Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Mental Health Community

Overview

Go back Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Mental Health Community

The closing date is 18 September 2025

The job is split into 2 PA of supporting professional activities (SPA) and 6 PA of direct clinical care (DCC) and it is hoped that the post-holder will be encouraged to use the enhanced SPA provision within this post to engage in research, education or service development in conjunction with local colleagues to ensure that this can occur in formal protected time. The appointed consultant will be expected to provide key medical leadership to the WICT (Whitby integrated community team) alongside the multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

As a senior medic within the team, it is the expectation that the post holder will:

• Offer senior advice and support in the assessment, formulation, diagnosis and management of presenting conditions.
• Support the team and other prescribers to make safe and effective prescribing decisions where required.
• Provide senior medical care and supervision in the assessment, diagnosis, care planning and delivery of pharmacological and psychosocial interventions.
• Support the physical health practitioners within the team and have close, collaborative working relationships with primary care GP colleagues to maintain the physical health of patients. This process will be supported by junior doctors.
• Take part in morning huddle meetings with the team as well as attending MDT meetings, professionals meetings, and the team leadership meeting.
• Take part in and provide insight and direction into complex case work, contributing to the overarching formulation of patient care and planning within the scope of MDT approach.
• Join the wider team in providing relevant teaching and training when required.

About us

We are one of the largest specialist mental health and learning disabilities trusts in the country, with an annual income of £320m and a workforce of some 6,700 staff operating from around 100 sites in Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire and York and Selby. We provide a range inpatient and community services to 2m people living in County Durham, the Tees Valley, Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale, Harrogate, Hambleton and Richmondshire. We also provide additional specialist services to other parts of Northern England.

We deliver our services by working in partnership with eight local authorities and clinical commissioning groups, a wide range of voluntary organisations, as well as service users, their carers and the public.

Psychiatrists are essential contributors to our mental health teams. Service users expect and are justified to expect collaborative relationships with dedicated psychiatrists who work consistently as part of effective services. The Medical Directorate and Medical Development Team are striving to improve medical workforce recruitment and retention in a variety of ways and the cornerstone of these efforts is The TEWV Charter for the Medical Workforce. (Please see attached Supporting Document).

The Trust welcomes a conversation about flexible working.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for further information on this post. Please note, the job description has not yet been approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Person Specification Leadership

• Reflects on own performance and behaviour, seeking and acting on feedback. Able to influence and persuade to improve services. Able to take on leadership role in multidisciplinary team. Knowledge of structure and management of the NHS and the Trust. Shows commitment to quality through knowledge of quality improvement and lean thinking methodology OR able to achieve within one year of appointment. Able to adapt to and lead service change.
• Able to take on a leadership role outside the multidisciplinary team. Understanding of NHS & wider health economy and its implications for the work of the Trust. Trained to standard equivalent to level 2 in TEWV Trust Quality improvement system

Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training. Participated in continuous professional development. Participated in research or service evaluation. Able to use and appraise clinical evidence. Has actively participated in clinical audit.
• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post. Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken. Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation. Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications. Has led clinical audits leading to service change

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• MRCPsych or equivalent postgraduate qualification.
• Approved Clinician Status and Section 12 Status OR be able to achieve within 3 months.

Clinical Knowledge & Skills

• Excellent knowledge in specialty. Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English. Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty. Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others. Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.

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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year Pay range is pro rata to part time working