Job vacancy: Consultant Psychiatrist - Low Secure Forensic Service, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, York

Job summary

Main area: Low Secure Forensic Service
Grade: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref: 173-43125-MED

Employer: Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Clifton House
Town: York
Salary: £119,490 - £145,478 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/10/2025 23:59
Interview date: 23/10/2025

Consultant Psychiatrist - Low Secure Forensic Service

Consultant

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In addition to this we offer a wide range of benefits to help support a healthy work-life balance and support your overall health and wellbeing including:

Excellent relocation package (if applicable)
Annual leave entitlement as per the terms and conditions of Consultant contract,
On-site parking
Cycle to work & car leasing schemes
Wide -range of Health & Wellbeing benefits

This is a 10 PA post plus a 3% category B availability for out of hours on-call duties.

As well as financial support for relocation (up to £8,000*), we want to understand what flexibility means to you, do you want to work condensed hours? Do you have caring responsibilities? Is there a certain day which you cannot work for personal reasons? Then talk to us.

*subject to conditions.

What you will get:

Supportive and friendly colleagues
Personalised Coaching and Mentoring
Weekly academic teaching
Access to NHS Leadership and Development opportunities, including opportunity to become an appraiser and educational / training development opportunities
Annual Medical Leadership development day
Generous study leave allowance (averaging 10 days per year and up to 30 days leave over 3 years with a budget of £1000 per annum)

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

MBBS
Full registration with the General Medical Council with a license to practice
CCT or CESR in Forensic or WAA psychiatry (with appropriate experience) or inclusion on the GMC specialist register anticipated within the next 6 months
Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent
Approved under Section 12 (2)
Approved Clinician status (may be anticipated within the next 6months)

Skills

Essential criteria

Actively engaged in audit and quality improvement

Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position based on a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

Fixed Term Contracts for existing NHS Employees – temporary contracts for employees of LYPFT, or colleagues joining from another NHS Trust, will be offered on a secondment basis wherever possible. In the event this is not possible, an FTC would be issued and this would require a break in service of two weeks.

The purpose of a temporary is role could be for maternity cover, temporary funding or some other reason. At the end of which the need for the temporary work will cease. Temporary roles can stop, be extended and/or made permanent at any point during the period of work. Should the role become permanent then the post-holder will be informed of the process to be followed to convert the position to a permanent one.

All new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response. LYPFT is committed to upholding its’ statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.

LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.

We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if enough applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible. In submitting an application form, you authorize Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post.

In applying for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. We reserve the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form, whether they are directly relevant to the role or not.

Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Dr Clare Stephenson
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Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0113 8556444

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Consultant Psychiatrist - Low Secure Forensic Service

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