Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Mental Health Community

Haringey GP Federation; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS mental health trust in Scarborough is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to lead the Community Mental Health Team. This 10 PA role includes clinical duties and opportunities for research and education. Candidates should hold an MBBS or equivalent, be GMC registered, and possess MRCPsych or equivalent. The position involves managing complex clinical scenarios and supporting a multidisciplinary team to enhance patient care. Competitive salary and support for professional development are offered.

Benefits

Support for professional development

Engagement in research and education

Qualifications

• Fully registered with the GMC with a license to practice.
• Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
• Experience in clinical audit leading to service change.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultant leadership to the Community Mental Health Team.
• Engage in research, education, or service development.
• Conduct formulation, review, and leadership meetings.

Skills

Leadership in multidisciplinary team

Excellent clinical skills

Effective communication skills

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

MRCPsych or equivalent postgraduate qualification

Job description

Go back Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Mental Health Community

The closing date is 06 February 2026

This post forms part of the Directorate of Adult Mental Health within the North Yorkshire and York Locality area of Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. Adult community mental health services are directly commissioned across two clinical commissioning groups - namely Richmondshire and Whitby CCG and the Scarborough and Ryedale CCG.

Scarborough is a town on the north‑sea coast of Outer Yorkshire, England with a population of just over 67,000 people (2019 census). Scarborough is the largest holiday resort on the Yorkshire coast.

This exciting 10 PA post has come about due to increased financial provision into the area. The post will be shared with another Full‑time consultant who will work in the central area of the city. This post covers the provision of medical leadership to the Outer area of the Scarborough Community Mental Health Team (SICT). The division between outer and central sections is purely for medical cover purposes and follows an equitable division of local GP surgeries. The community team continues to operate as one community team. The job is split into 3 sessions of supporting professional activities (SPA) and 7 sessions of direct clinical care (DCC) and it is hoped that the post‑holder will be encouraged to use the SPA provision within this post to engage in research, education or service development in conjunction with local colleagues in order to ensure that this can occur informal protected time.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide consultant leadership in line with the principles of New Ways of Working to the Outer section of the Community Mental Health Team in Scarborough.

The community team is based at The Ellis Centre. The community team delivers care based on the principles of productive and purposeful care (PPC) to deliver clinical services which aspire to improve the quality and efficiency of our patients care journey.

The post‑holders core clinical duties will involve formulation, review and leadership meetings, MHA‑related work, and involvement in complex care planning meetings. Based on Royal College recommendations, Outpatient work will comprise 3.5 PAs; Clinical Admin 1 PA; MDT work 1 PA; Emergencies 1 PA and MHA work 0.5 PAs. There will be flexibility around this guide depending on team requirements and support.

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 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).

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for further information on this post. Please note, the job description has not yet been approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

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 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

• MBBS 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 or equivalent postgraduate qualification.
• Approved Clinician Status and Section 12 Status or be able to achieve within 3 months.

Clinical Knowledge & Skills

• Excellent knowledge in specialty; excellent clinical skills using bio‑psycho‑social perspective and wide medical knowledge; excellent oral and written communication skills in English; ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty; makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others; ability to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
• Wide range of specialist and sub‑specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.

Experience

• Describe your clinical experience relevant to this job role.
• Any other experience that may be applicable.

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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust