Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist (Obesity) | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in London is seeking a Band 8a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist to join their Tier 4 and 3 Weight Management Service. The ideal candidate will provide psychological assessment, develop patient-centered care plans, and support a multidisciplinary team. Successful applicants should possess a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and experience in delivering behaviour change interventions. This role offers flexible working arrangements, including remote work.

Benefits

Support for learning and development

Health and wellbeing programs

Qualifications

• Experience working with patients living with complex obesity.
• Ability to provide psychological assessment and therapy.
• Enthusiasm for audit, policy, and service development.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy.
• Support development and delivery of psychologically informed care.
• Supervise Tier 3 Weight Management Psychology Team.

Skills

Experience in delivering behaviour change interventions

Strong research background

Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team

Supervision and training skills

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Band 8a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist (Obesity)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious person to join our weight management team at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust which provides a Tier 4 and Tier 3 Weight Management Service in Lambeth, Bromley, Bexley, Lewisham and Southwark.

The successful candidate will join our valued and growing Tier 4 and Tier 3 Obesity team to support in the development and delivery of psychologically informed care for people living with obesity. The successful candidate will also work alongside our wider multidisciplinary Tier 4 and 3 Obesity team.

As per the job description and person specification, we are seeking a passionate and enthusiastic candidate who has experience of delivering behaviour change interventions to groups of patients living with complex obesity.

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 Tier 4 and 3 Obesity Service.

The 8a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist will be expected to provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy to patients as part of the Tier 4 and 3 Obesity Psychology and Psychotherapy Service. The successful candidate will also play a vital role in holding a psychological perspective within the Tier 4 Obesity 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 support with supervision of the Tier 3 Weight Management Psychology Team, as appropriate, in addition to providing supervision, training and support to the wider Tier 4 and 3 Obesity 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. While exact working hours will be established upon starting with the service, the post will include some evening and/or weekend working.

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.

This advert closes on Tuesday 2 Dec 2025.