Job summary
- Main area
- Crisis Resolution and Intensive Support Service
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 173-58126-MED
- Employer
- Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Becklin Centre
- Town
- Leeds
- Salary
- £123,672 - £150,569 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/11/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 15/12/2026
Employer heading
Consultant Psychiatrist - CAU/Police Pathway
Consultant
Job overview
Consultant Psychiatrist – Crisis Assessment Unit & Police Pathways Service (S136 Suite & Street Triage)
Location: Crisis Assessment Unit & Police Pathways Service (S136 Suite & Street Triage), Becklin Centre, Leeds
Contract: Permanent (Fixed-term 12-month applications also welcome)
About the Role
The post holder will work alongside three Consultant Psychiatrists as part of the CRISS Team. While contributing to the overall clinical leadership of the wider Crisis Resolution and Intensive Support Service (CRISS), the primary focus of the role will be on providing medical leadership and input to the CAU and Police Pathways services located at the Becklin Centre.
The CAU and Police Pathways Service arm of Crisis Resolution and Intensive Support Service provides Section 136 assessments, brief CAU admissions and the support of the Street Triage Team. Community crisis assessments and home-based treatment are provided through the 3 CRISS localities (East, South and West) of the wider CRISS service. The successful applicant will be based at the Becklin Centre, with the majority of their clinical work delivered from this hub alongside colleagues in the Crisis Assessment Unit (CAU), Section 136 Suite, and Street Triage teams.
Main duties of the job
Are you committed to providing high quality patient care? We need you to help us achieve our goals; to live our lives free from stigma and discrimination; and to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and mental ill health.
Here are Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) we are an organisation committed to providing high quality care to improve health and lives and which seeks to provide outstanding mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice, and while maintaining the values of simplicity, integrity and care for those in need.
The Trust strategy is built upon three priorities:
· Delivering great care that is high quality and improves lives
· Providing a rewarding and supportive place to work
· Using resources to deliver effective and sustainable services
As a medical workforce, we provide outstanding secondary care mental health services that allow our service users to feel that they are safe and receiving the latest, high quality, evidence-based care, delivered by motivated, engaged and compassionate staff, who feel supported and enabled to grow in the workplace and the systems we provide. Further information can be found here
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, supported by the MDT, will provide:
§ Acute psychiatric care including regular clinical reviews to service users receiving care under the CAU/s136
§ Flexibility to accommodate urgent clinical reviews
§ Clinical input within the CPA framework
§ To hold Approved Clinician status as defined within the Mental Health Act (1983) and undertake the duties of Responsible Clinician for those subject to the MHA 1983 under their care
§ Complex prescribing and review
§ Effective liaison with local mental health providers, local authority professionals and statutory organisations in support safe care and risk management
§ An expectation to work intensively and assertively with the client group and in a timely way to prevent re-admission.
§ To contribute to and work as part of the multidisciplinary community teams being available and accessible and to provide support and supervision when appropriate.
§ Involvement in the research & evaluation of the service and to lead on aspects of this work.
§ To attend clinical governance meetings (subject to availability), including the Working Age Acute and PICU Capacity and Demand Review, to support bed management decision-making and service coordination.
§ To work jointly with the Clinical Leadership Structure, Operations Manager and Head of Operations. and those in other agencies to ensure the service is delivered successfully.
§ To provide professional leadership, to the whole MDT including clinical supervision to the medical team working within the service and non-medical prescribers.
§ To provide one hour a week protected clinical supervision for each of the trainee doctors attached to the team
All of the above are expected to occur using the most efficient and appropriate form of communication eg. face to face meetings, virtual meetings or telephone calls. A flexible approach to working to ensure timely efficient contacts with professionals and service users is the expectation. The Trust supports the use of MS Teams, Zoom and WhatsApp currently. Familiarity with these platforms is particularly important given the regional reach of the service.
The CRISS is made up of the three CRISS localities (East, West and South) and the Crisis Assessment Unit (CAU) / s136 component based at the Becklin Centre. The s136 suite (currently 4 bedded) and 6 bedded mixed Crisis Assessment Unit (CAU) are also based at The Becklin Centre alongside the acute wards – 2 male and 2 female. There is a further male ward and 10 bedded PICU at the Newsam Centre.
The CAU is designed for brief admissions (up to approx. 7 days) and is closely linked to the CRISS as one of the main points of referral into and transfer from. There is an expectation that the CRISS team will liaise closely with the CAU to ensure timely entry and exit from these beds. Additionally, the Leeds OASIS provides a new option within the existing LYPFT crisis pathway, offering an alternative to hospital admission for those that do not necessarily need a bed on an acute ward and for whom a homely environment may be more beneficial.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBChB or equivalent medical qualification.
- Fully registered with GMC and Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrist's Guidelines)
- Approved Doctor under s12
- Approved Clinician/Responsible Clinician status OR able to and committed to achieve with 3 months of appointment
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Excellent knowledge within specialty
Communication
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Values-based
Desirable criteria
- 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.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nikolaos Fragkos
- Job title
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- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07849437855
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