WearelookingtoemployanewConsultanttojoinour currentsupportive Consultantbody. The post holder will work primarily in the Memory Clinic and the Young Onset Dementia Service. There will be an additional PA supporting the MHSOP Community Mental Health Teams including managing long term conditions alongside a specialist MHSOP pharmacist. There is a full time Specialty Doctor currently working into the Memory Clinic. The post will be part of the Newcastle / North Tyneside Old Age Consultant rota with SPR cover which is coordinated by Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Thepostwillbecomprised of a combination Memory Clinic, Young Onset Dementia Service and a smaller component of CMHT work.
The post will have 8.5 clinical PAs split as follows: Memory Clinic (5.5 PAs); Young Onset Dementia Service (2 PAs); and 1 PA supporting the MHSOP Community Mental Health Teams including managing long term conditions alongside a specialist MHSOP pharmacist.
The post involves providing clinical supervision of a foundationtrainee working intothe Memory Clinic, as well as future opportunities to be involved with undergraduate and postgraduate education, depending on the applicant's interest (all of which would attract appropriately allocated PA time within the job plan).
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
- Thesessionalcommitmentwillbeagreedwithindividualcandidates.
- All Job Plans will have at least 1.5 SPAs – additional SPA time is given to additional activitiesandcanbenegotiated.Wearekeentoattractthosewithinterestsinteaching and research with negotiated addition SPA time available for those with appropriate experience or wishing to develop these areas.
- TheJobPlansbelowareindicative.The departmentisflexibleandwouldbekeento discuss alterations to clinical commitments to better suit individual candidates strengths and interests.
This advert closes on Sunday 8 Mar 2026