Consultant Psychiatrist in Old Age Psychiatry - Auckland Park

Go back Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 06 October 2026

This is an exciting opportunity for an old age consultant psychiatrist to become involved with inpatient service.

This isa full-time consultant psychiatrist post providing clinical and medical leadership to Ceddesfeld Ward. Ceddesfeld Ward is a 15-bedded assessment and treatment unit for male patients experiencing organic brain disease (the vast majority of which will be dementia-related) and the associated complications of these.

The ward is co-located with Hamsterley Ward (a similar 15-bedded ward for female patients) on the Auckland Park Hospital site which has separate consultant psychiatrist input from DrSarah Pearce. Together, the two wards work closely together to provide the hubof organic inpatient care to patients in the Durham & Darlington locality and have a strong reputation regionally for high quality patient care.

The Clinical PAs are 7.5 PA across the week and will provide clinical and medical leadership to the MDT and willlead the assessment and treatment of those patients on the ward. The postholder will be expected to work with a well-established, cohesive and enthusiastic MDT to maintain a high standard of clinical care for our patients.

The ward operates a report out every weekday morning, which is effectively a board round of all patients on the ward and would be expected to attend this meeting wherever possible.

The consultant psychiatrist will also assessand treat their patients in line with evidence based clinical practice and inkeeping with the Trust clinical pathways (with specific reference to the Dementia and Behaviours that Challenge pathways).

The post-holder is expected to bethe Responsible Clinician for any patients on the ward and will undertake anysuch duties that are specified by the Mental Health Act 1983 and attending Mental Health Tribunals.

The post-holder is expected to prioritise Mental Health Act Assessments for their own patients during working hours and be a qualified DOLS Mental Health Assessor for any patients on their personal caseload.

The Trust is eager to support the development of a special interest and this is negotiable either at the timeof employment or at the Annual Job Plan Review meeting which takes place withthe Lead Psychiatrist (or Associate Medical Director) and Head of the services(or Locality Manager).

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 the majority of our mental health teams. Service users expectand 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 TheTEWV Charter for the Medical Workforce.

(Please see attached Supporting Document).

The Trust welcomes conversations about flexible…