Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist

This senior clinical role offers an exciting opportunity for an experienced psychologist, psychological therapist or psychotherapist to lead, influence and deliver high-quality psychological care within Exeter Core Adult Mental Health Services. The post holder will provide expert assessment, formulation and evidence-based psychological interventions to individuals, families, carers and groups, working confidently with complex and specialist presentations across the pathway of care.

Alongside a specialist caseload, you will offer high-level consultation, advice and guidance to multidisciplinary colleagues and partner services, embedding psychologically informed practice across teams. You will play a key role in the professional and clinical leadership of psychological and therapy practice within your locality or specialty, providing supervision, mentoring and support to psychologists, psychological therapists, psychotherapists, trainees and volunteers, and fostering reflective, compassionate and effective care.

Working autonomously within professional and Trust guidelines, you will support the Professional Lead in contributing to the governance, quality assurance and continuous improvement of psychological and therapy practice. You will actively support service development, innovation, audit, research and service evaluation, ensuring interventions are evidence-based, inclusive and outcome-focused.

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Essential: - Training and experience providing trauma focused therapies; - Experience of work in adult mental health services or agencies and work with people with severe and complex mental health difficulties.; - Experience of teaching, training and supervision, including clinical supervision of clinicians from other professional backgrounds.; - Experience in undertaking leadership roles within clinical psychology/psychotherapy/therapy services in the NHS and contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi-disciplinary, multi-agency contexts.; - Experience and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality.

Desirable: - Proficiency in in both individual and group therapy approaches is desirable.

Essential: - Broad knowledge of specialist mental health services and of the services in the NHS where psychology and psychotherapy is commonly applied.; - Extensive knowledge of the skills, practice and knowledge base of Clinical/Counselling Psychology/Psychological Therapy.; - Knowledge of the policy context of specialist psychological services within the NHS and of clinical leadership arrangements in this setting.

Essential: - Qualified Psychotherapist, Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent). Registered with appropriate accrediting body.; - Further training or equivalent experience in adult psychological therapies.; - Further training in at least one NICE approved psychological therapy.

Desirable: - Further training or experience in psychological approaches to serious mental health problems and working with adults.; - Training in the provision of supervision.