Speciality Doctor

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; New York; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Specialty Doctor in Mental Health Services for Older People, based at North Tyneside General Hospital. The successful candidate will support the Memory Clinic service and work closely with a multidisciplinary team to diagnose and treat dementia patients. Applicants must have full GMC registration, an MBBS or equivalent, and substantial experience in Old Age Psychiatry. This role offers opportunities for professional development and flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration is mandatory.
• MBBS or equivalent is essential.
• MRCPsych or progress towards it is needed.
• Approximately four years of postgraduate training in relevant specialties.
• Minimum of two years experience in Psychiatry.
• Experience in Old Age Psychiatry is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical input within Memory Services.
• Participate in delivering Memory Clinic services and patient assessment.
• Work with the multidisciplinary team including nursing staff and psychologists.

Skills

Clinical Governance

Teaching basic clinical skills

Quality Improvement & Audit Management

Supervising junior doctors & nurse practitioners

Understanding of Old Age Psychiatry

Education

Full GMC Registration

MBBS or equivalent

MRCPsych or working towards this

Job description

Speciality Doctor

The closing date is 20 January 2026.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Specialty Doctor in Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) on a full or part-time basis. The post will be based at North Tyneside General Hospital and will primarily support the delivery of our Memory Clinic service.

The North Tyneside Mental Health Services for Older People is based within North Tyneside General Hospital and provides Psychiatric services for older people within much of North Tyneside. The North Tyneside Memory Clinic is based within a specialist department within North Tyneside General Hospital and offers clinic and home visit appointments. The service receives approximately 800 referrals a year and provides assessment, diagnostic, and post diagnostic support for those with possible dementia. The post holder would be primarily based in the Memory Service, supporting diagnosis and treatment of patients with dementia.

The post holder would work with other members of the MDT within the Memory Service, including nursing staff, OT, Psychology and Nursing assistants and is supported by an excellent admin team. There is Consultant input into the Memory Clinic, and we have a full-time F1 doctor and GP Registrar (split post Memory Clinic and Community Team). The team has a close working relationship and values all members of the MDT. The exact job plan will be agreed with the successful appointee.

Main duties of the job

The job plan will typically include an average of 8.5 Programmed Activities for Direct Clinical Care duties and 1.5 Programmed Activities for Supporting Professional Activities.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Job responsibilities

The post will be flexibly time‑tabled to meet the demands of the service and the timing of sessions may change as the service develops. The post will be based within MHSOP department, North Tyneside General Hospital.

The post will be based with North Tyneside Memory Clinic providing medical input within Memory Services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration
• MBBS or equivalent
• MRCPsych or working towards this

Experience

• Approximately four years' full‑time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part‑time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty such as psychiatry training or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty
• Clinical Governance
• Experience & understanding of Quality Improvement & Audit Management
• At least two years' experience of Psychiatry
• Experience working in Old Age Psychiatry
• Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates
• Experience of supervising junior doctors & nurse practitioners

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.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust