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.
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.
Please refer to the Applicant Guide via the link below for key information: - Applying to LGT Guide - Key Information for Applicants
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
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
About you
You will be an HCPC-registered Health, Clinical, or Counselling Psychologist with:
A doctoral qualification in Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychology.
Significant post-qualification experience in bariatric surgery, obesity or specialist health psychology settings.
Experience delivering evidence-based psychological therapies within complex physical health settings.
Excellent multidisciplinary working and leadership skills.
A commitment to delivering compassionate, evidence-based psychological care.
An excellent communicator, confident working autonomously and committed to delivering compassionate, patient-centred care.
Applicants will be considered at Band 8b or Band 8c, depending on experience.
Appointment at Band 8c will require evidence of substantial leadership, supervision, service development and research or quality improvement experience within specialist psychological services.
