Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner/ Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for an energetic, highly motivated Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner / Assistant Psychologist to join our Diabetes Psychology Team.

We need someone who is enthusiastic and motivated, who would like to provide evidence based psychological interventions for people living with diabetes.

You must have experience in working with people with diabetes or another long-term health condition.

The Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner / Assistant Psychologist role involves working in a diabetes service to help facilitate and improve care pathways for people with mental health needs and diabetes.

The post holder will work with the Hackney Diabetes Centre Psychology Team in improving engagement, self-management and outcomes for people living with type 1 diabetes.

They will also work specifically in identifying and working with patients who have not engaged with the wider diabetes service.

The post holder will also provide one to one and group-based support to individuals struggling with common mental health problems.

The role of the Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner/ Psychology Assistant will also complement the existing psychology service based in the diabetes service.

Duties include:

To identify and assess patients struggling to engage with services
To assess patients referred to the service under, supervision, to identify their psychological needs
Provide signposting and treatment including one to one guided selfhelp using the services treatment protocols, Computerised CBT, bibliotherapy and through delivering the services group based interventions at step
To ensure that the work is patient focused and responsive to need, with particular reference to the needs of black and other minority ethnic communities.
To work closely with other team members to ensure the service is effective and collaborative
To accept and engage with supervision arrangements, both clinical and managerial
Contribute to the identification of local mental health needs, gaps in service provision, and any other relevant issues
To provide monitoring information concerning the contacts, outputs and outcomes as required
Undertake audits where identified
Develop new appropriate resources for use by team and related professional

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients.

In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

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