Clinical​/Counselling Psychologist

Working within the specialist weight management service you will be part of a multidisciplinary team delivering evidence based intervention to people living with obesity across Northumberland and North Tyneside localities.

You will work alongside dietitians, physical activity providers and pharmacist and medic within a health behaviour change service to offer direct clinical assessment and intervention as well as MDT working.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

• To provide high quality, effective applied psychology services to the Health Psychology services
• To provide effective psychological assessment and interventions (including 1:1 and group) to the patients of the service.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for clinical governance of own work according to trust policies.
• To undertake R&D activities for audit, policy and service development in conjunction with service leads.
• Supervises and supports the clinical activities of assistants and trainees in CHP.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Sara Yule

Job title:

Psychology Service Lead SWMS Email address: sara.yule@n