Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant in Older Adult CMHT Psychiatry
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Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of older adults? Join our dynamic Community Mental Health Team as a Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, based at Horton Park Centre, Bradford. You’ll provide medical leadership, work alongside a skilled multidisciplinary team, and deliver high-quality care for patients with complex mental health needs.
This permanent, full-time post offers excellent support, including dedicated 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!
Role Responsibilities
The role involves comprehensive clinical responsibilities, including:
- Assessing new referrals
- Conducting medical reviews
- Participating in multidisciplinary meetings
- Undertaking home visits when necessary
- Contributing to case reviews
- Providing expert advice to GPs, liaison teams, and hospitals
- Preparing reports for mental health tribunals
- Supporting research projects
- Supervising nurse prescribers
- Participating in emergency assessments as part of the on-call rota
- Involvement in teaching, clinical audit, service evaluation, and maintaining accurate clinical records
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Benefits
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:
- Increase mileage rates for > 4500
- A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
- A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
- Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
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Core Values
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:
- We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
- We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
- We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
Application Deadlines
- Closing Date: 6th September 2026
- Shortlisting Date: w/c 7th September 2026
- Interview Date: 18th September 2026
The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Dr Senthil Kumar
- Job title: Clinical Director
- Email address: senthil.kumar@bdct.nhs.uk
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