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About the Role

We are seeking a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) to join our psychology team at a health-tech company. This role supports individuals with obesity in making sustainable lifestyle and behavior changes within a Specialist Weight Management Service (SWMS), working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Independently implement appropriate initial assessment methods to allocate patients to the most suitable treatment.
• Deliver group-based and one-to-one psychological interventions, both remotely via video calls and in person, to support changes in eating behaviours and physical activity behaviours.
• Facilitate in-person group sessions at our South London sites.
• Attend regular MDT meetings to monitor the care of our patients.
• Attend clinical supervision with a Practitioner Psychologist to discuss complex cases.
• Appropriately manage clinical risk (e.g. safeguarding concerns) when it arises during clinical practice.
• Maintain adequate CPD, receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with good practice guidelines and continue to meet BABCP registration requirements.
• Maintain confidentiality of information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act and ensuring that participant confidentiality is protected at all times.
• Confidently and independently manage a caseload of patients, delivering psychological interventions via video calls and working collaboratively with our MDT.
• Support the coordination of a healthcare service.
• Monitor and support patients' journeys through a service in line with an organisation's protocols, including scheduling assessments and appointments, monitoring attendance rates and following up with patients, writing GP letters, and revising protocols.
• Use Excel or Google Sheets (or other similar programmes) to monitor patients' journeys.
• Record and review patient notes using technology.

Requirements

• Experience working in a weight management/bariatric/eating disorder setting.
• Proven experience delivering group-based programmes, with the confidence to facilitate sessions effectively both in person and in a digital setting.
• A solid understanding of obesity as a condition and the issues many people living with obesity face, including weight stigma.
• Experience related to offering weight management support.
• Experience in delivering group-based interventions.
• Able to provide supportive, empathetic patient-centred care to patients who may have complex physical and mental health needs.
• Comfortable working in a hybrid model.
• Able to travel reliably to our London sites for in-person delivery.
• Equally confident working autonomously from home and delivering face-to-face on site.
• Able to work autonomously and collaboratively with a doctor-led multi disciplinary team (MDT) to oversee patient care.
• Experience thriving in fast-paced environments and are energised by the dynamic nature of start-up life, where being hands-on and adaptable to the evolving needs of the service is essential.
• Confident in using technology to provide patient care.
• Excited by digital initiatives that increase access to healthcare.

Skills

• Psychological therapy
• CBT
• DBT
• Weight management
• Bariatric
• Eating disorder support
• Group facilitation
• Digital health
• Excel
• Google Sheets

Location

• London

Work Type

• Full-Time
• Hybrid
• Fixed-Term Contract
• Remote
• Onsite

Experience Level

• Some Evening and Weekend Working Required

Education Level

• Postgraduate Diploma as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
• BABCP/BPS registration

Salary/Compensations

• Competitive market salary

Benefits

• 25 days of holiday plus national holidays

About the Company

• One of the UK’s most exciting health-tech companies.
• Specialist Weight Management Service (SWMS).
• Mission is to eradicate obesity and type 2 diabetes for all.
• Aiming to increase access to effective treatment for people living with obesity.
• Provides specialist weight management services to support people living with obesity.
• Fast-paced, start-up environment.
• Positively changed the lives of 300,000+ people through accessible, evidence-based healthcare.
• Rated 'Excellent' on Trustpilot by over 8,000 of our members.
• UK's largest digital health provider to the NHS.
• Leading B2C provider of GLP-1 medication-assisted weight loss programmes.
• One of 5 NICE-approved providers to deliver these services within the NHS in the future.
• Team members stay with us for an average of 4.3 years.