Job overview

We have an opportunity for a Clinical/Practitioner Psychologist to join the CONNECT Children’s Weight Management Service. This post is Band 8a but we invite less experienced applicants to apply with a view to starting on Band 7 and commit to a plan to develop into the 8a role. We are seeking a compassionate psychologist to join our multidisciplinary team supporting children and young people living with obesity. ABUHB Weight Management Team comprises of an Adult, Children’s and Maternity services. This post will be working with Children and Young People and you will be working closely with the wider WMS team members. You will maintain close professional links with the wider child psychology team and will be professionally supported and managed within the Paediatric Psychology Service.

In this role, you will provide psychological assessments, individual and group interventions,  develop personalised intervention plans aimed at promoting sustainable lifestyle changes and identifying barriers to these. Collaborating closely with dietitians, physicians, and other healthcare professionals, you will address the complex psychological, emotional, relational and behavioural factors contributing to obesity.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for supporting young people, their families and systems, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to empowering patients on their journey to improved health and well-being. Join us in making a meaningful impact on our patients' lives.

Main duties of the job

• Provide psychological services to, young people and children with obesity and their families in agreement with the Weight Management service management team and your professional leads. This includes face to face and virtual work with individuals, groups, and families, significant others, and consultation work advising staff of other disciplines on the psychological aspects of casework and patient management plans.  It involves conducting psychological assessments and the delivery of appropriate therapeutic interventions for the full range of referred difficulties accepted by the service.
• Provide teaching, training, and supervision of psychological work to psychologists and staff of other disciplines.  Conduct and supervise research and audit, develop and evaluate new clinical and psychological programmes, as a major responsibility of the job. Participate in relevant research/audit groups.
• Contribute to the development of new psychological services and participate in service planning and development, in agreement with the Weight Management Professional management team. Participate fully in the professional activities of the Weight Management Service and ABUHB Psychology Service.
• Gain further experience of professional issues and to become familiar with current strategic thinking in the NHS in general and Weight Management for children, young people and their families in particular.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.