Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Clinical Psychologist
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We are excited to offer some temporary bank hours for Senior Clinical Psychologist posts to support our newly funded Specialist Weight Management Service, which broadens our existing Bariatric Surgery Service offer.
We have 0.8 WTE available of funding at 8A grade, for 6 months' work. We anticipate that this funding may be split between two successful candidates, potentially at 0.4 WTE each. The role can be undertaken fully remotely, or local candidates are welcome to work on-site. Please indicate on your application your preferred number or range of hours and available working days.
This vacancy forms part of significant investment to expand our existing Tier 4 Bariatric Surgery Service to a broader Specialist Weight Management Service.
These hours are specifically to undertake pre-bariatric surgery psychology assessments to reduce current waiting times.
About the Role
To provide a specialist Clinical Psychology service to adult patients accessing the Specialist Weight Management Service at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust.
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Key Responsibilities
- To provide specialist psychological assessment and formulation to patients, with the potential of brief therapeutic input where appropriate. This requires taking full professional responsibility and exercising autonomous judgement, in matters of professional practice.
- To engage fully in clinical supervision and provide feedback to the Specialist Weight Management Service MDT through written reports along with consultation with the Principal Clinical Psychologist.
- To offer advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care and functioning to colleagues and other non-professional carers, as required.
- To work autonomously in the execution of these duties and within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Clinical Health Psychology Department and Trust policies and procedures.
About Us
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
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Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Dr Heather Langham
- Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist
- Email address: heather.langham@cht.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01484 355 217
Availability
Available Wednesday - Fridays
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