Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Job summary
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated and committed Consultant to join an established team as a full-time (10 sessions a week) substantive Consultant Psychiatrist to work as part of the Airewharfe Community Mental Health Team, in a place where your team values you. We want someone who is a changemaker so come join us to help us reshape the future to work within a team based at Meridian House, Keighley. You will work alongside an expanding, engaged, supportive and passionate multidisciplinary team, offering assessment, treatment and care for patients with time limited and/or complex mental health disorders.
Closing Date: 19th July 2026
Shortlisting Date: w/c 20th July 2026
Interview Date: 30th July 2026
Main duties of the job
As Consultant Psychiatrist in our General Adult Community Mental Health Team at Meridian House, you’ll lead on clinical assessments, treatment planning, and multidisciplinary reviews for adults with complex mental health needs. Your role will include outpatient clinics, home visits, tribunal reporting, and emergency assessments under the Mental Health Act. You’ll provide supervision to junior doctors, contribute to service development, and actively participate in teaching, audit, and quality improvement. With dedicated time for CPD and leadership responsibilities, this is a rewarding opportunity to shape care delivery and drive innovation within a supportive and forward-thinking team.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Effective leadership skills
- Ability to deliver care in collaboration with service users and their families/carers.
- Ability to supervise junior staff.
- Awareness of the funding arrangements in the NHS and recent NHS developments
- Ability to interpret published research and to apply research findings to clinical practice.
Desirable
- Experience of involvement in service development and/or reconfiguration
- Practical experience of research
- Sympathetic to the Trust’s mission
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Certificate of Completion of Training in General Adult Psychiatry (ST6 trainees should be within six months of attainment at the time of the interview) or CESR equivalent.
- Inclusion on the Specialist Register or eligibility for inclusion
- Section 12 (2) MHA 1983 approval and Approved Clinician
Desirable
- MRCPsych
- MD, Other professional qualification (e.g. MSc)
Experience
Essential
- Experience in General Adult Psychiatry
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective.
- Experience to a level allowing recognition of trainer status by the Royal College of Psychiatrist.
- Experience in teaching undergraduates & postgraduates.
- Evidence of experience in medical audit and understanding of principles of clinical governance
- Practical experience of Clinical Audit
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
Desirable
- Teaching/presentation experience (e.g. conference presentation, EBM, research experience).
Other
Essential
- Ability to exercise effective leadership in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Understanding of importance of multi-disciplinary service provision and the care programme approach.
- Understanding of and ability to deliver care in collaboration with service users to promote recovery.
- Sensitivity to needs of different ethnic and minority groups.
- Awareness of gender issues in the service provision.
- Highly effective communication skills.
- Participate in Continuous Professional Development.
Closing Date: 19 July 2026
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