COMMUNITY ADULT EATING DISORDERS CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST (MAIDSTONE)

NHS; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Join NHS as a Community Adult Eating Disorders Consultant Psychiatrist in Maidstone, providing crucial care to individuals struggling with eating disorders. This full-time role involves working within multidisciplinary teams to offer clinical guidance, support, and innovative solutions in mental health care. Required qualifications include GMC registration and experience in adult mental health, with a competitive salary ranging from £105,504 to £139,882 per annum.

Benefits

Relocation expenses

Career Development and training

Just & Compassionate Culture

Award-winning Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives

Vivup employee benefits platform

Salary Finance and Financial Wellbeing support

Employee Assistance Programme

Health & Wellness initiatives

Flexible working and agile working

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care.
• Demonstrated values aligned with NELFT's principles.
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior medical support and direct input on clinical cases.
• Manage and deliver care to patients with eating disorders.
• Work collaboratively with other health professionals.

Skills

Team Player

Motivated

Innovative

Passionate about Adult Eating Disorders

Understanding of current developments in mental health care

Education

Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

CCT or equivalent

Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it

Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it

Inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

Job description

COMMUNITY ADULT EATING DISORDERS CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST (MAIDSTONE)

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(MAIDSTONE, ME14 1PA)

£105,504 - £139,882 per annum (Pro-rata)

Contract

Substantive

On call

None

Location

The Courtyard, Pudding Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1PA

Qualifications Needed:

Job Summary

COMMUNITY ADULT EATING DISORDERS

CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST

(MAIDSTONE, ME14 1PA)

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.

Job Details:

Salary

£105,504 - £139,882 per annum (Pro-rata)

Contract

Substantive

Hours

Full-time: 10 Programmed Activities (DCC:SPA = 7.5:2.5)

On call

None

Location

The Courtyard, Pudding Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1PA

Qualifications Needed:

Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

CCT or equivalent

Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it

Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it

Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

Main duties of the job

To Be Successful In Your Application, You Will Need:

To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFT's values,

To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about Adult Eating Disorders

Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care,

To be a team player

NELFT Benefits:

Relocation expenses

Career Development and training

Just & Compassionate Culture

Award winning Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives

Vivup employee benefits platform and salary sacrifice scheme

Salary Finance and Financial Wellbeing support

Employee Assistance Programme

Health & Wellness initiatives

11 Staff Networks including parents & carers network, ethnic minorities network, LGBT+ network and Disability network to name a few

Retail Discounts

Flexible working and agile working

Cycle to work scheme

About Us

Why NELFT?

NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people, ensuring our patients, family and friends feel confident that their health needs are met. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent.

With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled healthcare professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Joining us will provide you with unparalleled access to training opportunities, continuous CPD, peer support groups, and a robust supervision and appraisal system.

We are currently recruiting for an Adult Consultant Psychiatrist position in the Kent All Age Eating Disorder (AAED) service based at The Courtyard, Pudding Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1PA.

This is a replacement, substantive, full-time post - 10 PAs with 7.5 PA DCC and 2.5 SPA. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit to this post as soon as possible.

You will join another full-time substantive Adult Consultant Psychiatrist, 2.8wte CAMHS Consultants, 0.4wte Paediatrician, and 1wte CAMHS Core Trainee within the service, and will have the opportunity to influence future direction, treatment, and models of design in the area in which you work.

Details

Date posted

13 May 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum pro rota

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

395-MED144-25

Job locations

The Courtyard

Pudding Lane

Maidstone, Kent

ME14 1PA

Job Description

Job responsibilities

You Will Be Expected To:

Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to patients with eating disorders across all ages, although more focus on the adult patients

Provide senior medical support to the team, and direct input on clinical cases

Provide guidance and supervision to the team, work directly with adults (and their families), and liaise as appropriate with other external adult mental health providers, and acute hospitals

Work alongside another Adult Consultant Psychiatrists, 2,8wte CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrists, 0.4wte Paediatrician, and 1wte Core Trainee within the service, and will share supervision requirements for junior doctors in the service

Further develop links already established with the local acute trusts A&E departments and inpatient wards, in order to continually improve our services

Be responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan, and deliver care

Support their peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative and supervise junior colleagues

Commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies

Job Description

Job responsibilities

You Will Be Expected To:

Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to patients with eating disorders across all ages, although more focus on the adult patients

Provide senior medical support to the team, and direct input on clinical cases

Provide guidance and supervision to the team, work directly with adults (and their families), and liaise as appropriate with other external adult mental health providers, and acute hospitals

Work alongside another Adult Consultant Psychiatrists, 2,8wte CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrists, 0.4wte Paediatrician, and 1wte Core Trainee within the service, and will share supervision requirements for junior doctors in the service

Further develop links already established with the local acute trusts A&E departments and inpatient wards, in order to continually improve our services

Be responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan, and deliver care

Support their peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative and supervise junior colleagues

Commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
  
  

Qualifications

Essential

• CCT or equivalent
  
  

Section 12

Essential

• Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it
  
  

Knowledge

Essential

• Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it
  
  

Specialist Register

Essential

• Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST
  
  

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

• Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST
  
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

The Courtyard

Pudding Lane

Maidstone, Kent

ME14 1PA

Employer's website

https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

The Courtyard

Pudding Lane

Maidstone, Kent

ME14 1PA

Employer's website

https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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