# Clinical Psychologist - Bariatric Surgery

**Company**: Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: London
**Salary**: £66274.00 to £73496.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are excited to offer this new post within the Homerton Bariatric Service to a committed and compassionate psychology clinician. You will join a diverse MDT alongside the principal psychologist and assistant psychologists to support the development and delivery of the psychology assessment and treatment pathways for this well-established bariatric centre.

You will support a diverse and complex population of patients accessing surgical treatment for obesity. The role requires excellent communication and MDT working skills, knowledge of clinical governance principles and their application, an understanding of the impact of weight-based stigma and the desire to advocate for and support patients through clinical work and the implementation of well-designed processes.

The post holder will work alongside other psychology professionals to provide a qualified specialist psychology service to the Bariatric service. The post holder will:

- Provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy; in particular, they will be competent to deliver high-quality ACT/CBT interventions individually and in group formats.

- Offer advice and consultation on patients' psychological care and management to colleagues from other disciplines, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.

We will actively support the successful candidate to develop their own interests, and there are a number of training opportunities at the Homerton Hospital, including membership of a Trust-wide neuropsychology and clinical health network, and special interest group meetings and conference attendance. You will be able to contribute to research, supervision of clinical psychology trainees, and service development.

**Person Specification:** _Education/Qualifications:_*

- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996)

- BPS statement of Equivalence and able to demonstrate eligibility for BPS CPsychol (Chartered Psychologist) or Accredited training as a CBT Therapist, and core mental health profession

- Full registration: 1. HCPC (Psychologists and Arts Therapists) 2. BABCP 3. UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

_Skills/Abilities:_*

- Skills in working across multidisciplinary settings

- Highly-developed skills in the effective communication of highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to a wide variety of recipients in a range of settings within and outside the NHS

- Skills in providing advice and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups

- Competence in advanced IT packages including keyboard skills

- Ability to act as a specialist psychology professional and work autonomously in community and hospital settings

_Experience:_*

- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings

- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the specialty as required by professional accrediting/registration body (e.g. BPS/ HCPC/ BABCP)

- Experience of specialist placement or pre or post training experience in a specialist weight management service or related area

_Knowledge:_*

- Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues

- Highly developed knowledge and clinical experience of long-term health conditions

- Highly developed knowledge of key NHS policy developments for patients living with obesity and long-term conditions

- Working knowledge of the practices and approaches of other key disciplines, professions and agencies involved in the care and management network

## Skills

### Required
- Clinical Psychology
- Bariatric Surgery
- MDT working
- Clinical Governance
- ACT/CBT interventions
- Specialist psychological assessment
- Formulation and therapy
- Communication skills
- IT packages

### Nice to have
- Supervision of clinical psychology trainees
- Service development
- Research
- Specialised areas of psychological practice
- Complex multi-media materials for presentations

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