Job overview
To work alongside professionals delivering psychological interventions within the primary care setting. A Psychological Well-being Practitioner will assist with the overall delivery of `guided self-help psychological interventions' within a stepped model of care in line with NICE Guidelines.
This post is subject to an enhanced check with adults barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.
We are committed to delivering the very best possible life-long care in physical health, mental health, learning disabilities and addictions services. We are passionate about advancing the health of the people and communities we serve. We will achieve this through pursuing clinical excellence and whole-person care, involving the people we serve in every aspect of their care and through prevention and early intervention to help people keep well and living well at home for longer .
The care we offer is built on strong relationships, and we will work side-by-side with our staff, other organisations, and with people and communities themselves to activate, innovate and continually improve the prevention, treatment and support we provide. Together, we believe we can exceed expectations of the health, care and wellbeing available to the people we serve.
Main duties of the job
The main roles will include:
- Work within practice teams including liaison with GPs, Practice staff, third sector agencies and service users and carers.
- Networking with the wider health and social care system.
- To work autonomously within the team and possess excellent organisational and time management skills, in order to cope with the demands of the service.
- To have undertaken the "Post Graduate Certificate in Primary Care" course and be qualified as a PWP.
Owing to National requirements around Psychological Well Being Practitioner registration, qualified PWPs will need to have registration in place or newly qualified staff to achieve this within 6 months of qualifying.
- The post holder will demonstrate respect and value service users’ and their carers.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the supervision of an appropriately skilled and qualified person to;
1. Develop skills of collaborative working with service users (and where appropriate their carers) to build an effective partnership of care.
2. To carry a caseload of clients and assist in identifying and effectively managing their emotional distress and disturbance.
3. Utilise a range of guided self-help interventions, in line with NICE guidelines.
4. Utilise a range of core skills in mental health practice in order to contribute to and co-ordinate the care and treatment of clients with mild mental health problems.
5. Implement and support a range of evidence based interventions utilising a self management model of mental health care.
6. Collaborate with service users and other people involved in their care to encourage medication compliance.
7. Help to establish systems in practices for the effective management of mental health needs of individual service users, families and communities.
8. Through supervision, systematically evaluate and record outcomes of mental health interventions, adapting care on the basis of these evaluations.
9. Participate in inter-professional approaches to care that respect and utilise the contributions of the wider health and social care team.
10. Utilise managerial and clinical supervision to ensure that care and treatment are tailored to service users, family and community needs; that learning needs are identified and acted upon to ensure personal development.
11. Practice in a non discriminatory manner, respecting the variety of beliefs and cultural practices of individuals and groups.
12. Assist in the delivery of the Mental Health Promotion Strategy for the Halton Borough at a local level.
13. To record and evaluate `outcome measures` as part of the ongoing therapy process, for a `service user`
14. To assist in the accurate entry of clinical data onto the Trusts agreed systems.
15. To ensure the highest standards of clinical record keeping, including electronic data entering and recording.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
1. Having passed an accredited course and being specifically qualified as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner – i.e. PGCert in Primary Care Mental Health Practice / PGCert Low Intensity CBT Practitioner
2. Registration with either the BABCP or the BPS (or for newly qualified/appointed staff, to achieve this within 12 months)
Desirable criteria
3. Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy
4. Health or Social Care related degree
Experience
Essential criteria
5. Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
6. Proven relevant experience of working with people with common mental health problems
7. Ability to manage own workload and time
8. Ability to demonstrate high standards in written communication
9. Able to analyse patient & operational data relating to the service and communicate this clearly verbally and using Microsoft packages such as excel
10. Able to write clear reports and letters
11. Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
12. Computer literate
13. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills
14. Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
Desirable criteria
15. Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
16. Knowledge of self-help materials for managing common mental health problems.
17. Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
18. Proven relevant experience of working in Primary Care Services
19. Proven relevant experience of working in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
20. Proven relevant experience of working in the local community
21. Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
Skills
Essential criteria
22. Ability to evaluate and integrate training into practice
23. Computer literate
24. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills
25. High level of enthusiasm and motivation
26. Advanced communication skills
27. Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
28. Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
29. Ability to work under pressure
30. Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
31. Ability to be self reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision
32. Ability to manage own workload and time
33. Ability to demonstrate high standards in written communication
34. Ability to demonstrate high standards in written communication
35. Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
36. Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
Desirable criteria
37. Car driver and / or ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the Liverpool area
38. Fluent in community languages other than English
Values
Essential criteria
39. Continuous Improvement
40. Accountability
41. Respectfulness
42. Enthusiasm
43. Support
44. High professional standards
45. Responsive to service users
46. Engaging leadership style
47. Strong customer service belief
48. Transparency and honesty
49. Discreet
50. Change oriented
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