Job summary
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated and committed Consultant to join an established team as a full-time (10 sessions a week) substantive Consultant Psychiatrist to work as part of the Airewharfe Community Mental Health Team, in a place where your team values you. We want someone who is a changemaker so come join us to help us reshape the future to work within a team based at Meridian House, Keighley. You will work alongside an expanding, engaged, supportive and passionate multidisciplinary team, offering assessment, treatment and care for patients with time limited and/or complex mental health disorders.
Closing Date: 19th July 2026
Shortlisting Date: w/c 20th July 2026
Interview Date: 30th July 2026

Main duties of the job
As Consultant Psychiatrist in our General Adult Community Mental Health Team at Meridian House, you'll lead on clinical assessments, treatment planning, and multidisciplinary reviews for adults with complex mental health needs. Your role will include outpatient clinics, home visits, tribunal reporting, and emergency assessments under the Mental Health Act. You'll provide supervision to junior doctors, contribute to service development, and actively participate in teaching, audit, and quality improvement. With dedicated time for CPD and leadership responsibilities, this is a rewarding opportunity to shape care delivery and drive innovation within a supportive and forward-thinking team.

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.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidate's best interest to apply as soon as possible.

Details
Date posted: 30 June 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year
Per Annum Pro Rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 453-26-8090314
Job locations: Meridian House, Bradford Road, Keighley, BD21 4AD, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please read the attached job description and person specification for further details about this role.
Applicants should have a higher qualification in psychiatry (Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent) and be included on or be eligible for inclusion on the GMCs Specialist Register. Specialty Registrars who are within 6 months of attainment of CCST at the time of interview are eligible to apply. The appointee will need to be both AC and S12 approved at the time of the interview, or be fully eligible for approval.

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.

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).

Employer details
Employer name: Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Meridian House, Bradford Road, Keighley, BD21 4AD, 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 Yusuf Rangoonwala
Yusuf.Rangoonwala@bdct.nhs.uk