Specialty Doctor

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Main area Specialty Doctor (GA Psychiatry) in Community Rehabilitation Service Grade Specialty Doctor Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job
-37826-MED

Site Asket Croft Town Leeds Salary £63,696 - £102,689 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/08/2026 23:59

This post is based in Leeds at Asket Croft. The caseload are primarily resident in Leeds but there are some supported accommodation placements within the wider West Yorkshire footprint. The post is fulltime 10 PAs, with no on call work. It is preferable that the postholder will have section 12 approval and AC status or the commitment to achieve AC status.

Less than full time candidates will be considered though a full time post has been funded.

The designated office base will be at Asket Croft in Leeds and hybrid working with a proportion of time working from home is possible. It is expected that the post holder will be able to work flexibly across the county where necessary, alongside the Consultant.

It is expected that the post holder will work with the MDT to ensure regular and timely clinical care to both community patients and those in engagement or consultancy streams in locked rehabilitation. Due to the nature of the patient group, reviews are carried out primarily as home visits or hospital reviews and usually in partnership with other members of the MDT.

Employed as a Specialty Doctor at LYPFT you will benefit from:

• A bespoke SAS CPD training programme
• Access to a study leave budget providing CPD, conferences, workshops and courses.
• You will be able to attend internal weekly educational meetings alongside Consultants and trainees where you can meet Psychiatrists from across the Trust
• Monthly clinical supervision with Consultant Supervisor
• Support to pass the MRCPsych exams and to gain Section 12 approval if required
• You will be a member of a peer group and the SAS committee
• 2 protected SPA sessions a week
• Opportunities may arise for emergency on-call work if desirable
• Invitation to annual Medical Leadership Day Opportunity to apply for Trust medical leadership positions
• Revalidation and appraisal is well established within the Trust and it is expected that all Specialty Doctors will actively participate in the annual medical appraisal process.

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…