Senior IAPT Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

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 and Continuing Professional Development Programme based on a sound evidence base as well as innovative ideas.

You will also maintain your own low intensity practice providing assessment and treatment for people presenting with common mental health problems, within the NHS Talking Therapies framework.

The Talking Therapies Senior team is committed to compassionate, inclusive leadership and is a reflective and supportive group of professionals. You would be supported in your role with regular supervision and excellent development opportunities.

You will work closely with the NHS Talking Therapies Clinical Lead to develop innovative positive clinical change, and help the service achieve high quality clinical care, meeting the national Talking Therapies key performance indicators.

About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Details
Date posted: 03 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year pro rata per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 319-8188818LH
Job locations: Hadrian Health Centre, Elton Street East, Wallsend, NE28 8QU, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• Educated to degree level and/or a recognised NHS Talking Therapies Low Intensity/PWP qualification.
• Professional registration with the BABCP/BPS or to complete within probationary period
• Significant experience of working with people with common mental health problems
• Ability to demonstrate a range of post-qualifying experiences, delivering the range of evidence-based NHS Talking Therapies low intensity interventions (including computerised CBT, guided self-help and group psycho-education
• Consolidated and reflective supervised post-qualifying experience
• Talking Therapies low intensity (LI) supervision qualification and experience, with the expectation of being able to deliver LI supervision to a number of PWP's and trainees

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• 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

• Training in CBT
• A qualification or substantial experience in Professional Supervision

Experience and knowledge
Essential

• 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

Desirable

• 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

Other requirements
Essential

• 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.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).