Consultant In Enhanced Team East Cmht ( Age Adult

CONSULTANT IN ENHANCED TEAM EAST CMHT (WORKING AGE ADULT)

Closing date:
18 March 2026

Baghill house health and Wellbeing Centre, Walkergate, Pontefract, WF8 1QS

Permanent, full time, 10 programmed activities per week plus on-call.

South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust is recruiting for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the ENHANCED TEAM EAST CMHT (WORKING AGE ADULT) based at Baghill House Health and Wellbeing Centre, Walkergate, WF8 1QS
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This role plays a vital part in ensuring our patients receive the care that they need and will be an integral part of the Community mental health team (Enhanced Pathway). This is an experienced multidisciplinary team.

We are 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. If you’re kind, caring and compassionate; you put the person first and at the centre; you know that families and carers matter; you are respectful, honest, open and transparent; you seek to improve and aim to be outstanding;

and you’re relevant today and ready for tomorrow, we want you. How we work is as important to us as what we do. Our values and how we behave really matter to us.

For the full advert please see the supporting documents attached.

The starting salary for this post is aligned with point 04 of the consultant pay scale (£119,490-£145,478), in line with Trust policy for newly appointed consultants. Placement on the scale will be reviewed where applicable NHS consultant experience can be evidenced.

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 Bo Wynn, medical clinical lead or Prof. Thiyagesh for a further discussion:

Dr Bo Wynn, Medical Clinical Lead for Working Age Adult Community Services (Wakefield)

Drury Lane Health and Wellbeing Centre, Drury Lane, Wakefield, WF1 2TE
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Prof. S Thiyagesh, Chief Medical Officer. Tel:  /

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

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.

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 are accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we 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 reserve the right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

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