Job Title: Assistant Psychological Therapy Practitioner
Agency: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Location: Cardiff, United Kingdom, Wales
Salary/Rate: 28,819 – 31,626 £ / Year

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Job Summary

An opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychological Therapy Practitioner to work alongside a team of Community Dietitians and highly specialist Clinical Psychologists specialising in adult weight management. The role will include supporting your own caseload of patients to lose weight and achieve lifelong change.

This is a role for a full-time, permanent Assistant Psychological Therapy Practitioner, integrated into the Weight Management Service for Adults.

You will need to work at Riverside Health Centre, with the flexibility to travel and work in clinics across the Cardiff University Health Board site. You will work across the pathway, at levels 2, 3 (All Wales Weight Management Pathway (2021) and in Maternity Services with adults living with obesity.

This post will involve direct work with adults living with obesity and roles supporting the wider multi-disciplinary team.

An interest in nutrition in the health and well-being of patients and experience of working in the community would be advantageous.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and /or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be supported and supervised by two part-time Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologists.

The role includes individual and group work with adults living with obesity using therapeutic models such as Dialectical Behavioural Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. There will be opportunities to learn more about trauma-based therapeutic models in this context. The role also involves support for the Maternity Services for women living with obesity. There will be an administrative and data entry component to the role. There will be a chance to support psychological care in this setting via training and research/audit supervised by Clinical Psychologists and Dietitians.

The main base is at Riverside Health Centre, with additional time at other sites across the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.

The post holder will:

• Follow standard operating procedures and contribute to the aims and outcomes of the Nutrition & Dietetic Service.
• Plan and prioritise patient caseload and implement treatment of adult patients.
• Carry out consultations in 1-to-1 or group settings.
• Support the Weight Management Service Lead in developing the weight management service going forward.
• Support dietetic and psychology services with the collection and management of data as per Welsh Government requirements.
• Assist in the organisation and provision of performance management and programme evaluation information.

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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