Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Mental Health, EIP

Go back Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Mental Health, EIP

The closing date is 30 July 2025

The team are based at ParksideCommunity Mental Health Centre, Middlesbrough. The Consultant will be expectedto provide committed, proactive and responsive clinical leadership working withother staff to provide a treatment and intervention service for thoseindividuals suffering from chronic or severe mental health conditions in Parksideand similarly into the EIP Team.

The Consultant is supported by anda Specialty doctor and Foundation doctor and will be expected to providesupervision to them. The Treatment & Intervention and EIP teams have Nurse prescribers,and the post holder will be expected to provide supervision for them.

The Consultant will provide medicalinput to the Treatment and Intervention team and EIP team, patients and reviewclinics are located at Parkside. The Consultant will also undertake jointreviews with other team members for complex, unstable and high-risk patients.They will be fully involved in the personalised care planning process. They will be expected to provideclinical support and supervision to the team in conjunction with the TeamManager, Advanced Practitioners and Psychologists. They will attend Huddle,Supercell and team meetings. The Treatment andintervention team is able to obtain expert advice from Trust-wide specialistservices which include a Tertiary Treatment and intervention team Service, anADHD service, the Autism Spectrum Assessment Team, the Perinatal Team and the eatingdisorder service.

Main duties of the job

The Consultant will provide committed, proactiveand responsible leadership working with the Community Treatment and InterventionTeam and EIP team

The Consultant will attend the Daily Huddle andweekly Supercell meetings where decisions are made about patient care and themanagement plan.

The Consultant will undertake assessments fornew patients and follow up and review patients by engaging with the Model Lineprocess, the Consultant will also provide a diagnosis and treatment plan

The Consultant will attend and fully contributeto formulation meetings and acre planreview meetings

The Consultant will act as Responsible Clinicianfor patients on a Community TreatmentOrder (CTO) and MOJ order

The Consultant will be responsible for MentalHealth Act Assessments in the community and very occasional Section 136assessments.

The Consultant will be expected to provideappropriate supervision to Junior Medical Staff and Non-Medical Prescribers inthe team

Frequencyof on call is 1:18; the on-call rota covers all the mental health units inTeesside (AMH and Mental Health Services for Older People), CAS (CrisisAssessment Suite - based at Roseberry Park Hospital) and the acute hospitals inTeesside (North Tees and James Cook University Hospital). It also covers MHAassessments in the community, assessments at the Police station and crisisteams.

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 essentialcontributors to our mental health teams. Service users expect and are justifiedto expect collaborative relationships with dedicated psychiatrists who workconsistently as part of effective services. The Medical Directorate and MedicalDevelopment Team are striving to improve medical workforce recruitment andretention in a variety of ways and the cornerstone of these efforts is The TEWVCharter 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 Leadership

• Reflects on own performance and behaviour, seeking and acting on feedback. Able to influence and persuade to improve services Able to take on leadership role in multidisciplinary team. Knowledge of structure and management of the NHS and the Trust. Shows commitment to quality through knowledge of quality improvement and lean thinking methodology OR able to achieve within one year of appointment Able to adapt to and lead service change.
• Able to take on a leadership role outside the multidisciplinary team. Understanding of NHS & wider health economy and its implications for the work of the Trust. Trained to standard equivalent to level 2 in TEWV Trust Quality improvement system

Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training Participated in continuous professional development Participated in research or service evaluation. Able to use and appraise clinical evidence. Has actively participated in clinical audit.
• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation. Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications. Has led clinical audits leading to service change

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• MRCPsych or equivalent postgraduate qualification.
• Approved Clinician Status and Section 12 Status OR be able to achieve within 3 months.

Clinical Knowledge & Skills

• Excellent knowledge in specialty Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge Excellent oral and written communication skills in English Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Experience

• Describe your clinical experience relevant to this job role
• Any other experience that may be applicable

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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