Consultant Psychiatrist at South & West CMHT: Sponsorship Available

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated and committed Consultant Psychiatrist to join our established South & West Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) on a full-time substantive basis. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a supportive, experienced, and multidisciplinary team that is dedicated to delivering high-quality mental health care and promoting recovery for adults across the local community. Based at Fieldhead Business Centre, St Martin’s Avenue, Bradford, you will provide specialist psychiatric leadership to a diverse caseload of working-age adults with complex mental health needs.

Closing Date: 27th September 2026

Shortlisting Date: WC 28th September 2026

Interview Date: 15th October 2026

Main duties of the job

As Consultant Psychiatrist within South & West CMHT, you will be responsible for the assessment and medical review of patients, providing clinical leadership across the multidisciplinary team, and supporting service users through recovery-focused care. The role includes outpatient clinics, multidisciplinary case reviews, home visits, Mental Health Act assessments, tribunal reporting, and liaison with primary care and partner services. You will work closely with a highly skilled team including nurses, social workers, psychologists, occupational therapists, support workers, and trainee doctors to deliver holistic, person-centred care. You will supervise junior doctors and nurse prescribers, contribute to teaching and training, participate in clinical governance, audit and quality improvement activities, and play a key role in shaping future service developments. With dedicated Supporting Professional Activity (SPA) time for CPD, leadership, research, and service improvement, this post offers an excellent opportunity to develop your career within a progressive and forward-thinking organisation that values innovation, collaboration, and clinical excellence.

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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 27 September 2026

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