Job summary
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of older adults? Join our dynamic Community Mental Health Team as a Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, based at New Mill, Saltaire. You'll provide medical leadership, work alongside a skilled multidisciplinary team, and deliver high-quality care for patients with complex mental health needs.

This permanent, full-time post offers excellent support, including dedicated admin assistance, IT equipment, and opportunities for professional development. You'll play a key role in service development, clinical governance, and quality improvement, while enjoying a collaborative and supportive working environment.

If you're committed to compassionate care, innovation, and teamwork, we'd love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job
The role involves comprehensive clinical responsibilities, including assessing new referrals, conducting medical reviews, and participating in multidisciplinary meetings. The consultant will undertake home visits when necessary, contribute to case reviews, and provide expert advice to GPs, liaison teams, and hospitals. Additional duties include preparing reports for mental health tribunals, supporting research projects, supervising nurse prescribers, and participating in emergency assessments as part of the on-call rota. The post also encompasses involvement in teaching, clinical audit, service evaluation, and maintaining accurate clinical records, ensuring high standards of patient care and professional practice.

Closing Date: 6th September 2026
Shortlisting Date: w/c 7th September 2026
Interview Date: 18th September 2026

About us
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 4500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.

Details
Date posted: 17 August 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 453-26-8076343
Job locations: New Mill, Victoria Road, Saltaire, BD18 3LD, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for more details about this role.

Right to Work in the UK
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.

Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trusts eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa. The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period.

As a condition of continuous employment, it essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes. Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and will result in termination of your employment. We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptly.

We have a strong focus on your continued professional development, including special interests, whether that's a clinical educator, researcher or leader.

We want to be the best place to work and your wellbeing is our priority, with a supportive and accessible senior leadership team, and access to a range of health and wellbeing support. Working with our Medical Council, you will be actively involved in shaping clinical leadership decisions.

From the buzzing city life of Bradford to the tranquil Yorkshire Dales, our location has something for everyone. The area offers a high standard of living at an affordable price, with good schools. Over 60 per cent of the Bradford district is rural and Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven feature stunning landscapes, picturesque villages and iconic landmarks, including the Three Peaks. Bradford district is one of the most multicultural in Britain with over 100 languages. Its rich architectural heritage, includes the UNESCO world heritage site of Saltaire.

Person Specification
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 or equivalent
• MD, Other professional qualification (e.g. MSc)

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

Experience
Essential

• Experience in Older Age 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).

Employer details
Employer name: Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: New Mill, Victoria Road, Saltaire, BD18 3LD, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.bdct.nhs.uk/current-vacancies/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Director
Dr Senthil Kumar
senthil.kumar@bdct.nhs.uk

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.
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.