Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Mental Health Community

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 06 February 2026

This post forms part of the Directorate of Adult Mental Health within the North Yorkshire and Yorkshire Locality area of Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. Adult community mental health services are directly commissioned across two Clinical Commissioning Groups – 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). It 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. It 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 three sessions of Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) and seven 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 to ensure that this can occur informally with protected time.

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. It delivers care based on the principles of Productive and Purposeful Care (PPC) to improve the quality and efficiency of our patients’ care journey.

The post‑holder’s 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 PA; clinical admin 1 PA; MDT work 1 PA; emergencies 1 PA; and MHA work 0.5 PA. Flexibility around this guide will depend on team requirements and support.

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 across around 100 sites in Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire, 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, and 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, with the cornerstone of these efforts being the TEWV Charter for the Medical Workforce.

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

• Reflect on own performance and behaviour, seeking and acting on feedback; influence and persuade to improve services; take on leadership role in multidisciplinary team; knowledge of NHS; commitment to quality through improvement methodology; adapt and lead service change.
• Take on leadership role outside multidisciplinary team; understanding of NHS & wider health economy; trained to level 2 in TEWV Trust…