Consultant Psychiatrist in AMH Community

Consultant Psychiatrist in AMH Community

The closing date is 31 December 2025

This is a replacement post for a full time Consultant working in the Easington Mental Health Team. The Easington Treatment & Intervention Mental Health Team serves adults aged 18 years and older who present with a mental illness. The team is integrated with Durham County Council and provides statutory Care Act assessments alongside mental health assessments. Patients with an organic illness are managed by the Service for Older People. The service operates Monday to Friday between the hours of 9 to 5, with flexible working to see patients from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The team caters to an area of practice in Co Durham region. It is based at Merrick House Easington, with a large community base. The team provides secondary mental health service input for all mental health conditions for the working age adult population. Patients are seen both at the base and in the local community. The team operates in the new community hub and intervention model. Initial assessments are carried by senior staff. Patients receive support either in hub or intervention according to needs and complexity of presentation.

The team provides specialist support to patients with significant mental health difficulties such as mood disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, personality disorder and adult neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD and autism.

Main duties of the job

Clinical duties of post holder

The Consultant will provide committed, proactive and responsible leadership working with the team.

The Consultant will attend the daily huddle and daily decision meetings where decisions are made about patient care and the management plan, and to promote the safety and well being of the patients. The Consultant will undertake assessments for new patients and follow up and review patients; the Consultant will also provide a diagnosis and treatment plan.

The Consultant will ensure evidence based prescribing and monitoring of pharmacological treatment and ECT.

The Consultant will attend and fully contribute to formulation meetings and complex patient review meetings.

The Consultant will provide consultation and advice on a daily basis to the team, and review patients as required.

The consultant is expected to respect the rights and dignity of patients and to consider the individual and cultural needs of patients and work with families and carers in the best interests of the patient.

The Consultant will be expected to have familiarity with all important, relevant legislation affecting the Adult Mental Health population.

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 of inpatient and community services to 2 million 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 the 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).

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 a 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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust