Consultant Psychiatrist CAMHS Community Eating Disorder Service | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Pennine Care NHS FT; Bury; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Bury is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist for their Community Eating Disorder teams. The role involves providing clinical leadership and multidisciplinary care to young individuals with significant eating disorders. Ideal candidates will have community psychiatry experience and a collaborative approach to mental health care. This full-time position offers generous leave, flexible working, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Flexible working opportunities

Access to Continued Professional Development

Health and Wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Experience in community psychiatry and eating disorders.
• Ability to lead and work in multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent communication and clinical supervision skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Community Eating Disorders team in providing multi-disciplinary care.
• Assume clinical responsibility for young people receiving psychiatry input.
• Provide clinical supervision to the team and consultation to professionals.
• Participate in clinical audits and governance activities.

Skills

Consultant Psychiatry experience

Community Eating Disorder service knowledge

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Clinical leadership

Education

Qualified consultant psychiatrist

Job description

This is a vacancy due to retirement of current Consultant. The post holder will join the Pennine Community Eating Disorder teams (PCEDS).

This post holder will provide Consultant Psychiatry input and clinical leadership into the 2 Community Eating Disorders Hubs. The South Hub multidisciplinary team encompasses Stockport, Tameside & Glossop. The North Hub multidisciplinary team encompasses Bury, Oldham and Rochdale metropolitan boroughs.

This is an ideal post for those who have experience working in community eating disorder service and looking to move to a new job. It is also an excellent opportunity for a new qualified consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist who might want a split post between community CAMHS and CEDS.

This is a full time (10 PA) post with 5 programmed activities devoted to each CEDS team. Pennine CEDS provides a comprehensive community service to young people up to their 18th birthday, who are resident in the identified Boroughs of the Trust footprint, and who have a significant Eating disorder.

Responsibilities:

• To help lead the Community Eating Disorders team in providing emergency, urgent and routine multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment plans for young people with significant Eating disorders.
• To assume consultant clinical responsibility for those young people who are directly receiving psychiatry input, and to support consultation and liaison with other professionals.
• To adhere to the policies and procedures in support of the caseload, maintaining appropriate clinical records, confidentiality and administration.
• To work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, and provide strong clinical leadership to the CEDS team.
• To participate in reviews, CPA, referral and step-down planning.
• To ensure effective referrer engagement and professional liaison with Paediatrics / Physical health teams/social care/education.
• To utilise the CPA, and also the new Mental Health Act, the Children Act and the Mental Capacity Act when required.
• To work in partnership with other professionals/ agencies involved in the care of young people, across departmental and organisational boundaries.
• To provide appropriate clinical supervision to the CEDS MDT, and offer consultation to referring professionals.
• To take a leadership role in the development of evidence based practice, practice development and teaching within the field of Adolescent Psychiatry.

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post.

Benefits:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance.
• Access to Continued Professional Development.
• Involvement in improvement and research activities.
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service.
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities.

Safeguarding & Governance:

Safeguarding Children - To be alert to, communicate and seek consultation around Child Safeguarding concerns, in line with Trust protocol.

On-Call Responsibilities:

CAMHS Out of hours on call is provided through: First Response Borough-based Psychiatric CT on call, Middle Grade cover through CAMHS ST4 – ST6 on a Trust wide level, collaboratively with Greater Manchester, Trust level Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists for emergencies regarding young people up to 16th birthday within the community, and for all CAMHS Inpatients, on a 1 in 16 Trust wide rota.

Teaching:

The post-holder will participate in training, teaching and supervision as appropriate.

Audit and Clinical Governance:

The post-holder will be expected to participate in clinical audit on a regular basis and required to participate fully in clinical governance activities.