Specialist Psychiatrist in Community Mental Health

Job summary

There is a vacancy for a full time specialist Psychiatrist working into Hartlepool CMHT and Community Hub Team. This post is based at Stewart House, Hartlepool; clinics are also at Stewart House. The Specialist will be expected to provide committed, proactive and responsive clinical leadership working with other staff to provide an assessment and treatment service. The Consultant is supported by a Foundation Doctor post and a Specialty Doctor (0.8 WTE) shared with the other Consultant.

Hartlepool has a population of 92,000, currently the team has one Consultant covering the teams alongside this vacancy. The consultants will support both teams in Hartlepool between them. The post advertised does not carry any inpatient or crisis commitment.

Main duties of the job

1. The post holder will provide committed, proactive, and responsible leadership to the team, mainly around the decision making in relation to patient care in both the teams.
2. The post holder will clinically assess, evaluate and manage patients; formulate a prioritised differential diagnosis, initiate an appropriate management plan and review and adjust depending on the outcomes to treatment.
3. Respect patients dignity, ensuring confidentiality and appropriate communication where potentially difficult or where barriers exist.
4. Apply basic principles of public health including population health, promoting health and wellbeing, work, nutrition, exercise, vaccination and illness prevention.
5. Collaborate with multidisciplinary and interprofessional teams to manage risk and issues across organisations and settings, with respect for and recognition of the roles of other health professionals.
6. Recognise and take responsibility for safeguarding children, young people and adults, using appropriate systems for identifying, sharing information, recording concerns, obtaining advice and taking action.

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 the majority of 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).

Date posted: 17 April 2025

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Specialist

Salary: £96,990 to £107,155 a year

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 1 years

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number: C9346-AMH-309M

Job locations

Stewart House, 53 Church Street, Hartlepool, TS24 7DX

Job responsibilities: Please see the attached job description for further information on this post. Please note the job description is currently waiting approval from the Royal College.

Person Specification

LEADERSHIP VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS

Essential

• Able to show essential 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.

Desirable

• Able to show proficient behaviours on the 9 dimensions of the HLM
• 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)
• Able to use information to bring about continuous improvement (Evaluating Info)
• Able to connect to others to understand competing demands (Connecting our Service)
• Able to communicate a compelling vision of the future service (Sharing the Vision)
• Able to involve whole team in delivering outcomes and continuous improvement (Engaging the Team)
• Able to set clear performance expectations (Holding to Account)
• Able to shape development activities to support the team (Developing Capability)
• Able to create shared agenda with key stakeholders (Influencing for Results)
• Demonstrates understanding of a range of leadership principles, approaches and techniques; ability to adapt leadership behaviours to improve engagement and outcomes; appreciates own leadership style and its impact on others

Qualifications

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable

• MRCPsych or equivalent psychiatric qualification

PROFESSIONAL VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS

Essential

• Able to show commitment to Trust values of respect, involvement and well-being
• 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.

Desirable

• Able to act as the Responsible Clinician, holding overall responsibility for management, co-ordination, and continuity of patients care throughout their episodes of care

Eligibility

Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
• 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.
• Approved under S12 of MHA
• Approved clinician status (except for transitional arrangements for existing acting consultants)

Desirable

• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

CLINICAL VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

ACADEMIC VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS

Essential

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Participated actively in clinical audit.
• Participated in and reflected on the purpose of continuous professional development

Desirable

• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
• Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
• Led clinical audits leading to service change.

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: Stewart House, 53 Church Street, Hartlepool, TS24 7DX

Employer's website: https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)