Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry - AMH CMHT

The closing date is 28 July 2026.

The Tees Adult Mental Health (AMH) services comprises of 4 localities: Middlesbrough, Stockton, Hartlepool and Redcar and Cleveland. Each locality has Intensive Home Treatment and Crisis Services, Community Teams (Community hub and Treatment & Intervention teams) and a Primary Care team. Each locality will have its own EIP Service with close links to the Community Teams. In Patient Services for Middlesbrough, Stockton and Redcar and Cleveland are based at Roseberry Park Hospital, Middlesbrough.

The post holder will cover Hartlepool community team (Intervention and Hub team) and will have supervision with consultant of the locality. The team caseload is currently 320 patients. This will fluctuate around these numbers.

The Specialty Doctor will deliver high-quality, recovery-oriented psychiatric care within the Hartlepool CMHT, managing a defined caseload of patients with complex and enduring mental health conditions. The role involves autonomous clinical decision-making, risk management in community settings, and active participation in MDT processes, with an emphasis on continuity of care, relapse prevention, and least restrictive practice.

• Undertake comprehensive psychiatric assessments in community clinics, home visits, and virtual settings.
• Formulate cases using a biopsychosocial model, incorporating risk and protective factors.
• Manage a caseload of patients with severe mental illness (e.g., psychosis, bipolar disorder, complex depression, personality disorder).
• Provide longitudinal care, including medication management and relapse prevention planning.
• Lead on dynamic risk assessments (suicide, self-harm, violence, vulnerability).
• Formulate and document risk-management plans in line with Trust policy.
• Work closely with care coordinators, psychologists, nurses, social workers, and occupational therapists.
• Provide medical leadership within MDT discussions, particularly in complex or high-risk cases.
• Monitor and manage physical health needs of patients with severe mental illness.
• Liaise with primary care and other specialties as required.

About us: We are one of the largest specialist mental health and learning disabilities trusts in the country operating from sites in Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire and York and Selby. We provide a range of inpatient and community services to 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.

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Approved under S12 of MHA OR able to achieve within 6 months of appointment.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

• 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.

• Able to show commitment to Trust values of respect, involvement and well-being.
• Able to work co-operatively in a multi-disciplinary team and to delegate appropriately.
• Evidence of annual appraisal and commitment to appraisal and revalidation.
• Able to manage and prioritise workload and cope under pressure.

• Participated in and reflected on the purpose of continuous professional development.
• Participated actively in clinical audit.
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
• Participated in research or service evaluation.

• Knowledge and understanding of the NHS Healthcare Leadership Model (HLM).
• Able to show essential behaviours on the 9 dimensions of the HLM.
• Able to show proficient behaviours on the 9 dimensions of the HLM.

• At least 4 years postgraduate experience, including at least 2 years in a core psychiatry training programme in UK or abroad.

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.