, tasks & skills required
An average week may look like:
* Offering case management to PWPs
* Offering line management supervision meetings and completing appraisals
* Offering clinical skills supervision groups
* Attend senior service meetings
* Offer 1 day of patient facing work either through face to face, telephone, online or group treatment modalities
* Offer evidence based low intensity psychological interventions and assessment
* Complete administrative tasks including session write up, onward referral, signposting, risk management and safeguarding reporting
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.
Job description
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
A related degree, e.g. Psychology and IAPT Low intensity worker/ psychological wellbeing practitioner qualification (dip/cert PWP).
BABCP accredited PWP (or other relevant provider) and or IAPT trained Supervisor.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For help with your application, contact:
Russell Chantler
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£ to £ Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
348-IOW-9190
Job locations
St. Mary's Hospital (IOW)
Parkhurst Road
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 5TG