Senior Medical Educator

Job Summary

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is excited to welcome an experienced Educator in Psychology to join our dynamic Psychotherapy team. This is a unique opportunity to work autonomously while collaborating closely with our Consultant Medical Psychotherapists to support and train resident doctors in meeting their Royal College of Psychiatrists' Psychotherapy competencies.

• Deliver high‑quality clinical supervision and engaging seminars to Higher Psychiatry Trainees.
• Provide specialist, evidence‑based psychological therapies, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
• Offer expert clinical leadership, consultation, and advice on psychological therapies across all localities.
• Support and guide healthcare professionals through your specialist expertise.
• Promote adherence to NICE guidelines and uphold clinical governance standards.
• Work alongside the Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy to support service development, teaching, research, and innovation.

• Offer consultation and advice to mental health staff across the Trust regarding suitable referrals of patients for psychotherapy.
• Offer patients consultations to assess suitability for psychotherapy.
• Be aware of required levels of competency of Resident doctors and Psychotherapy aspect of Psychiatry curriculum.
• Work with Consultant medical psychotherapist/s to offer psychotherapy teaching seminars to Resident and Higher trainee grades.
• Organise and run supervision groups for resident doctors seeing their psychotherapy long cases.
• Co‑facilitate Balint groups.
• Be responsible for the timely completion of WPBA for resident doctors.
• Ensure high standards of clinical governance practice of resident doctors (overseeing risk assessments, note keeping, letters).
• Recognise resident doctors who are struggling in their work, professionally and personally, and ensure they receive appropriate support.
• Highlight to Consultant medical psychotherapist any trainees of concern.
• Work with autonomous clinical judgement to manage a designated caseload of patients with responsibility for their assessment (including clinical risk), implementation and evaluation of therapy.
• Delegate tasks to staff within their competency and ensure that the delegation/escalation process forms part of the culture of the service.

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.

• Increase mileage rates for > 3500 miles.
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages.
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities.
• Plus many more.

• Date posted: 18 February 2026
• Pay scheme:
  Agenda for change
• Band:
  Band 8a
• Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 per annum
• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Working pattern:
  Part‑time
• Reference number: 453-
• Job location:
  
  Lynfield Mount Hospital, Heights Lane, Bradford, BD9 6DP
• Closing date: 25 February 2026
• Shortlisting: 26 February 2026 onwards
• Interviews likely early‑mid March 2026

Applicants must meet sponsorship eligibility. 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. Prior to appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During employment you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager of any changes to your right‑to‑work status.

Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and may result in termination of your employment.

• Significant experience in relevant area of mental health practice.
• Application of evidence‑based specialist psychological therapies relevant to the clinical service.
• Application of specialist psychological therapy within individual and group modality.
• Autonomous clinical practice and leadership experience.
• Experience of teaching, training…