Specialty Doctor in General Adult Inpatient

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic full-time Specialty Doctor to join our General Adult Inpatient team at Heather Ward (Airedale Centre for Mental Health). You will work as part of a dedicated and supportive multidisciplinary team, contributing to the delivery of high-quality care for general adults experiencing mental health difficulties. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with the Consultant Psychiatrist and a wide range of professionals, supporting a service that places equal emphasis on mental and physical health, recovery, and maintaining dignity for patients during times of crisis.

This permanent, full-time post offers excellent support, including dedicated administrative assistance, IT equipment and access to flexible working arrangements. You will play an important role in patient care, clinical governance and service development, while benefiting from protected time for CPD, supervision opportunities and involvement in quality improvement initiatives. If you are committed to delivering compassionate care, working collaboratively and contributing to continuous service improvement, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job:

• This post is based on Heather Ward at the Airedale Centre for Mental Health, Keighley. Heather Ward is a 19-bedded female inpatient ward providing care to females aged 18 - 65 who are experiencing mental health difficulties.
• The post holder will work closely with the Consultant Psychiatrist and wider multidisciplinary team as a senior member of the medical workforce, supporting the day-to-day clinical management of patients in an inpatient setting.
• The role involves undertaking comprehensive psychiatric and physical health assessments, conducting regular ward reviews, and contributing to the development and delivery of patient-centred care plans.
• You will participate in daily handovers (PIPA), multidisciplinary ward reviews and team meetings, while providing clinical advice and support to colleagues across the team.
• In addition, the post holder will support clinical leadership within the ward, particularly in the absence of the Consultant Psychiatrist, ensuring continuity of care and effective decision-making.
• There will be opportunities to contribute to teaching, supervision of junior staff, and involvement in audit, research and quality improvement work.

About us:

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.

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.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidate's best interest to apply as soon as possible.

Job responsibilities:

• The role includes active involvement in Mental Health Act processes, including preparing reports and attending tribunals, as well as working in line with the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards to ensure safe and effective care for patients.

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.

As a condition of continuous employment, it is 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.

Person Specification:

• Training & Qualifications: Full registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council. Have completed at least four 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. Section 12 (2) MHA 1983 approval.
• Knowledge & Skills: Effective leadership skills. Ability to deliver care in collaboration with service users and their families/carers. Ability to supervise and offer clinical supervision to 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.
• Experience: 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.
• Other: 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.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.