Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist

Job summary

12-Month Fixed-Term / Secondment Maternity Cover Opportunity (30 Hours per Week, 0.8 WTE) Exeter Core Community Teams

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified psychologist, psychotherapist, or psychological therapist to join the Exeter Core Community Teams on a 12-month fixed-term contract or secondment to provide maternity cover, working 30 hours per week (0.8 WTE).

We are a diverse, skilled, and innovative multidisciplinary team committed to delivering high-quality psychological care within community adult mental health services. The successful candidate will provide psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based psychological therapies for adults presenting with a broad range of mental health difficulties.

The role will also involve supporting the development of psychologically informed practice across the multidisciplinary team through activities such as supervision, consultation, reflective practice, training, and joint working with colleagues.

This post offers an excellent opportunity to work collaboratively within a supportive community mental health setting, contributing to both direct clinical work and the wider psychological provision within the service.

Applications are welcomed from:

• Clinical Psychologists
• Counselling Psychologists
• Psychotherapists
• Psychological Therapists

Applicants must be registered with an appropriate professional regulatory body and hold a relevant qualification at Master’s level or above.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

The principal purpose of the job is to improve
the psychological health & wellbeing of adults with complex and severe mental health difficulties.

Main duties include:

1. Providing psychological therapy interventions to people as a key component of services provided by Devon
Partnership Trust.

2. Providing local clinical leadership,
co-ordination and supervision for trainees and volunteers employed by or
attached to the service, under the general direction and supervision of the
Professional Lead.

3. Carrying a specialist caseload of clients,
and providing advice and consultancy to patients, family members, carers and
professionals.

4. The post holder will be supported by senior
colleagues within their specialist field. The post holder will be expected to
make good use of the expertise of others within the service to further develop
their clinical skills with this client group.

5. To work autonomously within professional
guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of
psychological practice within the service / local team.

6. The post holder will 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 Practise including the British Psychological
Society.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Clinical Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent), eligible for Chartered Clinical Psychologist Status in the British Psychological Society or Counselling Psychologist or Psychotherapist/Psychological Therapist
• Registration with HCPC/UKCP/Other Specialist regulatory body.

Experience

Essential

• Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality Experience gained during supervised training of working in adult mental health or psychology or psychological therapies services.

Desirable

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a wide range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings. Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Knowledge: Broad knowledge and familiarity of specialist services; and of the services in the NHS where psychology and psychological therapies is commonly applied.
• Communication and Working Relationship Skills: Excellent verbal, nonverbal and written communication skills
• Analytical & Judgemental Skills: Ability to integrate complex data; make highly skilled evaluations and decisions; and take a long term perspective.
• Planning & Organisational Skills: Proven organisational, planning and time management skills
• Physical Skills: Presentable Clear telephone voice Calm, methodical approach, friendly but concise Good communication skills when presenting / facilitating to varying groups of people.
• Other: Ability to work independently and use initiative within a service consisting of a network of teams. Ability to work as a member of a clinical team. Ability to tolerate ambiguity, and maintain own morale and motivation in challenging service delivery contexts.
• Travel: Ability to travel to meet the requirements of the role

Desirable

• Project management skills / experience.

Closing Date: 13 July 2026