Specialty Doctor in Adult Mental Health (Hartlepool Community)

There is a vacancy for a full time Speciality doctor working into Hartlepool CMHT and Community Hub Team. This post is based at Stewart House, Hartlepool; clinics are also at Stewart House. The Speciality doctor will be expected to provide committed, proactive, and responsive clinical leadership working with other staff to provide an assessment and treatment service. The speciality doctor is supported by a Foundation Doctor post and supervised by the Consultant based in Stewart House. Hartlepool has a population of 92,000. Currently, the team has one Consultant covering the teams. The consultants will support both teams in Hartlepool. The post advertised does not carry any inpatient or crisis commitment., The Specialty Doctor will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and provide clinical expertise for both new and ongoing cases particularly issues around psychopharmacology, diagnosis, risk assessments including liaison with the local GPs and inpatient units.

The outpatient work will be at Stewart House (timetable attached) however there will be opportunity for home visits with the care co-ordinator and liaison with Roseberry Park Hospital for instance formulation meetings and pre-discharge meetings.

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 are a multi-award winning trust and are included within the Health Service Journals Best 100 Places to Work. The trust take a positive and proactive approach to support staff in their personal development and has embedded the Talent Management approach within the Trust.

Psychiatrists are essential contributors to the majority of 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. Our medical staffing shortage puts strain on services and puts strain on workforce wellbeing and costs extend beyond the financial. 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).