Senior Medical Educator

Job overview

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is excited to welcome an experienced Educator in Psychology to join our dynamic Psychotherapy team. This is a unique opportunity to work autonomously while collaborating closely with our Consultant Medical Psychotherapists to support and train resident doctors in meeting their Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Psychotherapy competencies. As our Educator in Psychology, you will play a key role in shaping the next generation of psychiatry professionals. Your responsibilities will include:

• Deliver high‑quality clinical supervision and engaging seminars to Higher Psychiatry Trainees.
• Provide specialist, evidence‑based psychological therapies, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
• Offer expert clinical leadership, consultation, and advice on psychological therapies across all localities.
• Support and guide healthcare professionals through your specialist expertise.
• Promote adherence to NICE guidelines and uphold clinical governance standards.
• Work alongside the Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy to support service development, teaching, research, and innovation.

Closing date: 25th February 2026

Shortlisting: 26th February 2026 onwards

Interviews likely to be early-mid March 2026

Main duties of the job

Some of the main duties will include:

• To offer consultation and advice to mental health staff across the Trust with regards suitable referrals of patients for psychotherapy
• To offer patients consultations to assess suitability for psychotherapy
• To be aware of required levels of competency of Resident doctors and Psychotherapy aspect of Psychiatry curriculum
• To work with Consultant medical psychotherapist/s to offer psychotherapy teaching seminars to Resident and Higher trainee grades
• To organise and run supervision groups for resident doctors seeing their psychotherapy long cases.
• To co- facilitate Balint groups
• To be responsible for the timely completion of WPBA for resident doctors.
• To ensure high standards of clinical governance practice of resident doctors ie overseeing risk assessments, note keeping, letters.
• To recognise resident doctors’ who are struggling in their work, professionally and personally and ensure they receive appropriate support.
• To highlight to Consultant medical psychotherapist any trainees of concern.
• Work with autonomous clinical judgement to manage a designated caseload of patients with responsibility for their assessment (including clinical risk), implementation and evaluation of therapy.
• Delegate tasks to staff within their competency and ensure that the delegation/escalation process forms part of the culture of the service.

Detailed job description and main 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 Trust’s 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.