Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Eating Disorders Service in Cambridge

To provide Consultant input to community eating disorder mental health team (0.5 WTE) and into the A-EDIT service (alternative to admission eating disorder team) (0.5 WTE). To observe local and national employment directives with regard to managed medical personnel and ensure adherence to appropriate NHS and Trust policies.

This post is providing consultant clinical leadership and patient care in our community eating disorder service based at ward S3 outpatients at Addenbrookes hospital. Alongside a team consisting of two fellow consultant psychiatrists, a consultant psychologist, 3 GPs responsible for medical monitoring and a multidisciplinary team of psychologists, mental health practitioners, nurses, psychological therapists, a dietitian and health care assistants, you will provide assessment and treatment for all patients in your area. Consultants are expected to form close working relationships with other CPFT services, key contacts in primary care and offer consultation to liaison psychiatry and acute services. Supervision of junior staff and peer supervision of GPs is part of the role.

This post is also providing consultant clinical leadership and patient care in our alternative to admission service (A-EDIT). The postholder will work with a team consisting of a principal psychologist, a therapist, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, dietitian, nurses, support workers, and peer support workers. You will provide assessment and treatment for regional patients under the care of the A-EDIT team.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life. Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

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Key Clinical Responsibilities:

• The post holder will provide clinical leadership to both teams.
• He or she will contribute to assessment of patients referred to the service for diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders and as appropriate, comorbid conditions.
• He/she will support MDT members who carry out assessment of patients.
• They will liaise with other teams and professionals regarding complex patients.
• They will help to facilitate accurate diagnosis and timely interventions so that treatment can be delivered in a timely manner and in accordance with the recovery model.
• He or she will also provide ongoing treatments to patients that are evidence based and supported by NICE guidelines maintaining a bio psychosocial approach.
• The consultant is expected to chair the weekly high risk meeting and aid the team leadership team at the weekly team meeting.
• He/she will also have a role in induction and training of staff.
• The post holder is required to maintain Section 12(2) status and Approved Clinician status and have a comprehensive awareness of Mental Health, Mental Capacity and Care Act legislation.
• He or she will be expected to participate in Mental Health Act assessments when possible and will be the Responsible Clinician for patients on supervised community treatment orders.
• The post holder will be expected to contribute to the collection of clinical information to ensure further service development and to enable audit, participate in clinical governance activities and contribute to the day-to-day management and to the overall service development agenda through collaboration with managerial and clinical colleagues.
• The Trust is developing its services in line with modernised psychiatric practice. Consultants are actively involved in planning and developing services, and there will be opportunities to engage in quality improvement and service development work that is ongoing in the Trust.

Professional Responsibilities:

• The post holder is expected to participate in the Trust's annual Appraisal process and to attend all relevant mandatory training as and when required to do so.
• The post holder will be expected to take part in regular supervision, annual appraisal and annual job planning.
• The post holder will be expected to offer supervision to junior doctors and participate in medical student teaching.
• The postholder is expected to lead service development and quality improvement with regard to implementing national guidance such as NICE guidance and the MEED (Medical emergencies in eating disorders) guidance. One PA will be available for this work.

Other Responsibilities:

• The post holder will be required to maintain his/her education, professional development and accreditation. Appropriate time and financial support is available for this purpose.
• The post holder undertakes, exceptionally, to be available for such irregular commitments outside normally rostered duties as are essential for continuity of patient care.