This is a Community General Adult Specialty Doctor post with East Gateshead Community Treatment Team. The Community Mental Health team (CMHT) is positioned in Secondary Care and has a pivotal role in directly delivering specialist community mental health services beside offering an interface with Primary care, Access Services and Specialist Services such as Perinatal Mental Health, Eating Disorders, Early Intervention in Psychosis and Rehabilitation Services and many other specialist services.
The post holder will find themselves well supported, with opportunities for ongoing professional development and collaborative work.
We have been awarded the SAS Excellence in Development (SEiD) Recognition Award in 2026 and in November 2017 we won the prestigious HSJ Award for Provider of the Year.
As an Organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
We are committed to the health and wellbeing of our staff, and we have a number of initiatives including a dedicated website, Thrive - which promotes our supportive and inclusive approach to staff health and wellbeing, career development and benefits.
Please note we can not sponsor GMC for this role.
Please note this vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received.
This is a full-time working age adult substantive Specialty Doctor post in East Gateshead Community Treatment Team which works closely with the West Gateshead Community Treatment Team. You will provide medical input into a Community Treatment Team working with 2 other consultants, a Nurse consultant working across both teams, and a Nurse Specialist. This team is covering the adult population in the East of Gateshead.
The post-holder is expected to:
- Be committed to delivering excellence in clinical care,
- Work effectively with the multidisciplinary community team and in-patient teams.
- Promote the safety and well-being of the patients we serve.
- To respect the rights and the dignity of patients.
- To consider the individual and cultural needs of patients and
- To work with families and carers in the best interest of the patient (in line with the Trust Carers’ Charter).
The Community Mental Health Team provides an assessment and treatment service for people who are experiencing difficulty with their mental health based on episodic model of care. The CMHT works closely with the local Crisis Team, Liaison service and Inpatient services to ensure safe and timely transitions when required.
Why us?
Up to 8k relocation package
30 days study leave (every 3 years)
Flexible working opportunities created with you involved in your job plan
Remote working available as suits service needs
Dedicated and protected SPA time
Focus on creating a healthy workforce by investing heavily in health and wellbeing accessible support including emotional, physical, social, psychological financial and career well being
Teaching and research opportunities available
Stimulating CPD sessions and programs including mentoring, medical leadership, and coaching
Teaching opportunities in our brand-new state of the art Medical Education Centre
Employee Excellence awards
Plus, lots more employee benefits including discounts. Find out more at www.thriveatcntw.co.uk
As an added bonus, the Trust is located in the Northeast of England and Cumbria which is an area of outstanding natural beauty, containing national parks, ancient heritage sites and major cities supported by excellent national and international transport links. The area is predominantly rural and contains the Lake District National Park which is considered one of England’s finest areas of natural beauty.
As SAS Doctor working in the Community Mental Health Team for East Gateshead, you will have responsibility for the provision of safe and effective evidence-based care and treatment.
You are expected to share the vision of integrated and multi-disciplinary work and actively engage in supporting service development.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details about this exciting opportunity.
The Trust is committed to achieving high standards of health for its service users, staff and visitors providing a safe environment for staff, we operate a smoke free policy on all sites.
