Specialist Psychiatrist in Community Adult Mental Health

• Go back Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
• Specialist Psychiatrist in Community Adult Mental Health
• The closing date is 04 January 2027

This post is basedat Parkside, Middlesbrough.

The Specialist Psychiatrist will be expected toprovide committed, proactive and responsive clinical leadership, working withother staff to provide an assessment and treatment service.

The Specialist Psychiatrist will work as asenior and experienced member of the multidisciplinary team and will undertakeautonomous assessment, diagnosis, formulation, treatment and ongoing managementof patients within their agreed scope of competence.

The post holder willmanage patients with complex mental health needs and provide senior clinicaladvice and support to other members of the multidisciplinary team.

The Specialist Psychiatrist is supported by a Foundation Doctor post and will work alongside the Consultant Psychiatristwithin the service.

The Specialist Psychiatrist will be expected towork autonomously and independently in terms of clinical decision making.

Consultant advice will be available for discussion of particularly complexcases, second opinions or where the post holder considers this clinicallyappropriate.

Main duties of the job

The Specialist Psychiatrist will work as asenior member of the multidisciplinary team and provide clinical expertise forboth new and ongoing cases, particularly in relation to psychopharmacology, diagnosis, formulation, risk assessment and management, and treatment planning.

The post holder will provide assessment andongoing psychiatric management for patients allocated to them and willcontribute to the management of patients with complex clinical presentations.

The post holder will work closely with the carecoordinator and other members of the multidisciplinary team and will contributeto formulation meetings and pre-discharge meetings.

The Specialist Psychiatrist will generally beexpected to work autonomously within their area of competence and experience.

They will be responsible for their own clinical decisions and will seek adviceor a second opinion from a Consultant Psychiatrist where appropriate.

The post holder will provide senior clinicaladvice and leadership to other members of the multidisciplinary team andcontribute to the development and delivery of high-quality clinical care.

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).

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for further information on this post. Please note that the job description is pending approval by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Person Specification

• PROFESSIONAL VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS
• Able to show commitment to Trust values of respect, involvement and well-being
• Able to act as the Responsible Clinician, holding overall responsibility for management, co-ordination, and continuity of patients care throughout their episodes of care
• Able to manage and prioritise workload and cope under pressure
• Able to work co-operatively both in a multi-disciplinary team and across teams and to delegate appropriately.
• Evidence of annual appraisal and commitment to appraisal and revalidation.
• Practices with the professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors as set out in GMC Good Medical Practice and the Generic Professional Capabilities Framework.
• Critically reflects on own competence, understands own limits and seeks help when required.
• Critically reflects on own decision-making processes and explains those decisions to others in an honest and transparent way
• Awareness of appropriate equality and diversity legislation in the context of patient care.
• Able to act as the Responsible Clinician, holding overall responsibility for management, co-ordination, and continuity of patients care throughout their episodes of care

Experience

• At least 12 years postgraduate experience, including at 6 years experience in the relevant specialty (or evidence to show equivalent experience)
• 3 years as career grade in Sub specialty and 3 years core training in speciality.

Qualifications

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
• Approved under S12 of MHA
• Approved clinician status (except for transitional arrangements for existing acting consultants)
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
• LEADERSHIP VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS
• Knowledge and understanding of the NHS Healthcare Leadership Model (HLM)Able to show proficient behaviours on the 9 dimensions of the HLM
• Able to show essential behaviours on the 9 dimensions of the
• Awareness of leadership responsibilities as a clinician and demonstrate appropriate leadership behaviour; managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable and seeking to build collaboration with, and confidence in, others.
• Critically appraises performance of self, colleagues or peers and systems to enhance performance and support development.
• Able to articulate and live by Trust and NHS values (Inspiring Shared Purpose)
• Able to take responsibility for well-being of team and medical colleagues (Leading with Care)
• Knowledge and understanding of the NHS Healthcare Leadership Model (HLM)Able to show proficient behaviours on the 9 dimensions of the HLM
• Able to show essential behaviours on the 9 dimensions of the HLM
• Awareness of leadership responsibilities as a clinician and demonstrate appropriate leadership behaviour; managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable and seeking to build collaboration with, and confidence in, others.
• Critically appraises performance of self, colleagues or peers and systems to enhance performance and support development.
• FAble to articulate and live by Trust and NHS values (Inspiring Shared Purpose)
• Able to take responsibility for well-being of team and medical colleagues (Leading with Care)
• Able to use information to bring about continuous improvement (Evaluating Info)
• Able to connect to others to understand competing demands (Connecting our Service)
• Able to communicate a compelling vision of the future service (Sharing the Vision)
• Able to involve whole team in delivering outcomes and continuous improvement (Engaging the Team)
• Able to set clear performance expectations (Holding to Account)
• Able to shape development activities to support the team (Developing Capability)
• Able to create shared agenda with key stakeholders (Influencing for Results)
• Demonstrates understanding of a range of leadership principles, approaches and techniques; ability to adapt leadership behaviours to improve engagement and outcomes; appreciates own leadership style and its impact on others
• ACADEMIC VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS
• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
• Participated actively in clinical audit.
• Led clinical audits leading to service change.
• Participated in and reflected on the purpose of continuous professional development
• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
• Participated actively in clinical audit.
• Led clinical audits leading to service change.
• CLINICAL VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS
• Able to demonstrate excellent clinical skills, knowledge and behaviours in the specialty with bio-psycho-social perspective.
• Able to demonstrate excellent clinical communication skills showing empathy and sensitivity
• Able to share decision-making with patients, relatives and carers; treats patients as individuals, promoting a person-centred approach to their care, including self-management
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty in the care of patients; employing expertise and clinical decision making skills of a senior and independent/autonomous practitioner
• Critically reflects on own competence, understands own limits and seeks help when required.
• Person-centred and recovery focused
• 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.

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