Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist- Skipton Ward

Job summary

CONSULTANT IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY

Cheswold Park Hospital, Cheswold Lane, Doncaster, DN5 8AR

Permanent, Full time, 10 Programmed Activities per week including on-call

(part time may be considered)

INTERVIEW DATE: 9 June 2026

South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust are recruiting for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the medical team based at Cheswold Park Hospital. This role plays a vital part in ensuring our patients receive the care that they need and will be an integral role within the female medium secure pathway.

We are seeking a 10PA substantive consultant to join the medium secure womens inpatient service (Skipton Ward) due to vacancy following takeover of Cheswold Park Hospital since October 2024 and staff moving outside the trust. The job entails cover of a 12 bedded female medium secure ward with both mental illness and personality disorder service lines.

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 the supporting documents attached.

Main duties of the job

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

We encourage diversity and understand that everyones circumstances are unique, we therefore actively encourage any prospective candidates to get in touch, if they have any questions or would like to discuss any aspect of this exciting post, please do not hesitate to contact Dr Joanne Parry, or Prof. Thiyagesh for a further discussion:

Dr Joanne Parry, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Medical Clinical Lead - Tel: 01302 762862 / joanne.parry@swyt.nhs.uk

Professor Subha Thiyagesh, Chief Medical Officer Tel: 07827 288236 (PA) / subha.thiyagesh@swyt.nhs.uk

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

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

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

Job responsibilities

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

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

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

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

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

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