Job Summary
This is an exciting opportunity for you to use and develop your psychological skills and experience working with men with psychological and mental difficulties and forensic histories at Langdon Hospital.
As a Band 5 Assistant Psychologist you will working as part of a psychology team to provide specialist psychological interventions to the patients at Langdon Hospital and developing your clinical and forensic assessment and therapy skills. There are opportunities to work with a range of psychological issues including Trauma, psychosis, personality difficulties alongside risk issues. The service offers a range of therapeutic approaches in order to address the presenting needs of the patients.
You will be using your experience for forensic mental health settings to support the development of Assistant Psychologists within the department and will take a role in leadership on key projects within the department alongside members of the psychology team.
Main duties of the job
The principal purpose of the role is to improve the psychological health & wellbeing of people with mental health difficulties within Secure Services
Providing a Psychology and Psychological Therapies service to service users at Langdon Hospital as a key component of integrated mental health and wellbeing services to Devon Partnership Trust
Implement specific assessment clinical care and psychological interventions and provide advice and consultancy to patients, family members, carers and professionals under the supervision and management of the Professional Lead
The post holder will be supported by senior colleagues within the Langdon Hospital
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.
To work independently within a defined managed and occupational context. To work within professional guidelines and Devon Partnership Trust procedures and protocols
To support qualified members of the psychology team with the development of training programmes and have some involvement in the delivery of elements of training programmes under the supervision of a qualified member of the psychology team
To provide support and guidance to Band 4 psychologists including supporting their induction into the service and holding meetings.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BA or BSc in either Psychology or modular studies or related fields recognised by the British Psychological Society.
Experience
Essential
- Post Graduate Clinical placement and/or supervised practise in mental health and / or Forensic services as an assistant psychologist, research assistant or equivalent.
- Experience of providing leadership support / guidance or mentoring to others
Desirable
- Further training in clinical setting forensic services.
- Some further training in one or more psychological therapy.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a wide range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
- Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality.
- Experience gained during supervised training of working forensic care
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Excellent verbal, nonverbal and written communication skills
- Ability to integrate complex data; make evaluations, formulations and decisions.
- Organisation and time management skills.
- Maintain C&R training in accordance with Trust Policy.
- Ability to work independently within defined occupational procedures and use initiative within a mental health setting.
- 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.
- A willingness to work flexible hours including the Langdon Hospital shift rota.
- Maintain C&R training in accordance with Trust Policy.
Desirable
- Small scale project management.
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.
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).
Closing Date: 28 September 2025
