Job summary
This post is based at Parkside, Middlesbrough. The Specialist Psychiatrist will be expected to provide committed, proactive and responsive clinical leadership, working with other staff to provide an assessment and treatment service.

The Specialist Psychiatrist will work as a senior and experienced member of the multidisciplinary team and will undertake autonomous assessment, diagnosis, formulation, treatment and ongoing management of patients within their agreed scope of competence. The post holder will manage patients with complex mental health needs and provide senior clinical advice 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 Psychiatrist within the service.

The Specialist Psychiatrist will be expected to work autonomously and independently in terms of clinical decision making. Consultant advice will be available for discussion of particularly complex cases, second opinions or where the post holder considers this clinically appropriate.

Main duties of the job
The Specialist Psychiatrist will work as a senior member of the multidisciplinary team and provide clinical expertise for both new and ongoing cases, particularly in relation to psychopharmacology, diagnosis, formulation, risk assessment and management, and treatment planning.

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

The post holder will work closely with the care coordinator and other members of the multidisciplinary team and will contribute to formulation meetings and pre-discharge meetings.

The Specialist Psychiatrist will generally be expected to work autonomously within their area of competence and experience. They will be responsible for their own clinical decisions and will seek advice or a second opinion from a Consultant Psychiatrist where appropriate.

The post holder will provide senior clinical advice and leadership to other members of the multidisciplinary team and contribute 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).

Details
Date posted: 02 November 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Specialist
Salary: £104,401 to £115,341 a year
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 2 years
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: C9346-AMH-353M

Essential professional requirements

• 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.

Essential 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.

Essential 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)

Essential leadership behaviours

• Knowledge and understanding of the NHS Healthcare Leadership Model (HLM). Able to show proficient 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. 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)

Essential academic 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

Essential clinical 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

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Parkside Mental Health Resource Centre, Park Road North, Middlesbrough, Teesside, TS1 3LF, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact: Rosie Wheadon, tewv.medicalrecruitment@nhs.net

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