Clinical​/Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist

Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist

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).

The successful candidate will provide psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based psychological therapies for adults presenting with a broad range of mental health difficulties, and will support the development of psychologically informed practice through supervision, consultation, reflective practice, training, and joint working with colleagues.

• 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
• Registered with HCPC/UKCP/Other specialist regulatory body.
• Hold a relevant qualification at Master's level or above.

• Communicate with clients, family and carers in a highly skilled and sensitive manner.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary team colleagues.
• Communicate with health & social care staff in hospital and community settings and support application of psychological principles.
• Build relationships with senior managers & professional staff across the Psychology and Therapy service and DPT.

• Plan and prioritise own workload, balancing patient care with support and guidance of carers and professionals.
• Contribute to planning and organising of the psychology and therapy services within the locality.
• Provide psychological knowledge to the multi-professional planning and development of mental health and wellbeing services.

• Lead and deliver supervision to assistants and/or trainees as required.
• Attend and contribute to service development and redesign projects.

• Maintain accurate records in compliance with Trust Practice Standards.
• Use email account to generate, monitor, and respond to internal communication.

• Support proposed changes for policy and service development.
• Utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice.
• Collect clinical practice and outcome data for service evaluation.

• 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.

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