Consultant Psychiatrist in MHSOP Community

NHS; Redcar; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to provide leadership to the Community Mental Health Services for Older People in Redcar. The role requires a medical qualification, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage complex clinical cases. The position offers a salary of £109,725 to £145,478 annually with full-time flexible working. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team and play a key role in serving a population of older adults with mental health challenges.

Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge in the specialty and ability to manage clinical complexity.
• Must be eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register within six months of gaining CCT.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultant leadership to the community team.
• Deliver mental health services to the older population of approximately 30,000.

Skills

Leadership

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

Clinical skills

Knowledge of NHS and Trust structure

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise

Job description

Job summary

This is a full-time (1.0 WTE) Consultant Psychiatrist post providing clinical and medical leadership to the Community Mental Health Services for Older Peoples team in Redcar and Cleveland. The role has become vacant due to the relocation of the previous post-holder and will work with another consultant psychiatrist colleague in a well-established community team.

The population served by the Redcar and Cleveland Mental Health Service Older Peoples CMHT is approximately 30,000 aged over 65 years from a total population of 136,718 (POPPI 2018). The service operates on a need-led basis, so some of the over‑65 population traditionally served by MHSOP may be served by Adult Mental Health Services.

The Consultant is an integral member of a large, enthusiastic, and well-managed integrated multidisciplinary team. The role requires flexibility to adapt to changing demands across various areas of the service and includes the requirement to undertake home visits. The Redcar locality is split into two consultant posts: one responsible for the organic client group and the other for the functional client group.

Services are delivered to older people with mental health problems and frailty-related complexities, and include referrals for young onset dementia patients.

Main duties of the job

The post provides consultant leadership to the community team, working closely with other consultant colleagues in the Teesside area CMHTs, and with inpatient MHSOP services. The consultant will be responsible for the delivery of mental health services to the older population of approximately 30,000, shared amongst two consultants (including this post) providing a total of 1.8 WTE consultant input. The consultant may also be asked to take on Responsible Clinician duties for patients subject to Community Treatment Orders and will prioritise Mental Health Act assessments for their own patients during working hours. Ad hoc Section 49 Mental Capacity Act reports may be required and are shared evenly among the consultant body, attracting an hourly fee.

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 2m people living in County Durham, the Tees Valley, Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale, Harrogate, Hambleton and Richmondshire, and additional specialist services to other parts of Northern England.

We deliver services in partnership with eight local authorities and clinical commissioning groups, a wide range of voluntary organisations, service users, their carers and the public. Psychiatrists are essential contributors to our mental health teams, working consistently as part of effective services. The Medical Directorate and Medical Development Team are striving to improve medical workforce recruitment and retention, with the TEWV Charter underpinning these efforts.

Details

Date posted: 11 November 2025

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Consultant

Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number: C9346-MHSOP-216M

Job locations:

• Reed Marsh House, Coatham Road, Redcar, TS10 1SR

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further information on this post. The post is not approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Person specification – Leadership – Essential

• Reflects on own performance and behaviour, seeking and acting on feedback.
• Can influence and persuade to improve services.
• Can take on a leadership role in a multidisciplinary team.
• Knowledge of NHS and Trust structure and management.
• Shows commitment to quality through knowledge of quality improvement and lean thinking methodology, or is able to achieve within one year of appointment.
• Can adapt to and lead service change.

Person specification – Leadership – Desirable

• Can take on a leadership role outside the multidisciplinary team.
• Understanding of NHS and wider health economy and its implications for the Trust.
• Trained to level 2 in the TEWV Trust Quality improvement system.

Person specification – Academic skills & lifelong learning – Essential

• Can deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
• Participated in continuous professional development.
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Can use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Has actively participated in clinical audit.

Person specification – Academic skills & lifelong learning – Desirable

• Can plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.
• Has reflected on the 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.

Person specification – Qualifications – Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.

Person specification – Qualifications – Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, or management.
• MRCPsych postgraduate qualification or CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration).
• Additional clinical qualifications.
• Endorsement in Liaison Psychiatry.

Person specification – Clinical skills, knowledge & experience – Essential

• Excellent knowledge in the specialty.
• Excellent clinical skills using a bio‑psycho‑social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Can manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
• Can make decisions based on evidence and experience, including the contribution of others.
• Can meet duties under the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.

Person specification – Clinical skills, knowledge & experience – Desirable

• Wide range of specialist and sub‑specialist experience relevant to the post within NHS or a comparable service.

Person specification – Eligibility – Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register within six months of gaining CCT.
• Approved clinician status, or able to achieve within three months of appointment.
• Approved under S12, or able to achieve within three months of appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register.

Person specification – Eligibility – Desirable

• In good standing with the GMC in respect of warning and conditions on practice.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service 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.

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.

UK registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Reed Marsh House, Coatham Road, Redcar, TS10 1SR

Website: https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/