Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychotherapist

You will undertake highly specialist psychological and

psychotherapeutic assessments, develop complex formulations and deliver

individual and group interventions, principally Mentalisation-Based Treatment.

You will manage a specialist caseload and work sensitively with people,

families and carers where communication, risk and emotional needs may be

complex.

As a locality link clinician for complex emotional needs, you

will provide expert advice, consultation and guidance to multidisciplinary

colleagues across community and inpatient services. You will support teams with

care planning, engagement, and promote

psychologically informed and reflective practice.

You will provide clinical oversight to the Exeter MBT programme,

support fidelity to the model and contribute to provision across the wider

locality. The role includes supervising and developing staff, trainees and

volunteers; delivering teaching and training; and contributing to service

redesign, audit, research and evaluation. You will maintain accurate clinical

records, collect outcome data and work collaboratively with senior leaders and

partner services to strengthen an integrated, evidence-based pathway across

Devon.

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: - Qualified Clinical / Counselling Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent) or Qualified Psychodynamic / Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist.; - Additional specialist experience and/or training working with people who have complex emotional needs including personality disorder diagnoses.; - Recognised mentalization based Treatment: Practitioner Level Qualification; - Registration with BPC/ UKCP/ HCPC or other regulatory/professional body for psychological therapy consistent with NHSE recognised registers guidance.

Desirable: - Further Qualification/ training in a relevant clinical specialism such as: Adaptive Mentalisation Based Integrative Treatment (AMBIT); - Supervisors Qualification in MBT and or other; - Reflective Practice training

Essential: - Excellent verbal, nonverbal and written communication skills.; - Strong leadership qualities, resilience and ability to handle ambiguity and uncertainty.; - Skills in managing conflict, negotiation and achieving consensus in complex situations in the pursuit of agreed strategic aims.; - Competent IT skills; - Ability to integrate complex data, make highly skilled evaluations and decisions and take a long-term perspective.; - Proven organisational, planning and time management skills.; - Ability to understand flow of patients and forward planning of service to prevent unnecessary gaps in provision; - Ability to work under pressure and cope with deadlines.; - Clear telephone voice; - Calm, methodical approach, friendly but concise; - Good communication skills when presenting/facilitating to varying groups of people

Desirable: - Project management skills/ experience.

Essential: - Broad knowledge of specialist services and of the services in the NHS where psychotherapy /psychological therapy is commonly applied.; - Extensive knowledge of the skills, practice and knowledge base of psychotherapy /psychological therapy.; - Knowledge of the policy context of specialist psychotherapy / psychological services within the organisation and of clinical leadership arrangements in this setting.

Essential: - Experience of working with services users who present with Complex Emotional Needs / personality disorders and complex lives in a range of settings; - Experience of delivering teaching/ training and supervision.; - Experience and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality.

Desirable: - Experience of undertaking leadership roles within psychotherapy services in the NHS and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi disciplinary, multi agency contexts.

Essential: - Highly skilled in specialist interventions with the client group.; - Advanced psychotherapeutic assessment and formulation skills including risk assessment.