Clinical Psychologist inUnited Kingdom inUnited Kingdom PUBLISHED THU 16 JAN 2025

Are you a passionate Clinical Psychologist looking to make a meaningful impact on people's lives? Join our dynamic team in digital health and help us scale our growing business. We are currently seeking a Clinical Psychologist working 40 hours per week.

Why Oviva?

To build a healthier future for all, our mission is to provide the most accessible and effective care to people living with weight-related conditions. Why? Because everyone deserves their healthiest self. By blending behavioural change therapy with our unique technology, incredible team of passionate individuals, and innovative company culture, we are creating affordable and accessible app-based healthcare programs to tackle diet-related health conditions such as obesity and type 2 Diabetes. Our proven strategy has helped us become the award-winning and largest digital health provider, treating diet-related conditions in Europe. We operate within the healthcare systems to give people access to the medical care they need. We are rapidly expanding across Europe including the UK, Switzerland and Germany. You will be joining an organisation that has treated 500.000 people to date and is continuing to scale up.

The Role

Oviva has been commissioned to provide a specialist Tier 3 weight management service for people living with complex obesity and are looking for a Clinical Psychologist to grow our current psychology team. You will work alongside the psychology and dietetics teams. This is an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist with weight management experience and/or eating disorders experience to be involved in the delivery of a service incorporating a mixed clinical approach. The service offers a comprehensive multi-disciplinary team (MDT) approach, combining consultant-led care with specialist dietetics, clinical and health psychology, as well as leveraging technology to improve participant access and outcomes. The psychology service provides psychological therapy to participants, to aid motivation and success towards their weight management goals. You will be using technology, such as our Oviva app and telephone coaching to provide care remotely and monitor / review patient’s progress in collaboration with the MDT. You will be using theoretical principles from CBT and other evidence-based behaviour change approaches. Whilst it is important to be able to work autonomously in a weight management setting, you will receive comprehensive training. You will also have access to clinical supervision and support from our Senior Clinical Psychologist and the Clinical Lead for Psychology

Key Responsibilities:

• Delivering one to one patient weight management care remotely via phone or video calls and / or using the Oviva smartphone app. The remit of this role is primarily to support changes in eating and activity behaviours, rather than treat common mental health problems.
• Assessing patients for psychological therapy as part of the weight management service; to independently implement appropriate initial assessment methods.
• Collaborating with the MDT (dietitians, nurses, fellow psychology team members) regarding the care of participants and to provide specialised advice to such staff during clinical supervision sessions regarding the treatment of patients.
• Supporting PWPs with complex cases and providing advice/adhoc training to the team as required
• Creating individual formulations based on initial screening and assessment, providing therapeutic weight management and lifestyle change input for patients identified as suitable within the Tier 3 service, alongside dietetic support, drawing on your own clinical expertise within weight management/eating disorders, psychological theory, our existing care packages, current research, and relevant guidelines, e.g. NICE
• Initial screening involves assessing risk of Binge Eating Disorder which may then be discussed with MDT
• Appropriately manage clinical risk (e.g. safeguarding concerns) when it arises during clinical practice
• Working autonomously, being responsible for appropriately managing clinical risk when it arises during clinical practice, while having recourse to other professionals for guidance
• To maintain adequate CPD, receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with good practice guidelines and continue to meet BPS registration requirements
• Maintaining confidentiality of information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act and ensuring that participant confidentiality is protected at all times
• Creating relevant internal or patient-facing content for the service, as required

What are we looking for you to bring?

Essential:

• Confident in managing time efficiently and independently managing a caseload of patients, including booking follow-up appointments and calendar management.
• Excellent communicator, able to work well as a member of a team, communicating in a timely and effective manner
• Confident in using technology to record and review patient notes and willingness to learn how to effectively use Oviva’s technology to support patients
• A qualified Clinical Psychologist with a minimum of 1 year experience of weight management and / or bariatric experience within a mental health setting, or working with patients with long term health conditions who are also living with obesity
• An understanding of the issues many people living with obesity face including weight stigma
• Able to provide supportive, empathetic patient-centred care to patients who may have complex physical and mental health needs

Desirable:

• Experience related to offering physical activity support
• Experience of working in an MDT, e.g. with dietitians
• Experience of working in eating disorders, diabetes, and/or working with people who have long term physical health conditions would be preferred, however, training will be provided
• Have experience in providing care remotely and using technology to assist with therapeutic goals

Education/Qualifications

• HCPC registration
• BPS registration
• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

What we offer

• You will have the opportunity to develop and attend clinical supervision sessions and training sessions in order to upskill and dev