Consultant Psychiatrist in Early Intervention (Aspire)

Consultant Psychiatrist in Early Intervention (Aspire)

Aspire provides a specialist service to people aged between 14 and 65 in Leeds and has 3 main pathways; full caseload for up to three years, extended assessment for up to 3 months and the new At Risk Mental State (ARMS) pathway. As of Jan 2026, the total caseload for the team is 505. The average number of referrals per month (in 2023) was 60 per month and the average number of discharges per month was 15-20. The post holder will work with the MDT, colleagues and other agencies to deliver safe and effective care to patients. The service commitments are divided between the 2 consultants during the job planning process.

• Regular clinical reviews
• Flexibility to accommodate urgent clinical reviews
• To undertake the duties of Responsible Clinician for those subject to the MHA 1983 care
• Complex prescribing and review
• Effective liaison with local mental health providers, local authority professionals and statutory organisations
• An expectation to work intensively and assertively with the client group
• To contribute to and work as part of the multidisciplinary community team
• To work collaboratively with other services within the Trust
• To provide professional leadership
• To provide one hour a week protected clinical supervision to any trainees in the service for which they are the clinical supervisor
• 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
• Support for non medical prescribers in training and afterwards

LYPFT now offer a revised and increased starting salary for newly appointed consultants to the Trust. All newly appointed will be started on £119,490 at pay point YC72 (point 04). We offer a wide range of benefits to help support a healthy work-life balance and support your overall health and wellbeing including:

• Excellent relocation package(if applicable)
• Annual leave entitlement as per the terms and conditions of Consultant contract
• On-site parking
• Cycle to work & car leasing schemes
• Wide -range of Health & Wellbeing benefits

This is a 10 PA post plus a 1% category B availability for out of hours on-call duties.

We want to understand what flexibility means to you, do you want to work condensed hours? Do you have caring responsibilities? Is there a certain day which you cannot work for personal reasons? Then talk to us.

What you will get:

• Supportive and friendly colleagues
• Personalised Coaching and Mentoring
• Weekly academic teaching
• Access to NHS Leadership and Development opportunities, including opportunity to become an appraiser and educational / training development opportunities
• Annual Medical Leadership development day
• Generous study leave allowance (averaging 10 days per year and up to 30 days leave over 3 years with a budget of £1000 per annum)