Job overview
We are seeking a keen and enthusiastic full-time Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry to join our South & West Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) based at Fieldhead Business Centre, Bradford.
This 12-month fixed-term post offers an excellent opportunity to work in a welcoming and supportive multidisciplinary team, contributing to the delivery of high-quality mental health care within the community. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with Consultant Psychiatrists and a wide range of professionals, supporting a service that is focused on recovery, collaboration and meeting the diverse needs of our local population.
This permanent, full-time post offers excellent support, including 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!
Closing date: Sunday 30th August 2026
Shortlisting: w/c 31st August 2026
Interviews: w/c 14th September 2026 TBC
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work closely with three Consultant Psychiatrists and a well-established multidisciplinary team, providing assessment, treatment and ongoing care for adults aged 16–65 with complex mental health needs within a community setting. The post holder will support a recovery-focused service, working collaboratively with service users, carers and partner agencies to achieve positive outcomes.
The role involves assessing new referrals, undertaking medical reviews, attending daily team huddles, multidisciplinary case review meetings, allocation meetings and leadership meetings, and contributing to the ongoing management of patients within the CMHT. The post holder will undertake home visits where required, provide advice to GPs, liaison teams and hospital colleagues, and support the management of urgent and Mental Health Act-related work.
As a senior member of the medical workforce, the successful candidate will contribute to medical leadership across the service, working alongside Consultant Psychiatrists to support service development, clinical governance, audit and quality improvement activities. The role also includes participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, supervision of trainees and other healthcare professionals, and involvement in Trust-sponsored research projects where appropriate.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further 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.
About us:
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of award-winning mental health, learning disabilities and community health services to a growing population of 580,000 people across a diverse district comprising urban and rural Bradford, Airedale and Craven. The population is one of the most multicultural in Britain with over 100 languages. Localities in Bradford are amongst the most deprived in the country reflected in higher than average demand for health services and reduced life expectancy.
The Trust has embedded lean methodology throughout its’ services under the Care Trust Way – continually improving together. Time and resources have been created to focus on pathways, workflows and information resources to continually improve in everything the Trust does.
Why Bradford:
Our district has 17,000 businesses, including more FTSE 100 companies than any other city in the north of England. From the best curry in the country, to the world’s turbo chargers, to breakthrough technologies helping to manage chronic pain and outstanding healthcare, we have something for everyone.
With amenities on our doorstep from modern shopping centres and leading restaurants to breath-taking countryside, Bradford has something for everyone.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
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
Experience
Essential
- Experience in General Adult Psychiatry
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective.
- 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).
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- 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
- Full registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council
- Have completed at least three years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty; or shall have equivalent experience and competencies.
Desirable
- MRCPsych
- MD, Other professional qualification (e.g. MSc)
- Section 12 (2) MHA 1983 approval
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This advert is for Specialty Doctor in South & West CMHT with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust in Fieldhead Business Centre. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £63,696 - £102,689 Per Annum. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed Term: 12 months). The application deadline is 30 Aug 2026.
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