Principal Clinical​/Counselling Psychologist or Psychotherapist

Are you an experienced Psychotherapist or Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with a passion for improving care for people with complex emotional needs?

We are looking for a skilled and compassionate clinician tojoin the Exeter Core Teams within Devon Partnership NHS Trust.

This Band 8a, 0.8 WTE role offers an exciting opportunity toprovide highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention, with aparticular focus on Mentalisation-Based Treatment (MBT). You will hold a specialist caseload, support the delivery and clinical oversight of the Exeter MBTprogramme, and help develop a coherent pathway for people with complex emotional needs across the Eastern locality.

Working closely with community mental health teams,Psychology and Psychological Therapies, inpatient and community services, youwill provide expert consultation, supervision, teaching and leadership to support wider workforce capability and psychologically informed care.

You will practise autonomously within professional and Trust governance frameworks while contributing to service development andhigh-quality, evidence-based care.

Applicants must hold an appropriate professional qualification and registration, alongside MBT Practitioner-level training and experience of working with people with complex emotional needs.

You will undertake highly specialist psychological and psychotherapeutic assessments, develop complex formulations and deliver individual and group interventions, principally Mentalisation-Based Treatment.

You will manage a specialist caseload and work sensitively with people,families and carers where communication, risk and emotional needs may becomplex.

As a locality link clinician for complex emotional needs, youwill provide expert advice, consultation and guidance to multidisciplinary colleagues across community and inpatient services. You will support teams withcare planning, engagement, and promote psychologically informed and reflective practice.

You will provide clinical oversight to the Exeter MBT programme,support fidelity to the model and contribute to provision across the wider locality. The role includes supervising and developing staff, trainees and volunteers; delivering teaching and training; and contributing to service redesign, audit, research and evaluation. You Will maintain accurate clinical records, collect outcome data and work collaboratively with senior leaders and partner services to strengthen an integrated, evidence-based pathway across

Devon.

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile;

making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the…