Consultant Psychiatrist General Adult CMHT Consultant

Leeds and York Partnership; Leeds; On-site; GBP 79,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Leeds is looking to appoint a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to join the East CMHT service. This role involves providing leadership and delivering high-quality care to patients with complex mental health needs. The position offers opportunities for professional development and benefits like flexible working arrangements and NHS Pension Scheme. Ideal candidates will have prior experience in community settings and strong collaboration skills.

Benefits

Fantastic employee wellbeing support

27–33 days annual leave

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Experience in community mental health settings.
• Ability to work with a multidisciplinary team.
• Familiarity with the Mental Health Act.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe and effective care to patients.
• Provide clinical reviews and leadership.
• Supervise junior medical staff.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Mental health legislation knowledge

Team collaboration

Education

Medical degree and psychiatric training

Full registration with a professional body

Job description

Overview

The newly transformed community service has been designed following the NHS Long Term Plan which seeks to address gaps in care provision and ensure that people experiencing severe mental illness and difficulties get the care they need.

Mental health services need to ensure that:

• People can have a good-quality assessment at whatever point they present.
• Interventions for mental health problems are readily available and accessible at the location most appropriate to people's needs.
• Care can be stepped up where or when more specialist care is required, and stepped down, in a flexible manner.
• There are effective links with community assets to support and enable people to become more embedded within their community to support their mental health.

Responsibilities

Duties will be in line with those of a Consultant Psychiatrist in a community setting. The post holder will work with the MDT colleagues and other agencies to deliver safe and effective care to patients referred to secondary care with psychotic and mood disorders, trauma based presentations and personality disorder. The post holder will provide regular clinical reviews and provide clinical leadership to the MDT. Given the nature of the work, there will be responsibilities in relation to the Mental Health Act (CTOs). Post holder also provides supervision to junior medical staff. There will be a requirement for significant liaison with colleagues with Inpatient and Crisis services to facilitate transitions, planning care and discharge.

Employment Details

We are seeking to appoint a full time (10 PAs) Consultant Psychiatrist in the East CMHT service based at St Mary's House. This vacancy is a result of a Consultant colleague's retirement.

Trust Information

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of specialist mental health and learning disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

Benefits

• Fantastic employee wellbeing support
• 27–33 days annual leave
• Flexible working and remote working arrangements
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support
• Exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers

We also have a bank department, offering a variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Visa and Sponsorship

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

EEO/EEAC Statement

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

Contract and Safeguarding

Fixed Term Contracts for existing NHS Employees - temporary contracts for employees of LYPFT, or colleagues joining from another NHS Trust, will be offered on a secondment basis wherever possible. In the event this is not possible, an FTC would be issued and this would require a break in service of two weeks.

The purpose of a temporary is role could be for maternity cover, temporary funding or some other reason. At the end of which the need for the temporary work will cease. Temporary roles can stop, be extended and/or made permanent at any point during the period of work. Should the role become permanent then the post-holder will be informed of the process to be followed to convert the position to a permanent one.

All new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response. LYPFT is committed to upholding its statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.

LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.

We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.

Application Information

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if enough applications are received. It is in the candidate's best interest to apply as soon as possible. In submitting an application form, you authorize Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post.

In applying for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. We reserve the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form, whether they are directly relevant to the role or not.

Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.