This post is based at Parkside, Middlesbrough. The Specialist Psychiatrist will be expected to provide committed, proactive and responsive clinical leadership, working with other staff to provide an assessment and treatment service.
The Specialist Psychiatrist will work as a senior and experienced member of the multidisciplinary team and will undertake autonomous assessment, diagnosis, formulation, treatment and ongoing management of patients within their agreed scope of competence. The post holder will manage patients with complex mental health needs and provide senior clinical advice and support to other members of the multidisciplinary team.
The Specialist Psychiatrist is supported by a Foundation Doctor post and will work alongside the Consultant Psychiatrist within the service.
The Specialist Psychiatrist will be expected to work autonomously and independently in terms of clinical decision making. Consultant advice will be available for discussion of particularly complex cases, second opinions or where the post holder considers this clinically appropriate.
The Specialist Psychiatrist will work as a senior member of the multidisciplinary team and provide clinical expertise for both new and ongoing cases, particularly in relation to psychopharmacology, diagnosis, formulation, risk assessment and management, and treatment planning.
The post holder will provide assessment and ongoing psychiatric management for patients allocated to them and will contribute to the management of patients with complex clinical presentations.
The post holder will work closely with the care coordinator and other members of the multidisciplinary team and will contribute to formulation meetings and pre-discharge meetings.
The Specialist Psychiatrist will generally be expected to work autonomously within their area of competence and experience. They will be responsible for their own clinical decisions and will seek advice or a second opinion from a Consultant Psychiatrist where appropriate.
The post holder will provide senior clinical advice and leadership to other members of the multidisciplinary team and contribute to the development and delivery of high-quality clinical care.
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 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).