Senior Psychologist or Psychotherapist

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.

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.

Person Specification

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

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.

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)

Closing Date: 18 July 2026