Specialty Doctor – Community AMHT City & North East: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Specialty Doctor to join our City and North East AMHT based at the Warneford Hospital on a 12 month fixed term contract (or secondment opportunity).

You’ll undertake comprehensive psychiatric assessments, deliver evidence-based treatment, and work collaboratively with patients and their families to support recovery. You will manage a varied caseload, providing care for routine, urgent, and emergency referrals, while working closely within a multidisciplinary team under Consultant supervision.

The role offers a diverse clinical experience, including conducting mental state examinations, prescribing in line with NICE guidance, contributing to triage and Mental Health Act assessments, and delivering three clinics per week (new and follow-up patients). You will also liaise with referrers, provide timely clinical documentation, and contribute to service development, clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement initiatives.

This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a supportive team that values teaching, professional development, and innovation in line with national mental health strategies. Section 12 approval (or eligibility) is desirable.

Join us and play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred mental health care in the community.

Main duties of the job

The Specialty Doctor psychiatrist will be based at Oak Team, Warneford Hospital. The specialty doctor is expected to work closely with other members of the team. Key components of the role include:

o Providing Psychiatric expertise to the MDTo Contributing to assessments, treatment planning and reviewso Liaising with other services eg Primary care where appropriate.o Supporting quality improvement and service developments

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• General medical qualification

Desirable

• Some or all parts of MRCPsych or equivalent

Training

Essential

• Shall have completed at least four years’ full-time Postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty or shall have equivalent experience and competencies.

Desirable

• Attendance at MRCPsych course or equivalent Section 12 (2) approval: Mental Health Act, 1983

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Held appointments in psychiatry at SHO/CT or equivalent.

Desirable

• Experience at ST or SD level or equivalent

Ability

Essential

• To exercise an intermediate level of clinical responsibility as delegated by the consultant in charge.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• To exercise an intermediate level of clinical responsibility as delegated by the consultant in charge.
• Ability to work through a collaborative multi-disciplinary framework.
• Ability to contribute to effective team working. Capacity to prioritise workload.
• Must have good skills in communication with patients, relatives, colleagues and staff of other organisations. Good spoken and written English.
• Work collaboratively and effectively with a range of professionals.
• Must have interest in and commitment to people with mental health problems, and their carers.
• Interest in teaching

Desirable

• Teaching medical undergraduates.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Full GMC registration
• Driving Licence and own transport
• Good IT skills including typing

Professional Attributes

Essential

• Meet specifications set out in GMC Guidance: Duties of a Doctor

Closing Date: 31 August 2026