Medical Psychiatry Consultant - BankNHS

Job summary

The Trust are seeking to recruit consultants to all specialities of psychiatry to the trust medical bank. Opportunities may include 2nd on call rota or 3rd on call rota depending on type of specialities.

The Trust is on a journey to become rated outstanding by the CQC and to ensure its a great place to work, therefore there has never been a better to time to join.

We are a friendly supportive trust, and you will work with an experienced team of professionals to ensure that all patients receive high quality care. As a member of the team, you will have an opportunity to help shape our services and drive change within the organisation

We offer local CPD events such as the JAPS (Joint Academic Psychiatric Seminar) a monthly meeting for trust-wide psychiatrists with a wide range of clinical topics covered. Additionally, we offer an in-house mentoring programme and leadership and management development activities. We are happy to look at supporting those with interests in research, whether a new or ongoing project

The personal wellbeing of our staff is very important, so we put a lot of focus on making sure all our employees are in a good place, feeling positive and happy. As this is bank work, it is on an as and when basis with no guaranteed hours and the local working arrangements will be dependent on the service any one shift is being worked in. You will receive an hourly rate appropriate to post and your salary scale within the NHS.

Main duties of the job

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ROLE DOES NOT ATTRACT VISA SPONSORSHIP IN LINE WITH THE INCOME LIMITATIONS ADDED BY UKVI

Successful candidates will have full registration with the GMC, as well as having achieved the appropriate level of competencies to carry out the role you have been employed to do.

Duties are dependent on the nature of the post, include

Carry out psychiatric assessments in a variety of settings working flexibly with other members of the team

Be responsible for the day to day psychiatric and medical care of patients under the care of the Consultant

To maintain adequate written documentation of all medical and psychiatric examination of the patients To maintain a professional and ethical stance towards the patients, their relatives, other team members and other agencies

Deliver evidence-based treatments

The post holder should work flexibly, be accessible and provide appropriate response to patients.

Fieldhead Hospital Wakefield is our Main Hospital Base but you may be required to cover other areas of the wider Trust across Barnsley, Doncaster, Halifax or Dewsbury.

Further details of clinical duties and general duties can be found in the Job Description

Job description

We are a specialist teaching NHS Foundation Trust that provides Community, Mental Health, and Learning Disability Services to the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees, and Wakefield. The Trust also provides some medium secure (forensic) services to the whole of Yorkshire and the Humber.Over 1.2 million people live in Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees, and Wakefield across urban and rural communities from a range of diverse backgrounds. We aim to match the communitys needs with locally sensitive and efficient services, and we always keep the person in the centre so that our services are effective and efficient.

We work with other local NHS organisations to provide comprehensive health care to people in our area. We also work closely with local authorities (social care) and with other government departments and voluntary organisations. Working in partnership is very important to us and is vital if we are to continue delivering high-quality services for local people.

Working in partnership also means working with the members of our Foundation Trust, who can have a say in how we run the Trust and how they wish our services to be developed. Around 14,300 local people (including our staff) are members of our Trust.

1. Trust details

South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust was formed 1st April 2002 and became South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust on 1st May 2009. This brought together Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Services within the populations of Wakefield, Kirklees, and Calderdale.

Through Transforming Community Services (TCS) in early 2011 we acquired further services and now include the population of Barnsley for the provision of Mental Health and Learning Disability Services and also provide Community Physical Health Services in Barnsley and Wellbeing Services in some areas of the Trust.

In September 2025, The University of Leeds approved our application based on our strong history of partnership working around student education and research and development. We are now proudly recognised as a Teaching Trust. We formally launched our new name, South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, at our 2025 annual members meeting held on 17 September.

We have an income in excess of £430 million, and our services are provided from approximately 85 sites by more than 4,750 clinical and non-clinical staff and cover a combined population of over 1,200,000. The medium secure services are delivered to a wider geographical area.

Services are commissioned by 2 ICS West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire (the forensic services are commissioned by NHS England through the Area Team) and are delivered primarily on a locality basis with an overall Trust management structure.

We are committed to a clear leadership and management framework with our Trust Board being responsible for the strategic direction of the organisation and professional leadership and development for medical staff being led by our Chief Medical Officer.

The Trust Board is our governing body and is responsible for setting the strategic direction of our organisation. It is made up of executive and non-executive directors. Executive directors are employed full-time by the Trust. Non-executive directors are local people whose wide range of experience and skills contribute to the effective management and accountability of the Trust. They work closely with executive directors to ensure the Trust runs in an open and transparent way, providing high-quality services for local people who need to use them. The Trust Board members are:

Jayne Brown OBE (Chair)

Natalie McMillan (Deputy Chair and Senior Independent Director)

Mark Brooks (Chief Executive)

Dawn Lawson (Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Strategy, Inclusion and Change)

Adrian Snarr (Executive Director of Finance, Estates and Resources)

Prof. Subha Thiyagesh (Chief Medical Officer)

Dr Caroline Johnson (Chief Nurse and Director of Quality and Professions)

Christine Brereton (Chief Peoples Officer)

Adele Fox (Chief Operating Officer)

Mitch Waterman (Appointed University of Leeds Associate Non-Executive Director)

Martin Neeson (Non-Executive Director)

Celia Weldon (Non-Executive Director)

Rokaiya Khan (Non-Executive Director)

Gary Ellis (Non-Executive Director)

Margaret Kitching (Non-Executive Director)

Our management structure is based around care groups which are led by Ms Adele Fox, Chief Operating Officer: These Care Groups are:

Children and Families Care Group.

This will include CAMHS and all general childrens services, except community FCAMHS, as this is aligned to forensic services and the provider collaborative. It will also include the healthcare provision in Urban House, where focussing on the needs of the family is paramount. The supporting infrastructure for this care group will be shared with Barnsley physical health and wellbeing care group.

Barnsley, Physical Health, and Wellbeing Care Group.

This will include Barnsley general community services and health and wellbeing services.

Learning Disabilities and Adult ASD and ADHD

This care group includes all Inpatient and Community Learning Disability Services, across all our areas. This includes adult ASD and ADHD services.

Mental Health Care Group

This care group includes our Adult and Older People's Mental Health Services. This includes all our Inpatient Mental Health Services in Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield and Mental Health Community Services in Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees, and Wakefield.

Forensic

This care group includes all Inpatient and Community Forensics Services. This includes Forensic CAMHS (FCAMHS).

1. Service details

For details of all our Trust services, go to: http://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk/our-services/

2. The post and local working arrangements

We are seeking suitably qualified doctors to join the Trust Medical Bank. The work may cover 2nd and 3rd on call rota shifts dependent on cover arrangements and longer-term engagements.

The posts are on an as and when basis with no guaranteed hours.

The local working arrangements will be dependent on the service any one shift is being worked in.

3. Clinical leadership and medical management

Professional responsibility for the medical staff lies with the Chief Medical Officer.

Operational responsibility for the medical staff lies within the Care Groups. The Chief Operating Officer leads the Care Groups and is supported by Director of Services in each Care Group, who have a Trio for each of their service lines. The Trios comprise of a Medical Clinical Lead, a General Manager, and a Practice Governance Coach/Matron.

The Bank Manager has line management responsibility and will liaise with the Medical Clinical Lead of the service the doctor is working the shift in, and the appropriate General Manager for the service.

4. Induction

Attendance at the Trusts Welcome Event on commencement in post is required.

5. Broad clinical duties of post holder (can depend on nature of Bank shift/post)

Fully participate in the Trusts handover procedures.

Work as an integral member of the multi-disciplinary specialist service.

Share in the provision of a comprehensive psychiatric service including responsibility for the diagnosis, risk management and treatment of mental disorder including preparing reports for and participating in Mental Health Act and other regulatory processes.

Act as Approved Clinician (AC) for all patients detained under the Mental Health Act.

Take clinical responsibility as a Responsible Clinician for the assessment and management of patients within the service

Provide clinical and educational supervision of trainees and other disciplines.

Offer a consistent response to referrer/patients regardless of origin of referral in a timely fashion.

Deliver evidence-based treatments.

Provide continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in his/her charge allowing for all proper delegation and training of members of staff accountable to the post holder.

Provide specialist advice and support to patients, carers, and professionals.

Provide a second opinion for colleagues for patients from other catchment areas, and where appropriate and by agreement provide treatment and care.

Provide expert advice and a consultation service on clinical issues to other members of the team.

Undertake Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act assessments and reviews as required.

Comply with statutory duties of the post as required by the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005, and to provide leadership to the teams in this area.

Provide empathy, reassurance and communicating hopefulness.

Communicate complex and sensitive information to patients, carers, and professionals, including information about diagnosis and prognosis, finding ways of enabling patients and their families to understand the information.

To deliver services in a manner that is appropriate, relevant, and respectful to all community members, recognising diversity of ethnicity, culture, belief, privilege, and capacity.

The post holder should work flexibly, be accessible and provide appropriate response to patients.

Accurately complete timesheets in required timescale.

See Attached Job Description for further information

About us

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.