Job summary
We are looking for an 8a Senior Clinical Psychologist to join the Crediton multidisciplinary Core adult mental health team, working 3 days a week (must include Tuesdays).You will be a senior part of the Clinical Psychology team across Devon, working in and sharing the clinical leadership of your MDT. You will be part of a rich multi-disciplinary team including Nursing, Psychiatry, Occupational therapy, MHWPs, Peer Support Workers, and Social Workers. We have a caring and mutually supportive culture which is a vital foundation for the challenging but rewarding work that we do.
You will be a senior part of the Clinical Psychology team across Devon, working in and sharing the clinical leadership of your MDT. You will be part of a rich multi-disciplinary team including Nursing, Psychiatry, Occupational therapy, MHWPs, Peer Support Workers, and Social Workers. We have a caring and mutually supportive culture which is a vital foundation for the challenging but rewarding work that we do.
Please contact Dr Rachel Holden at rachel.holden17@nhs.net if you would like to find out more
Main duties of the job
We are looking for candidates with experience of working with people with severe and long-lasting mental health difficulties. You will be involved in complex assessment and formulation, designing complex multicomponent interventions and delivering these directly and indirectly via individual or group therapies, care planning, training and consultation. We would expect you to have experience of psychological formulation and at least two forms of therapeutic intervention (including short-term interventions), as well as an understanding of the latest evidence around interventions. You will take a role in promoting clinical effectiveness, developing and reviewing service provision in order to maximise the wellbeing of individuals with severe and long-lasting mental health difficulties in Mid Devon.
About us
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.
Details
- Date posted: 18 June 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 8a
- Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year pro rata (22.5 hours per week)
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: C9369-26-0453
- Job locations: Crediton Hospital, Western Rd, Crediton, Devon, EX17 3NH, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
The principal purpose of the job is to improve the psychological health & wellbeing of people within the post holders specialist field of practice.
This will be achieved in this post through undertaking the following areas of responsibility:
- To ensure the systematic provision of a high quality psychological service in adult mental health, across Crediton area, as a key component of integrated mental health and wellbeing services across Devon Partnership NHS Trust.
- Providing clinical leadership and supervision for less experienced staff, trainees and volunteers employed by or attached to the psychology service.
- Carrying a specialist caseload of clients, and providing advice and consultancy to patients and professionals.
- To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within professional and Trust guidelines as lead specialist.
- The post holder with receive regular professional and clinical supervision in accordance to Trust policy and to Professional Practice Guidelines set out by the British Psychological Society or appropriate designated Professional Body.
- Observe, and abide by all relevant Professional Codes of Conduct and Practice including the British Psychological Society. The post holder will be fully registered with the Health Professions Council as a condition of employment.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Advanced psychological assessment and formulation skills including risk assessment.
- Highly skilled in specialist interventions with the client group (Secondary Adult Community Mental Health)
Experience
Essential
- 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 the clinical supervision of clinicians from other professional backgrounds.
- Experience in undertaking leadership roles within clinical psychology/psychotherapy/therapy services in the NHS and in 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.
- Experience of working with VCSE services.
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent) and eligible for Chartered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist Status in the British Psychological Society. Registered with HCPC.
- Further training in at least one NICE approved psychological therapy for Complex PTSD
Desirable
- Training in the provision of supervision
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