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Principal Practitioner Psychologist (WMgt & Bariatric) Fixed Term
The closing date is 05 September 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychologist to join the bariatric and weight management psychology service, working as part of the Clinical Health Psychology Service at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. This is a 12 month fixed term post to cover maternity leaveWe are looking for an individual with substantial post-qualification experience of working within a physical health setting, who can provide leadership and supervision to the psychology team, as well as confidently manage the clinical demands that flow through a busy clinical service.We are looking for a Practitioner Psychologist with a proven track record of delivering high quality psychological interventions in physical health settings
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:Support the Consultant Counselling Psychologist to provide senior leadership, supervision and support for the members of the Weight management/Bariatric psychology team.Support the Consultant Lead Counselling Psychologist to assess referrals which come into the service and provide expert guidance to referrers.Provide line management and specialist clinical supervision to psychologists, psychological therapists, assistant psychologists and trainee practitioner psychologists on placement.Developing links with the specialist nurses, members of the medical team, relevant special interest groups and third sector agencies.To contribute to service design and the development of clinical pathways and development of business cases to maintain capacity for the service, in consultation with the service lead.Provide specialist assessment and treatment recommendations for individuals accessing the service. Service users may have diverse and complex health comorbidities and comorbid mental health problems .Within the role the post holder will be expected to manage referrals from multiple sources, maintain outpatient waiting lists, and take autonomous management of their own caseload.To take part in audit and research.We can offer:A friendly, warm and proactive team of clinicians who embrace learning and professional development, good provision of CPD opportunities and support and supervision from the consultant counselling psychologist
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our threecore values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and well-being activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Current and valid Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration.
* Professional Doctorate qualification in Clinical/ Counselling/Health Psychology
* Training in 3rd wave psychological therapies
* Further training in supervision of psychological therapies
Experience
* oPrevious experience of working in a weight management and/or bariatric service.
* oPrevious experience of working in an eating disorders service.
* oPrevious experience of working with severe and enduring mental health presentations
* oExperience of running groups
* oExperience in supervising junior staff
* oExperience in line managing staff
* Experience of working with patients with severe and enduring mental health problems.
* Substantial post-qualification experience of working as a practitioner psychologist. (1 point per year of post-qualification work up to a total of 5 points.)
* Experience of working with patients with physical health problems.
* Experience of developing and delivering psycho-educational groups.
* Experience of assessing and working with patients with eating disorders.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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