Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust; Halifax; On-site; GBP 124,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Job summary

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust is recruiting an Old Age Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Liaison Psychiatry service covering Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Calderdale Royal Hospital. The post is full time with 10 programmed activities per week plus on-call duties, aligning with the £123,672–£150,569 consultant pay scale.

Interviews are scheduled for early December 2026, with relocation support potentially available.

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification and GMC registration.
• Higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Additional clinical qualifications.
• Ability to deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and lead a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical leadership to the liaison psychiatry service.
• Work with acute and mental health trusts to integrate psychiatry into acute medical care.
• Cover Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Calderdale Royal Hospital.
• Engage in teaching, audits and service improvement.

Skills

Teaching & training

Team leadership

Leadership

CPD

Research & evaluation

Evidence-based practice

Clinical audit

Teaching planning

CPD reflection

Awards & publications

Audit leadership

Education

MB BS or equivalent

Higher degree in medical education / clinical research / management

Additional clinical qualifications

Job description

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry

The closing date is 13 November 2026

Substantive Old Age Consultant in LiaisonPsychiatry for Calderdale & Kirklees

Huddersfield Royal Infirmary & Calderdale RoyalHospital

Full time,10 Programmed Activities per week plus on call

South WestYorkshire Partnership Teaching Foundation Trust are recruiting for an OldAge Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Liaison Psychiatry for Calderdaleand Kirklees covering Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Calderdale RoyalHospital. This role plays a vital partin ensuring our patients receive the care that they need and will be anintegral role within the Mental health liaison team.Provide medical leadership input to the liaison service. Towork with colleagues in the acute and mental health trusts to integratepsychiatry into acute medical care to improve patient outcomes.

The starting salary for this post is aligned with point 04 of the consultant pay scale (£123,672 -£150,569), in line with Trust policy for newly appointed consultants. Placement on the scale will be reviewed where applicable NHS consultant experience can be evidenced.

For the full advert please see thesupporting documents attached.

*INTERVIEWS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR EARLY DEC 2026*

Main duties of the job

The Trust has much to offer as a place to work and Yorkshire has much tooffer as a place to live, and throughout you will experience our renowned warmYorkshire welcome and for the right person an attractive relocation package maybe available.

We encourage diversity and understand that everyones circumstances areunique, we therefore actively encourage any prospective candidates to get intouch, if they have any questions or would like to discuss any aspect of thisexciting post, please do not hesitate to contact Dr Viji Saravanan or Prof.Thiyagesh for a further discussion:

Dr V Saravanan, medical clinical lead-Tel: [phone] /[e-mail]

Prof. S Thiyagesh, Chief Medical Officer Tel: [phone] (PA) / [e-mail]

At the time of advertising, this role doesmeet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsorcandidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

Overreliance on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly discouragedand we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates toprogress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application,please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

All employees of the Trust are stronglyencouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff andpatients.

About us

Weare a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental healthand learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and arethe lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission isto help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do thisby providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employstaff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make adifference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourageand welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we valuediversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Beinga foundation Trust means were accountable to ourmembers, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people(including staff) are members of our Trust.

Joinus and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improvingthe mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet andhelp each year.

Weare committedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people andvulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share thiscommitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Job responsibilities

For full advert, jobdescription and person specification, please see attached supporting documents.

Person Specification

Transport

• Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.

Skills and Knowledge

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
• Ability to work in and lead team.
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement.
• Participated in continuous professional development.
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes.
• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.
• Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken.
• Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients.

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Additional clinical qualifications.

Personal Attributes

• Demonstrates emotional intelligence and leadership skills.
• Able to work flexibly and efficiently prioritise conflicting demands.
• Able to effectively manage time and resources within a team.
• Able to use electronic records.
• Commitment to annual appraisal and revalidation.
• Demonstrates proactive leadership.
• Demonstrates problem solving skills.
• Has cared for close family / friend with mental health needs.

Physical Attributes

• Smart professional appearance.
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment or Must have checked GMC eligibility and commenced the application process at the time of NHS jobs application.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register for Liaison and/or Old Age OR within six months of gaining CCT.
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within three months of appointment.
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within three months of appointment.In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

Experience

• Excellent knowledge in specialty.
• Able to provide clinical leadership to a multi-professional team and liaise with a wide variety of agencies.
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.

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.

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust