Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term for 10 and 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 150-CP2403-PC
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chichester - Bicentennial Building
- Town
- Chichester
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (Fixed Term)
Band 6
Job overview
Available positions:
1x 12 month fixed term, 37.5 hours per week
1x 10 month fixed term, 37.5 hours per week
We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled, BABCP registered, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner interested in working with patients who experience anxiety and/or depression. This is a rare opportunity for someone to take the next step in their supervisory role and develop their knowledge, skills and understanding of working therapeutically with co-morbid patients in West Sussex. If you’re keen to develop your Step 2 experience and skills, then we’d like to hear from you.
Working within NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies (WSTT), this is a varied and interesting role for an experienced PWP with a commitment to delivering evidenced-based patient care. You’ll work closely with the other Senior PWPs, the Deputy Clinical Lead and with Senior Therapists to maximise Step 2 interventions across West Sussex.
Main duties of the job
Our Senior PWPs lead a Step 2 team of qualified, newly qualified and trainee PWPs providing direction and advice for their day-to-day clinical activities, utilising your supervisory skills, and working alongside our managers you’ll provide support for their wellbeing, as well as holding a small caseload of patients. As key members of our senior leadership team our Senior PWPs guide the development of our Step 2 clinical programme, coordinate individual and group treatment options, draft associated materials and identify opportunities to promote the service.
In addition to having a sound background in Step 2 interventions, to make the most of the role you’ll need to be personable, organised and a real team-player. You’ll be comfortable working in partnership with other teams, external services and organisations and will be excited to help develop our service.
Working for our organisation
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?
• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You’ll enjoy a comprehensive induction programme as well as continued support through regular clinical supervision, protected time for clinical skills sessions, continued professional development and opportunity to enhance your leadership skills. Based in Worthing or Chichester, with some travel required across West Sussex, our flexible working includes opportunities to work from home. As part of the wider NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies service, you’ll work alongside other Snr PWPs working across the services with opportunities for career progression.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled, LGBT+ and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as we would like our WSTT – LTC team to reflect the diverse communities we serve. As a Trust, we recognise the positive value of diversity in providing high quality and culturally competent care; we are a Disability Confident Employer, and benefit from thriving and supportive BAME, Disability, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief Staff Networks. We may be able to help you with a relocation package if you are considering moving to West Sussex.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- IAPT Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner qualification
- Training in Risk assessment and management
Desirable criteria
- A qualification or substantial experience in Professional clinical supervision
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of different mental health presentations / problems, including awareness of serious mental health presentations [psychosis, bi-polar]
- Knowledge of NHS polices, procedures, guidelines and clinical governance
- Models of assessment, screening, referral, record – keeping and evidence based brief psychological interventions.
- Knowledge of outcome measures and their use for clinical and audit purposes
- Knowledge and experience of Safeguarding Children and Protection of Vulnerable Adults legislation
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of further training in psychological interventions.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a qualified PWP with Significant experience of working with people with common mental health problems within a Stepped Care model
- Experience of working with suicidal clients and of risk management
- Experience of screening, assessing and working with a wide spectrum of mental health issues and working with moderate severity of common mental health problems.
- Experience of and ability to provide leadership / mentorship / supervision
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries, liaison and networking.
Key Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to be self reflective, whilst working with patients, in own personal and professional development and in supervision.
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
- Ability to maintain a healthy work – life balance to ensure own wellbeing, whilst being able to work under pressure and manage own caseload and time effectively. .
- Regard for others and respect for the individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Ability to support and develop trainee and junior staff through case management supervision, skills training and reflective practice groups.
Equal Opportunities
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of working with diversity and knowledge of working with black, minority ethnic groups
Desirable criteria
- Ability to work through interpreters
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Willingness to work flexible hours, within service 8-8 operating hours.
- Willingness and ability to travel across Locality and throughout West Sussex.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kirsty Parr
- Job title
- Deputy Operational Head of Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07484098617
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