Band 7/8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Clinical Health Swindon

at  Avon Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Key responsibilities Weight Management Service Working with the multidisciplinary Weight Management team, providing highly specialist clinical psychology input to the team and contributing to the multidisciplinary care of patients of the team. Assessing the appropriateness of bariatric surgery for those referred into the specialist Tier 3 service, on an individual and group basis, as well as in a multidisciplinary clinic, including brief interventions where appropriate. Developing and facilitating pre-operative groups preparing patients for bariatric surgery and post-surgery support groups, enabling patients to adjust and cope with surgery. Developing a highly specialist knowledge base and skills in the assessment and application of evidence-based psychological interventions in intensive weight management and bariatric surgery.
Providing teaching, advice, consultation and supervision to the team where appropriate. Providing consultation and teaching to members of other relevant professions concerning the psychological treatment of individuals referred with obesity and weight management problems. Paediatric Diabetes Being responsible and accountable for the direct delivery of psychological services within Paediatric Diabetes. Providing highly specialist psychological intervention to the young person, their family and their wider support network e.g.
schools, local authorities, CAMHS. Co-facilitating clinics. Providing support to the paediatric diabetes multi-disciplinary team. Delivering relevant training workshops.
Facilitating reflective practice sessions. Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service To provide specialist clinical input to the Pulmonary Rehabilitation service based at Chippenham Community Hospital. The specific responsibilities of the role will include: To provide psychological formulations and evidence-based psychological intervention to people experiencing significant psychological distress as a result of their pulmonary related difficulties. Contributing to group based intervention, including the PACE programme.
Work alongside colleagues, providing a psychological perspective on the difficulties of the patients under the care of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation service. Organisational chart: The post is part of the Clinical Health Psychology Service, which is provided to the Great Western Hospital and Chippenham Hospital through separate service level agreements with Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. The Clinical Health Psychology Service is headed by the Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Health and is hosted by the Swindon LIFT Primary Psychology Department. The Weight Management and Paediatric Diabetes services are based at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon with the Great Western Hospital Foundation Trust (GWHFT) and the Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PACE) Service is based at the Chippenham Community Hospital in Chippenham as part of Wiltshire Health and Care (WHC)

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