Long-Term Conditions Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Each Psychological Well-Being Practitioner will have clinical roles and responsibilities including the delivery of short term interventions such as Guided Self-Help, Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Silvercloud), and Psycho-Educational Groups. This role involves working with clients with co-occurring anxiety and/or depression and a long-term health condition/s. We have a regular programme of training for PWPs, providing teaching and coaching from peers, senior colleagues andexternal trainers. In return we can offer you the chance to work as part of a dynamic supportive team that works in the community and as part of wider multi professional and multi agency services; develop clinical and teaching skills, participate in clinical supervision and work in diverse settings including primary care teams and voluntary agencies. This post requires a DBS check. The successful applicant will be required to travel freely around the locality and be open to working flexibly outside the usual 9am-5pm hours at least once a week and other occasional times, as the service operates during the hours of 8am to 8pm. Therefore you will be expected to work at least one evening a week.

We are seeking a highly motivated Psychological Well-Being Practitioner to join our valued PWP team and our integrated Long-term Conditions service. The PWP team comprises a PWP team lead, 2 senior PWPs, qualified PWPs, and trainee PWPs. The LTC integrated team consist of a Lead, 1 HI therapist and 3 PWPs. The high profile team currently contributes to improving the quality of care and quality of life for people with mild to moderate mental health problems and also raise awareness of mental health across the borough.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're
• We Listen
• We Care