Job Description

8a Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist (Obesity) - Fixed term (12 months until August 2026) 0.8WTE



An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious person to join our weight management team at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. The Our Healthier South East London ICS commissions us to provide a Tier 3 Weight Management Service in Lambeth, Bromley, Bexley, Lewisham and Southwark.



The successful candidate will join our valued and growing South East London (SEL) Healthy Weight Psychology and Psychotherapy team (Tier 3) to support in the development and delivery of psychologically informed care for people living with obesity. In addition to working with a health psychologist, psychotherapist, and assistant psychologists, the successful candidate will also work alongside our wider multidisciplinary SEL Healthy Weight Team.



We are seeking a passionate and enthusiastic candidate who has experience of delivering behaviour change interventions to groups of patients living with complex obesity. The successful candidate should have experience of delivering interventions to people from the Black African and Black Caribbean communities, and must have a developed understanding of weight bias and stigma in both healthcare and everyday life.



We are committed to diversity and inclusion within our team, and very much welcome applications from those from Asian, Black and minority ethnic backgrounds, and those living with disability.



The role offers an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to enhance the care of patients within the South East London Healthy Weight Service.



The 8a Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist will be expected to provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy to patients as part of the SEL Healthy Weight Psychology and Psychotherapy Service. The successful candidate will also play a vital role in holding a psychological perspective within the SEL Healthy Weight multidisciplinary team, working with the patient and healthcare team to develop holistic and patient-centred care plans.



The post holder will be expected to have a strong research background and an enthusiasm for audit, policy, service development and research.



The post holder will be responsible for the supervision and management of the SEL Healthy Weight Psychology Team, as appropriate, in addition to providing supervision, training and support to the wider SEL Healthy Weight Team.



The post will involve working remotely from home for some of the time and from the hospital, delivering the online interventions, as well as delivering face-to-face groups at community sites across South East London. While exact working hours will be established upon starting with the service, the post will include some evening and/or weekend working.



We are the largest Dietetics Department in the UK, employing over 150 dietitians, dietetic assistants, psychologists, nutrition nurses, administrators, pathway coordinators, project managers and operational leads.



We actively encourage and support learning and development. We have an active health and wellbeing team, and a working group developing sustainability across our range of functions and services.



See attached documents for full details of main responsibilities, job description, person specification and functional requirements