Senior IAPT Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to join the NHS Talking Therapies service in North Tyneside. The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership to Low Intensity Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, supervisors, and trainees. They will also be involved in quality improvement and development of low intensity therapy delivery, while maintaining their own low intensity practice providing assessment and treatment for common mental health problems. The role involves working closely with the Clinical Lead to achieve high quality clinical care and meet national performance indicators.
Essential criteria
- A related degree, eg. Psychology with a either a Post Graduate Cert/Dip in Mental Health or Equivalent or IAPT Low intensity worker/ psychological wellbeing practitioner qualification
- Professional registration with BABCP/BPS - Post holder will be expected to complete this within 6 months of appointment.
Desirable criteria
- Training in CBT
- A qualification or substantial experience in Professional Supervision
- Experience and knowledge
- Significant experience of working with people with common mental health problems
- Consolidated and reflective supervised post-qualifying experience, preferably in NHS or Social Services setting.
- Experience of delivering training to a range of professionals
- Experience of 'partnership working'
- Experience of working with clients who self-harm
- Substantial experience of multi - disciplinary teamwork
- Experience of working with suicidal clients and of risk management
- Experience of working within the IAPT culture
- Evidence-based practice/clinical governance
- Training in CBT
- A qualification or substantial experience in Professional Supervision
- Experience in drug/alcohol management
- Experience of supervising others within a therapy setting of helping profession such as social work nursing
- Experience of working in a Primary Care Mental Health setting
- Experience of working in a 3rd Sector Mental Health setting
- Experience of dealing with clients whose children are subject to Child Protection legislation
- Experience of co-working with general nurses and health visitors in a Primary Care setting
- Experience of Healthy Living initiatives
- Experience of screening, assessing and working with a wide spectrum of mental health issues and working with people with moderate common mental health problems
- Experience of audit and research
- Experience of and ability to provide mentor/supervisor role
- Evidence of further training in psychological interventions/therapy
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
- A related degree, eg. Psychology with a either a Post Graduate Cert/Dip in Mental Health or Equivalent or IAPT Low intensity worker/ psychological wellbeing practitioner qualification
- Professional registration with BABCP/BPS - Post holder will be expected to complete this within 6 months of appointment.
- Training in CBT
- A qualification or substantial experience in Professional Supervision
- Experience and knowledge
- Significant experience of working with people with common mental health problems
- Consolidated and reflective supervised post-qualifying experience, preferably in NHS or Social Services setting.
- Experience of delivering training to a range of professionals
- Experience of 'partnership working'
- Experience of working with clients who self-harm
- Substantial experience of multi - disciplinary teamwork
- Experience of working with suicidal clients and of risk management
- Experience of working within the IAPT culture
- Evidence-based practice/clinical governance
- Training in CBT
- A qualification or substantial experience in Professional Supervision
- Experience in drug/alcohol management
- Experience of supervising others within a therapy setting of helping profession such as social work nursing
- Experience of working in a Primary Care Mental Health setting
- Experience of working in a 3rd Sector Mental Health setting
- Experience of dealing with clients whose children are subject to Child Protection legislation
- Experience of co-working with general nurses and health visitors in a Primary Care setting
- Experience of Healthy Living initiatives
- Experience of screening, assessing and working with a wide spectrum of mental health issues and working with people with moderate common mental health problems
- Experience of audit and research
- Experience of and ability to provide mentor/supervisor ro
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Job summary
Would you like to be part of leading an innovative, dynamic NHS Talking Therapies service?
We are looking for a Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner to join our long-established NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression team in North Tyneside. You will be part of the overall Senior Team and provide clinical leadership within the low intensity element of the service. North Tyneside Talking Therapies is recognised for its high quality therapeutic delivery and our patients experience significant improvements which is demonstrated in our performance outcomes. We pride ourselves on adopting a compassionate culture and have a collective leadership approach. Our staff are our biggest asset, their dedication is inspiring and we value and support them greatly.
We reserve the right to close this advert early should a significant amount of applications be received so please apply at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership to Low Intensity Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWP's), LI Supervisors and Trainee PWP's. If successful, you will be involved in the quality improvement and development of low intensity therapy delivery within the NHS Talking Therapies element of the service.
This will involve opportunities to improve our clinical delivery, supervision a
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