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Qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP)

About Us

Teladoc Health is the world’s leading virtual care provider, delivering care to over 20 million members across 125 countries. Teladoc formally entered the UK virtual care space in 2019 offering the only comprehensive virtual care solution spanning telehealth GP services, mental health support, expert medical opinion, and nutrition consultations. We work with the world’s leading life, health, accident, travel and general insurers, other large corporates, affinity groups, and the NHS to deliver industry-leading, award-winning virtual healthcare services to their policy holders, employees, and patients.

Our Mental Health Service provides high quality assessment and treatment to clients accessing healthcare via their insurance provider or employer. We believe in the efficacy of virtual interventions, and we provide brief therapy to a low-risk population, presenting with mild-moderate common mental health problems.

Position Summary

We are currently recruiting a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) to work as part of a team delivering low intensity CBT, with additional responsibilities that may include provision of case management supervision and clinical skills.

Contract type: Permanent
Annual salary: £28,000 - £32,000 per annum DOE
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9am to 5.30pm, full and part-time hours available (minimum of 3 days)
Location: remote, working from home

Accountabilities

• Assessment, formulation, and treatment planning for patients referred into the Mental Health Service (MHS) up to Step 2 level of treatment; referring on or signposting to alternative services and to the Teladoc’s other services when additional need is identified
• Generate individual Risk Support Plans for patients based upon psychological wellbeing assessments enabling wider services to support patients appropriately
• Step 2 low intensity CBT with an appropriate caseload of individual therapy patients and deliver group psycho-educational support webinars (internally and externally) that have been co-produced and developed within the MHS
• Deliver evidence-based low intensity CBT as outlined in the Service Delivery Framework, maintaining good quality clinical case notes throughout as well as support in gathering and reporting clinical outcomes and service evaluation data

Main Responsibilities

• Perform psychological wellbeing assessments integrating the use of both qualitative and quantitative (psychometric measures) information
• To work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Communicate clinical information clearly to both clinical and non-clinical members of the team
• To perform assessments and engage in case conference meetings to review and agree assessment outcomes and next steps for patient treatment
• To maintain accurate good quality clinical notes and service monitoring records in accordance with the Service Delivery Framework and high clinical practice standards
• To support the Clinical Operations Manager in gathering and reporting clinical outcome and service evaluation reports
• To support other members of the MHS and Teladoc teams to generate the best possible outcomes and safe treatment for patients
• To hold a managed, time limited caseload of individual therapy patients supporting issues relevant to a Step 2 threshold of care
• To engage in regular peer and individual clinical supervision
• To attend regular line management supervision where case management will be regularly discussed and reviewed
• To actively contribute to the development of a supportive and effective psychological wellbeing team and service
• To attend and positively participate in line management meetings, annual appraisals, monthly and quarterly team meetings etc as required
• Willingness to contribute to the charitable aims of the organization

Essential Qualifications

• MUST have: Post Graduate Certificate in Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies (PWP core training)
• BA/BSc Psychology

Employee Benefits

• Pension contribution at the rate of 8% fully paid by Teladoc (up to £50K salary), with 0% employee contribution
• Private medical insurance
• Annual paid leave entitlement of 25 days plus public holidays (pro-rata)
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) with access to free financial, legal and lifestyle, advice, as well as counselling and Mental Health support
• MyStrength, our very own emotional awareness app supporting your mental wellbeing
• Thanks Ben benefits platform.
• Company laptop.

Equality and Diversity

Teladoc Health UK adopts a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination on any of the protected grounds in the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all current and prospective employees regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse workforce because, in our view, diversity enables better business outcomes. We also believe that a more inclusive workplace, where people of different backgrounds work together, ensures better outcomes for all staff. From application to interview, we place inclusion at the heart of all we do. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Teladoc Health UK.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Salary: £28,000.00-£32,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Private medical insurance
• Sick pay
• Wellness programme
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• What accredited PWP qualification do you currently have?

Work Location: Remote