Consultant Psychiatrist in AMH, Treatment & Intervention(UK Visa Sponsorship)

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December 30, 2025
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Job Description

About the role

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Mental Health to provide clinical leadership within the Treatment & Intervention (T&I) Service, with additional input into the Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Team.

Based at Parkside Community Mental Health Centre, this role offers an opportunity to work with individuals experiencing severe, enduring, or complex mental health conditions, delivering high-quality, recovery-focused care within a multidisciplinary community setting.

You will play a central leadership role, supporting both clinical decision-making and service development, while working closely with experienced colleagues across psychiatry, nursing, psychology, and allied professions.

Your clinical focus

In this post, you will:

  • Provide senior medical leadership to the Community Treatment & Intervention and EIP teams
  • Undertake new patient assessments, diagnostic reviews, and formulation-based care planning
  • Review and manage complex, unstable, and high-risk presentations, often jointly with MDT colleagues
  • Actively contribute to personalised care planning, ensuring patient and carer involvement
  • Serve as Responsible Clinician for patients subject to Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) and Ministry of Justice restrictions
  • Fulfil duties under the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act, including community MHA assessments and occasional Section 136 work
  • Provide expert consultation to colleagues and support shared clinical decision-making

Leadership, supervision, and teamwork

You will be supported by a Specialty Doctor and a Foundation Doctor and will be expected to provide regular supervision to them. In addition, the role includes supervision of non-medical prescribers, including nurse prescribers within the teams.

You will:

  • Attend and actively participate in daily Huddles, weekly Supercell meetings, and MDT reviews
  • Support clinical staff alongside the Team Manager, Advanced Practitioners, and Psychologists
  • Contribute to formulation meetings and structured care-plan reviews
  • Promote reflective practice, quality improvement, and safe clinical standards

The teams benefit from access to Trust-wide specialist services, including tertiary treatment pathways, ADHD, autism assessment, perinatal mental health, and eating disorder services.

  • On-call commitment
  • On-call frequency: approximately 1:18
  • Rota covers Adult Mental Health and Older People’s services across Teesside
  • Includes Crisis Assessment Suite (CAS), acute hospitals, community MHA work, police stations, and crisis teams

About the Trust

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest specialist mental health and learning disability providers in England, serving a population of approximately 2 million people across the North East and North Yorkshire.

Key facts:

  • Annual income of approximately £320 million
  • Workforce of around 6,700 staff across 100+ sites
  • Strong partnerships with local authorities, voluntary organisations, service users, and carers

Psychiatrists are central to our services, and we are committed to creating an environment where medical staff feel valued, supported, and able to thrive. This commitment is reflected in the TEWV Medical Workforce Charter, which focuses on recruitment, retention, wellbeing, and professional development.

Person profile (summary)

Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
  • Full GMC registration with licence to practise
  • Strong expertise in Adult Mental Health psychiatry
  • Ability to manage complexity, risk, and uncertainty using a bio-psycho-social approach
  • Demonstrated leadership within multidisciplinary teams
  • Commitment to teaching, supervision, and continuous professional development

Desirable

  • MRCPsych or equivalent
  • Approved Clinician and Section 12 status (or ability to achieve shortly after appointment)
  • Experience in service development, research, audit, or quality improvement
  • Governance, checks, and sponsorship
  • Appointment subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
  • Applications from candidates requiring Skilled Worker visa sponsorship are welcome

Please note: recent Home Office changes may affect eligibility for visa switching.

Location

Parkside Community Mental Health Centre
Park Road North
Middlesbrough
Teesside
TS1 3LF

Further details

For a comprehensive breakdown of responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the full job description and person specification, which is pending final approval by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Interested?

If you are a Consultant Psychiatrist seeking a meaningful leadership role within a large, forward-thinking mental health trust—where collaboration, quality, and compassion are truly valued—we would be delighted to hear from you.

Apply today and help shape high-quality community mental health care in Teesside.

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