Consultant Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders in Leeds

Employer Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Newsam Centre Town Leeds Salary £123,672 - £150,569 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 02/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 19/11/2026

Consultant Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders

Consultant

Job overview

CONNECT is a national, award-winning specialist service for adults with eating disorders and is part of LYPFT. The service began treating individuals with eating disorders in 1978 and was previously known as the Leeds Eating Disorders Team and more recently the Yorkshire Centre for Eating Disorders (YCED). The service is the largest eating disorders service in the north of England and provides specialist eating disorders services across the West Yorkshire region, being at the forefront of innovative research. Our vision is wedded to recovery from eating disorders and we aim to assist those who use our services to return to a state of health and wellbeing and promote independence and improved quality of life. Our priority is the people who use our services, and we aim to provide a comprehensive and flexible clinical service that will meet and treat the needs of individuals with eating disorders. We believe that quality of care is dependent on the collective commitment and expertise of the team, including service users and carers, and we have a commitment to developing new treatment techniques and to actively pursue research interests.

The post holder is strongly encouraged to become an active member of the CONNECT research team with opportunities to be involved in ongoing research initiatives.

Main duties of the job

The Trust is seeking a community-based consultant psychiatrist to join the CONNECT service. The post was developed as part of the expansion of existing eating disorders services to significantly reshape both in-patient and community services for adults with eating disorders across the West Yorkshire footprint which has a collective population of 1.98 million people spread across a wide geographical area and has arisen due to retirement of the previous post holder. This service development has provided an opportune moment to join and lead a new and exciting community-based adult eating disorders service and the successful applicant will support the Clinical Lead and wider MDT in implementing and evaluating the new service model in line with NICE (2017) and MEED (RCPsych, 2022) guidelines.

Working for our organisation

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles(this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder sought would be a skilled and experienced psychiatrist, working as a part of an MDT, in partnership with service users, carers, and partner agencies, to deliver specialized care to service users in the community.

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at theJob Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read theCandidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment.

Person specification

Qualifications

• CCT in WAA psychiatry and endorsement in eating disorders Preferred, but candidates experienced in WAA or CAMHS with a special interest in ED considered.

Experience

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Previous experience of eating disorders psychiatryExcellent Clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Be able to demonstrate the experience required as per the person specification

Values-based

• Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
• Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
• Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.

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.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

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