Psychological Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Hours / week
- 22.5
- Posted
- 11/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified psychological therapist to join the Exmouth and Honiton Core Community Adult Mental Health Teams. The role involves providing psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based therapies for adults with mental health difficulties. You will also support the development of psychologically informed practice across the multidisciplinary team through supervision, consultation, and training. This post offers a chance to work collaboratively within a supportive community mental health setting, contributing to direct clinical work and wider psychological provision.
Essential criteria
- 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.
- Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality Experience gained during supervised training of working in adult mental health or psychology or psychological therapies services.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a wide range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings. Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Knowledge: Broad knowledge and familiarity of specialist services; and of the services in the NHS where psychology and psychological therapies is commonly applied.
- Communication and Working Relationship Skills: Excellent verbal, nonverbal and written communication skills
- Analytical & Judgemental Skills: Ability to integrate complex data; make highly skilled evaluations and decisions; and take a long term perspective.
- Planning & Organisational Skills: Proven organisational, planning and time management skills
- Physical Skills: Presentable Clear telephone voice Calm, methodical approach, friendly but concise Good communication skills when presenting / facilitating to varying groups of people.
- Other: Ability to work independently and use initiative within a service consisting of a network of teams. 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.
- Travel: Ability to travel to meet the requirements of the role
- DBT training, and experience in DBT programme development and service delivery.
- 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.
- Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality Experience gained during supervised training of working in adult mental health or psychology or psychological therapies services.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a wide range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings. Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Knowledge: Broad knowledge and familiarity of specialist services; and of the services in the NHS where psychology and psychological therapies is commonly applied.
- Communication and Working Relationship Skills: Excellent verbal, nonverbal and written communication skills
- Analytical & Judgemental Skills: Ability to integrate complex data; make highly skilled evaluations and decisions; and take a long term perspective.
- Planning & Organisational Skills: Proven organisational, planning and time management skills
- Physical Skills: Presentable Clear telephone voice Calm, methodical approach, friendly but concise Good communication skills when presenting / facilitating to varying groups of people.
- Other: Ability to work independently and use initiative within a service consisting of a network of teams. 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.
- Travel: Ability to travel to meet the requirements of the role
- DBT training, and experience in DBT programme development and service delivery.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Psychological Therapist
The closing date is 31 August 2026
Job summary
Part-time opportunities with the Exmouth and Honiton Core Community Adult Mental Health Teams.
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified psychological therapist to join the Exmouth and Honiton Core Community Adult Mental Health Teams. The two part-time positions are for 22.50 hours per week, 0.6 WTE, in Exmouth; and 33.75 hours per week, 0.9 WTE (including 0.3 WTE for DBT) in Honiton.
We are a diverse, skilled, and innovative multidisciplinary team committed to delivering high-quality psychological care within community adult mental health services. The successful candidate will provide psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based psychological therapies for adults presenting with a broad range of mental health difficulties.
The role will also involve supporting the development of psychologically informed practice across the multidisciplinary team through activities such as supervision, consultation, reflective practice, training, and joint working with colleagues.
This post offers an excellent opportunity to work collaboratively within a supportive community mental health setting, contributing to both direct clinical work and the wider psychological provision within the service.
Applications are welcomed from:
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