Consultant Psychiatrist in MHSOP Community

NHS; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialized mental health trust is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to provide community-based psychiatric services for older people. The role entails clinical leadership within the team and active involvement in service planning and delivery. Candidates must possess an MB BS or equivalent, GMC registration, and postgraduate qualifications. This position offers an opportunity to influence community mental health services within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Participated in continuous professional development.
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit, and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations, and publications.

Responsibilities

• Provide a community-based psychiatric service to older people.
• Responsible for medical aspects of care for patients.
• Hold Responsible Clinician status and assist in planning services.

Skills

Excellent knowledge in specialty

Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Fully registered with the GMC

MRCPsych postgraduate qualification or CESR qualification

Job description

Teaching Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Psychiatrist in MHSOP Community

The closing date is 30 October 2025

The post is based at the Acomb Health Centre, 1 Beech Grove, Acomb, YO26 5LD where CMHT is based too. The Consultant has a designated office space and secretarial support 0.6 and periodic Foundation Year Trainee placement. This post holder will provide clinical and educational supervision to any junior doctor posted with them. A review is being carried out about the secretarial support and the expectation is for this to improve in the future. There are no core trainee or Higher trainee attached to this post. Two Foundation year doctor posts are rotated amongst all CMHT teams. Trust Grade doctor post is allocated to substantive consultant posts within the locality based on yearly recruitment initiative and clinical needs of the post. There is no Speciality doctor post attached to this post.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for providing a community-based psychiatric service to older people in the West side of the South-West Community Hub, working in and providing clinical leadership to the West older people's team (6 DCC PAs) and an additional 1.5 DCC PAs to All York and Selby Memory Team. To work with fellow consultants, clinical colleagues, and service managers to provide an assessment and treatment service for older people with mental health problems.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing clinical leadership to the West older people's team and overall responsibility for the medical aspects of care of patients in that sector (6 DCC PA).
• Working jointly with colleagues from other disciplines and all relevant agencies to provide a comprehensive approach to patient care and treatment.
• Holding Responsible Clinician (RC) status as defined within the Mental Health Act &/or to support a non-medical RC as Approved Clinician (AC) for inpatients when on duty on the out-of-hours on-call rota and maintain section 12(2) approval.
• Assisting colleagues in the Older People's service in planning, implementing, and monitoring older people's mental health services provided by TEWV.

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. 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.

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 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.

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 postgraduate qualification or CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) qualification.
• Additional clinical qualifications.

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• 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.
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register in the Specialty or within 6 months of gaining CCT.
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

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.