Job summary
- Main area
- Research and Development
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 months from start of contract)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 354-CO-21695
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sussex Education Centre
- Town
- Hove
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP)
NHS AfC: Band 5
Come and join us
We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to work as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) on a research study funded by the Medical Research Council to deliver a novel body-based awareness intervention for patients experiencing anxiety in NHS Talking Therapies services. Full training in the intervention will given.
Responsibilities include conducting assessments and online delivery of the intervention under the supervision of a Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
Work can be divided between working from home and coming into the study base at the University of Sussex and Sussex Education Centre in Hove.
There will be opportunities to contribute to the wider work of the research lab and to contribute to papers for publication.
Main duties of the job
- Conducting assessments with study participants within NHS Talking Therapies services
- Conducting end-of-intervention reviews with participants and signposting on as appropriate
- Delivering PWP support sessions to participants remotely, supporting participants through the intervention.
- Attending weekly research team meetings
- Supporting the study research assistant with a range of study tasks as required
Working for our organisation
The study team is a multidisciplinary research team at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Brighton and Sussex Medical School. We work together with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, where this post will be located. Our bench-to-bedside research focuses on brain-body interactions in mental health conditions.
We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To facilitate communication between NHS Talking Therapies services and research team
- To follow clinical trial procedures adhering to the trial protocol
- To support recruitment, screening, and consenting of prospective trial participants
- To support participants in research assessments before, during, and after therapy
- To support participants if technological problems arise
- To deliver online support sessions
- To conduct clinical needs assessment after therapy course has ended
- To collect research and clinical data according to trial protocol
- Flexible working and working from home are possible
- The post holder will work with people with a diagnosis of an anxiety disorder from different cultural backgrounds, of different ages, and potentially with co-occurring disabilities and should be committed to equal opportunities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (NB other qualifications are not eligible)
Desirable criteria
- Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or within a psychological therapy.
- Psychology or other health related undergraduate degree
Knowledge, Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem
- Experience in delivering therapy online
- Experience conducting and/or delivering clinical research
- Experience in communicating with and coordinating different stakeholders
- Able to write clear reports and letters.
Desirable criteria
- Experience working with neurodivergent people and other people with other disabilities
- Experience with interoceptive research
- Experience of working in Primary Care Services
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Experience in providing clinical supervision
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent IT-skills
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information
- Good inter-personal and inter-professional skills and ability to work autonomously
- Skills in the use of psychological assessment and intervention frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Ability to positively contribute to clinical discussions.
- Able to follow policies
Desirable criteria
- Confident in use of technology (full training will be given)
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clara Strauss
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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