Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (Specialist Weight Management) - Remote

Full-Time | Fully Remote | Some Evening and Weekend Working Required | Fixed-Term Contract

We're looking for a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) to join our growing psychology team at one of the UK's most exciting health-tech companies.

In this role, you'll support people living with obesity to make sustainable lifestyle and behaviour changes, working as part of a multidisciplinary team within our Specialist Weight Management Service (SWMS).

This is a fully remote role: all delivery is via video consultation and in-app messaging, and you can be based anywhere in the UK. Flexibility is required to support some early evenings and Saturdays as and when needed to support our NHS contracts.
The Challenge

More than 1 in 4 adults in the UK are living with obesity; a chronic condition that often negatively impacts their physical and mental health, and therefore quality of life. Access to specialist weight management services for the treatment of obesity remains limited and varies geographically due to a lack of funding. Existing services face long waiting lists, resulting in treatment delays which can adversely affect patient outcomes.
Enter Second Nature ...

By bringing together the latest behavioural science, psychology, technology, and the talents of our incredible team, our mission is to eradicate obesity and type 2 diabetes for all, and as part of that mission, we are aiming to increase access to effective treatment for people living with obesity. Second Nature provides specialist weight management services to support people living with obesity.
About us:

- We've positively changed the lives of 300,000+ people through accessible, evidence-based healthcare.

- We're rated 'Excellent' on Trustpilot by over 8,000 of our members.

- We're the UK’s largest digital health provider to the NHS

- We're a leading B2C provider of GLP-1 medication-assisted weight loss programmes, and 1 of 5 NICE-approved providers to deliver these services within the NHS in the future

- Our team members stay with us for an average of 4.3 years

The Role

We're looking for a dynamic Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) who is passionate about making a positive difference to those living with obesity to grow our current psychology team. You will be part of an innovative Specialist Weight Management Service (SWMS) that uses a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) approach to obesity treatment and technology to optimise patient engagement and outcomes. Our MDT includes doctors, dietitians, psychologists and physical activity specialists, all with special interests in obesity.

You will provide psychological therapy to people living with obesity to support them to make sustainable lifestyle and dietary changes, in collaboration with the MDT. You'll be using a range of theoretical approaches, such as CBT and DBT. Whilst it is important to be able to work autonomously, you will receive comprehensive training. You will also have access to clinical supervision and support from a Practitioner Psychologist.

This post is full-time (40 hours/week) and fixed-term, with flexible hours. You'll work fully remotely, connecting with patients through video consultations and in-app messaging. The role requires working some evenings per week and Saturdays as and when needed to support our NHS contracts.
What you'll do:

- Independently implement appropriate initial assessment methods to allocate patients to the most suitable treatment

- Deliver group-based and one-to-one psychological interventions remotely via video calls, to support changes in eating behaviours and physical activity behaviours

- 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 guidel