Consultant Psychiatrist

Consultant Psychiatrist

Closing date: 30 January 2026

Consultant in General Adult Community Calderdale Enhanced Team

Permanent, Full time, 10 programmed activities per week plus on-call (part time may be considered)

South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust are recruiting for a Consultant Psychiatrist to the Calderdale Calder Valley Enhanced Team based at the Laura Mitchell Centre, Halifax. This role plays a vital part in ensuring our Enhanced Team delivers high quality, evidence‑based care to some of the most complex and vulnerable individuals in our community. The role is essential in shaping service development, maintaining clinical excellence, and ensuring that patients receive timely, compassionate care that supports recovery and enhances quality of life.

As a Trust passionate about helping people reach their potential and live well in their communities by providing high‑quality care in the right place at the right time, we look for individuals who are kind, caring and compassionate; who put the person first and in the centre; who know that families and carers matter; who are respectful, honest, open and transparent;

who seek to improve and aim to be outstanding; and who are relevant today and ready for tomorrow. How we work is as important to us as what we do. Our values and how we behave really matter.

For the full advert please see the supporting documents attached.

Starting salary for this post is aligned with point 04 of the consultant pay scale (£119,), in line with Trust policy for newly appointed consultants. Placement on the scale will be reviewed where applicable NHS consultant experience can be evidenced.

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

The Trust has much to offer as a place to work and Yorkshire has much to offer as a place to live, and throughout you will experience our renowned warm Yorkshire welcome and for the right person an attractive relocation package may be available.

We encourage diversity and understand that everyone's circumstances are unique, we therefore actively encourage any prospective candidates to get in touch if they have any questions or would like to discuss any aspect of this exciting post, please do not hesitate to contact Dr Faisal Badshah, Clinical Lead / Consultant Psychiatrist or Prof. Thiyagesh for a further discussion.

Prof. S Thiyagesh, Chief Medical Officer - Tel: (PA) /

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up‑to‑date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities; we do this by providing high‑quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non‑clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means we’re accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we’re run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

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