Contact information
Dr Jo Quinn
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
01924 816032
About the role
Mid Yorkshire NHS Teaching Trust has been awarded new funding to develop a specialist obesity service and extend the existing bariatric service to provide an improved, evidence-based service across Wakefield. It will also reduce inequalities by targeting priority groups in line with NICE guidelines. The new Specialist Obesity and Bariatric Service will replace previous T3 and T4 services to provide a patient-centred, needs based service, which will allow seamless and more timely care for patients who require specialist interventions like bariatric surgery, injectable drugs and non-surgical weight-management programmes. Non-surgical and surgical pathways will include clinical psychology, dietetic and physiotherapy interventions. Patients will be able to access all parts of the service that are appropriate for them, following multidisciplinary team (MDT) assessment and recommendations.
The service has been commissioned on a permanent basis, so we are looking to expand capacity in all areas of the service. The Specialist Obesity and Bariatric Service has been commissioned to process 310 referrals annually with the aims of contributing to a long-term healthy weight strategy, reducing obesity in the Mid Yorkshire Region, and to improve health outcomes by lowering obesity-related disease risks and support increased life expectancy in Wakefield and North Kirklees.
This post is to support the development of the clinical psychology aspect of the service. With support and supervision from the Consultant Clinical Psychologist in the Specialist Obesity and Bariatric Service, the post-holder will work as part of the wider MDT, provide a specialist psychology service for patients with complex obesity needs through detailed assessment, formulation, and interventions, on a one-to-one and group basis, in both surgical and non-surgical parts of the pathway. The post-holder will be based at Dewsbury and District Hospital but may be required to run group sessions and attend meetings at one of the other sites in Wakefield. The post-holder may also work remotely for part of the week.
Main duties
Duties and responsibilities as laid out in the Job Description and determined via the annual Job Planning process. Please see Supporting Information.
Duties include:
- Clinical
- Teaching, training, support and supervision
- Service Development
- Research and Evaluation
Key requirements
Key requirements are described in the Person Specification. Please see Supporting Information.
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
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Our benefits
* Access to the NHS pension plan
* Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
* Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
* Extensive benefits and support, including:
* Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Home electronics scheme
* Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
* Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
* Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
* Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
* Career progression, training and support
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