Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Transskribo; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to lead the award-winning Red Kite View Adolescent unit in West Yorkshire. This role offers the chance to provide high-quality care to young people facing significant mental health challenges. You will work closely with a supportive team, ensuring that young individuals receive the best possible care while helping to shape a gold-standard service. With a focus on personal development, the position includes generous study leave and leadership opportunities, making it ideal for those passionate about making a difference in mental health care.

Benefits

Excellent relocation package

Annual leave entitlement

On-site parking

Cycle to work schemes

Health & Wellbeing benefits

Personalised Coaching and Mentoring

Weekly academic teaching

Generous study leave allowance

Qualifications

• Expertise in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with strong leadership skills.
• Commitment to high-quality patient care and mental health support.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultant leadership to the adolescent inpatient unit.
• Collaborate with community mental health teams for effective care.

Skills

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Leadership

Patient Care

Mental Health Assessment

Education

Medical Degree

Specialist Training in Psychiatry

Job description

We are delighted to recruit a dynamic Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to provide consultant leadership to the Award-winning Red Kite View Adolescent inpatient unit in West Yorkshire.

The service supports young people experiencing significant psychiatric, psychological or emotional problems that are causing them interpersonal, educational and social functioning difficulties. The service team will work closely with community mental health teams and other services across West Yorkshire to support young peoples’ mental health including the NHS, local authorities, and third sector providers.

Are you committed to providing high-quality patient care? We need you to help us achieve our goals; to live our lives free from stigma and discrimination; and to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and mental ill health.

Here at Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT), we are an organisation committed to providing high-quality care to improve health and lives which seeks to provide outstanding mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice while maintaining the values of simplicity, integrity, and care for those in need.

The Trust strategy is built upon three priorities:

1. Delivering great care that is high quality and improves lives
2. Providing a rewarding and supportive place to work
3. Using resources to deliver effective and sustainable services

As a medical workforce, we provide outstanding secondary care mental health services that allow our service users to feel safe and receive the latest, high-quality, evidence-based care, delivered by motivated, engaged, and compassionate staff, who feel supported and enabled to grow in the workplace and the systems we provide.

LYPFT is in the process of agreeing in partnership a revised and increased starting salary for newly appointed consultants which aims to be agreed soon. This post will be in scope for the new consultant salary range once agreed.

In addition, we offer a wide range of benefits to help support a healthy work-life balance and support your overall health and wellbeing including:

1. Excellent relocation package
2. Annual leave entitlement as per the terms and conditions of the Consultant contract
3. On-site parking
4. Cycle to work & car leasing schemes
5. Wide range of Health & Wellbeing benefits

This is a 5 PA post plus a 1% category B availability for out-of-hours on-call duties.

As well as the offer of financial support for relocation (up to £8,000*), we want to understand what flexibility means to you. Do you want to work condensed hours? Do you have caring responsibilities? Is there a certain day which you cannot work for personal reasons? Then talk to us.

What you will get:

1. Supportive and friendly colleagues
2. Personalised Coaching and Mentoring
3. Weekly academic teaching
4. Access to NHS Leadership and Development opportunities, including the opportunity to become an appraiser and educational/training development opportunities
5. Annual Medical Leadership development day
6. Generous study leave allowance (averaging 10 days per year and up to 30 days leave over 3 years with a budget of £1000 per annum)

The post holder will join another full-time Consultant psychiatrist to look after 16 General Adolescent beds. There is also a 6-bedded PICU which is covered by another full-time consultant. They will be further supported by 2 full-time specialty doctors and psychiatric trainees. As a new unit, this is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the shaping of a gold-standard service.

**Please note any correspondence following application will be sent via trac.jobs & the Trust's Resourcing Team.**