Senior Clinical Psychologist – CFHD: Sponsorship Available

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Job summary

We are delighted to be recruiting Senior Clinical Psychologists (Band 8a) to join the Urgent Care Pathway within Children and Family Health Devon. We have roles based in North Devon and Torbay and South Devon.

These are 0.8WTE roles and can be offered as Developmental Roles at Band 7, working with support, to progress to Band 8a (subject to meeting criteria within 2 years).

This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the development and delivery of high-quality psychological care for children and young people in Devon.

Our Urgent Care Pathway is a community pathway for children and young people who require responsive and/or intensive support with risk and mental health presentations. The Pathway has strong links with other CFHD pathways of care as well as the regular interface with acute care systems.

The Pathway is guided by Adaptive Mentalisation Based Integrative Therapy (AMBIT), a model that emphasises the importance of the well-connected team supporting practitioners working with higher risk needs. There are opportunities to pursue training in AMBIT, DBT skills, EMDR and other psychological therapies and interventions depending on your clinical interests and service needs.

We offer:

  • A senior clinical role in a well-established multi-disciplinary team.
  • CPD opportunities, including potential training in AMBIT, DBT, EMDR.
  • Regular clinical supervision, a dedicated job plan, and a strong psychology network within CFHD.

Main duties of the job

  • Provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations, and interventions for children, young people, and their families.
  • Contribute to multi-disciplinary team working, sharing psychological thinking through consultation and joint work.
  • Offer clinical supervision and support to colleagues within the Urgent Care pathway.
  • Participate in service development, evaluation and quality improvement, aligned with the THRIVE framework.
  • Support trauma-informed, developmentally sensitive practice across the pathway.
  • Engage in CPD and training, with access to additional training opportunities depending on interest.
  • Collaborate with young people, families, and professionals across systems to ensure joined-up care.

This is an ideal opportunity for Clinical Psychologists looking to take on senior roles with a mix of clinical leadership, therapeutic work, and service development in beautiful Devon.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent e.g. Masters level qualification in Clinical Psychology if qualified before 1996.
  • Active registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
  • Post qualification specialist therapy/assessment training relevant to children and young people.
  • Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in supervision

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of undertaking specialist psychological assessments and therapeutic interventions for CYP with a wide variety of mental health problems and/or neurodiversity and/or learning disability, reflecting all levels of clinical severity; including risk assessments of self-harming/dangerous/challenging behaviour.
  • Experience of teaching and/or training
  • Experience of delivering clinical supervision

Desirable

  • Experience of work in psychological interventions with children, young people and their families in a range of service settings or agencies
  • Experience in undertaking leadership roles within clinical psychology services in the NHS, and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi-disciplinary, multi-agency contexts

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Specialist knowledge of child development and the impact of adverse childhood experiences.
  • Broad knowledge of psychological services; and of the services in the NHS where psychology is applied to the needs of children and young people
  • Extensive knowledge of the knowledge base, skills and practice of Clinical Psychology in relevant health settings.
  • Able to travel and work across the area covered by the trust as requested by Line Manager

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 6 September 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.