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Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Mental Health, EIP, Middlesbrough
Client: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: 00f867147357
Job Views: 8
Posted: 25.08.2025
Expiry Date: 09.10.2025
Job Description:
Job summary
The team are based at Parkside Community Mental Health Centre, Middlesbrough. The Consultant will be expected to provide committed, proactive, and responsive clinical leadership working with other staff to provide treatment and intervention services for individuals suffering from chronic or severe mental health conditions in Parkside and the EIP Team.
The Consultant is supported by a Specialty doctor and Foundation doctor and will be expected to provide supervision to them. The Treatment & Intervention and EIP teams have Nurse prescribers, and the post holder will be expected to supervise them.
The Consultant will provide medical input to the Treatment and Intervention team and EIP team, with clinics located at Parkside. They will undertake joint reviews with other team members for complex, unstable, and high-risk patients, and will be involved in personalized care planning. They will also provide clinical support and supervision to the team alongside the Team Manager, Advanced Practitioners, and Psychologists. Attendance at Huddle, Supercell, and team meetings is expected. The Treatment and Intervention team can access specialist services including a Tertiary Treatment and Intervention Service, ADHD service, Autism Spectrum Assessment Team, Perinatal Team, and Eating Disorder Service.
Main duties of the job
* Provide committed, proactive, and responsible leadership working with the Community Treatment and Intervention Team and EIP team.
* Attend Daily Huddle and weekly Supercell meetings for patient care decisions.
* Undertake assessments for new patients, follow-up, and review patients, providing diagnoses and treatment plans.
* Participate in formulation and care plan review meetings.
* Act as Responsible Clinician for patients on Community Treatment Orders (CTO) and MOJ orders.
* Responsible for Mental Health Act Assessments in the community and occasional Section 136 assessments.
* Provide supervision to Junior Medical Staff and Non-Medical Prescribers.
* On-call frequency is 1:18, covering all mental health units in Teesside, Community Assessment Suites, and acute hospitals, including MHA assessments in the community, police stations, and crisis teams.
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 approximately 6,700 staff across around 100 sites in Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York, and Selby. We serve 2 million people across various regions and collaborate with local authorities, CCGs, voluntary organizations, and service users.
Psychiatrists are vital to our mental health teams. We aim for collaborative relationships with dedicated psychiatrists as part of effective services. Our Medical Directorate and Medical Development Team are working to improve medical workforce recruitment and retention, guided by The TEWV Charter for the Medical Workforce.
Details
* Date posted: 13 August 2025
* Hospital medical and dental staff
* Grade: Consultant
* Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 per year
* Contract: Permanent
* Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
* Reference number: C9346-AMH-312M2
* Job locations: Parkside Mental Health Centre, Park Road North, Middlesbrough, Teesside, TS1 3LF
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further information. Note that the job description is pending approval by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Person Specification
Leadership
* Reflects on own performance and behaviour, seeks and acts on feedback. Influences and persuades to improve services. Able to lead in a multidisciplinary team. Knowledge of NHS and Trust management structures. Committed to quality improvement and lean methodologies, or able to achieve within one year. Capable of leading service change.
* Desirable: Leadership outside the multidisciplinary team; understanding of NHS and wider health economy; trained to TEWV Trust Quality improvement level 2.
Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
* Capable of delivering undergraduate/postgraduate teaching and training. Participates in CPD, research, service evaluation, clinical audit. Able to appraise clinical evidence.
* Desirable: Experience in teaching, research, awards, publications, leading audits.
Qualifications
* Essential: MB BS or equivalent; GMC registration and license to practice.
* Desirable: Higher degrees in medical education, research, or management; MRCPsych or equivalent; Approved Clinician and Section 12 status or able to achieve within 3 months.
Clinical Knowledge & Skills
* Excellent specialty knowledge, clinical skills using bio-psycho-social model, good communication skills, capable of managing clinical complexity and uncertainty, making evidence-based decisions, and meeting duties under MHA and MCA.
* Desirable: Wide range of specialist/sub-specialist NHS experience.
Experience
* Essential: Relevant clinical experience.
* Desirable: Additional applicable experience.
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