Community Adult Eating Disorders Consultant Psychiatrist (Maidstone)

North East London NHS Foundation Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community and mental health Trust is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist for their Adult Eating Disorders service in Maidstone. The role involves providing care to patients, leading a multidisciplinary team, and ensuring high-quality mental health services. The successful candidate will join a supportive team and have opportunities for professional development in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Relocation expenses

Career Development and training

Just & Compassionate Culture

Award winning Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives

Employee Assistance Programme

Health & Wellness initiatives

Flexible working and agile working

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice.
• Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it.
• Approved Clinician status or eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to patients with eating disorders.
• Provide senior medical support and direct input on clinical cases.
• Commitment to collaborative working with other health professionals.

Skills

Team Player

Innovative

Motivated

Passionate about Adult Eating Disorders

Education

CCT or equivalent

Job description

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.

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

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