Specialty Doctor in Acute Adult Inpatients - 2 Posts
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Go back Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust Specialty Doctor in Acute Adult Inpatients - 2 Posts
The closing date is 12 September 2025
The Specialty Doctors will work within inpatient areas based at Roseberry Park Hospital, Middlesbrough.
The inpatient services are providedwithin four acute admissions units, in a total of 64 beds distributed in foursingle sex wards. There are four consultantpsychiatrist posts, one specialist psychiatrist, and two speciality doctors providingcover for inpatients at Roseberry Park Hospital.
The inpatient services led by a team of consultantpsychiatrists will be supported by two Specialty Doctors.
There is existing additional support from one non-medical ACtrained consultant to adult services in the Roseberry Park Hospital.
The current ward arrangements are two 18 bedded units forSouth Tees (Middlesbrough, and Redcar & Cleveland) areas, led by two consultantpsychiatrists, 1 Specialist Psychiatrist, aSpecialty Doctor,fourResident Doctors (two CT and two Foundation doctors), and a non-medical ACtrained nurse consultant.
There are two 14 bedded units for North of Tees areas led by 2Consultant Psychiatrists and supported by two Specialty Doctors and 4 Resident Doctors (two core trainees and two foundation doctors).
Main duties of the jobThe Specialty Doctors will provide high quality clinicalcare to service users within the ambit of their Inpatient teams.
They will assess patients (inpatients)when requested by team colleagues, formulate initial treatment plans, arrangerequired investigations, seek supervision from nominated consultantpsychiatrist as required.
They will attend daily inpatient report outin the wards, formulation meetings and discharge planning.
The Specialty Doctors will support Resident Doctors in their day-to-daytasks and training (by assisting with work place based assessments).
Assist the Consultants with MHAresponsibilities mainly preparing Tribunal reports and attending hearings when appropriate.
About usWe 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 are a multi-award winning trust and are included within the Health Service Journals Best 100 Places to Work. The trust take a positive and proactive approach to support staff in their personal development and has embedded the Talent Management approach within the Trust.
Psychiatrists are essential contributors to the majority of 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. Our medical staffing shortage puts strain on services and puts strain on workforce wellbeing and costs extend beyond the financial. 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 responsibilitiesPlease refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further detail on this post.
Please note, as this post is a fixed term, approval by the Royal College of Psychiatrist's is not needed.
Person Specification Teaching & Training- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
- Participated in continuous professional development.
- Evidence of annual appraisal and commitment to appraisal and revalidation.
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- At least 4 years postgraduate experience, including at least 2 years in a core psychiatry training programme in UK or abroad
- Approved under S12 of MHA OR able to achieve within 6 months of appointment.
- MRCPsych or equivalent postgraduate qualification.
- Good knowledge of psychiatry.
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
- Has actively participated in clinical audit.
- Shows commitment to quality through knowledge of quality improvement and lean thinking methodology.
- Participated in research and/or service improvement.
- Able to demonstrate good clinical skills and knowledge in psychiatry with bio-psycho-social perspective
- Able to demonstrate good clinical communication skills showing empathy and sensitivity
- Person-centred and recovery focused
- Postgraduate experience in the relevant specialty
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Able to undertake duties under MHA and MCA
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