Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Consultant health psychologist
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Consultant or Principal Clinical, Health or Counselling Psychologist (Band 8c/8b)
Lead an established specialist psychology service within a welcoming and high-performing bariatric surgery team.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced HCPC-registered Clinical, Health or Counselling Psychologist to join our specialist Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Service on a fixed-term maternity cover basis.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Lead Psychologist to maintain and, where needed, further develop our established bariatric psychology service during a period of maternity leave.
This is an opportunity to join a friendly multidisciplinary bariatric surgery team delivering highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention for adults undergoing bariatric and metabolic surgery. The successful candidate will play a central role in maintaining high-quality psychological care while providing professional leadership, supervision and expert consultation within the service.
Alongside clinical work, the post offers opportunities to contribute to service evaluation, research and teaching. The service has a strong research culture, including an established bariatric psychology research programme and clinical research database, and regularly hosts MSc Health Psychology students, trainee psychologists and PhD candidates through close links with King's College London.
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About The Role
You will:
- Deliver highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions for adults referred to the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Service.
- Provide clinical leadership for the bariatric psychology service.
- Work as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to complex clinical decision-making.
- Line manage and supervise qualified psychologists, trainee psychologists or students, and assistant psychologists as required.
- Provide consultation and training to colleagues across the multidisciplinary team.
- Contribute to ongoing service evaluation, audit, research and quality improvement.
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- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development.
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability.
- Improving the experience of staff with disability.
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development.
- Making equalities mainstream.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Emily McBride
- Job title: Consultant Health Psychologist
- Email address: emily.mcbride1@nhs.net
If you would like to discuss this post please contact Mrs Emily McBride via email emily.mcbride1@nhs.net
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