Consultant Psychiatrist - Community Eating Disorders

Integrated Care System; Leeds; On-site; GBP 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS foundation trust in Leeds is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist specializing in community eating disorders. The role involves leadership, patient assessments, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. Ideal candidates will have relevant experience and qualifications. The position offers a competitive salary and is committed to employee well-being and development.

Benefits

27 - 33 days annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

NHS Pension Scheme

Career development support

Exclusive discounts

Qualifications

• Prior experience of working in Eating Disorder psychiatry.
• Experience and interest in teaching and training in Eating Disorders.

Responsibilities

• Provide new patient triage assessments and attend CPA reviews.
• Support the MDT regarding physical and psychological risk monitoring.
• Conduct urgent MHA assessments when required.

Skills

Eating Disorder psychiatry

MDT working skills

Good communication skills

Teaching and training

Education

MBChB, GMC registration, CCT in CAMHs or GA with endorsement in Eating Disorders

Job description

Go back Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Psychiatrist - Community Eating Disorders

The closing date is 01 September 2025

LYPFT 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 05.

The post holder will work as part of the CONNECT community service and will take a leadership role in the assessment and treatment of community patients with eating disorders and supporting the wider MDT in the effective and safe delivery of this specialist service. Specific leadership responsibilities will include chairing team meetings, offering new patient assessments, chairing assessment meetings, chairing CPA meetings, chairing local MEED meetings and supervising medical and non-medical colleagues.

Main duties of the job

Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a 10PA Consultant Psychiatrist in Connect. If you wish to work less PAs this is negotiable. Conversely additional PAs for service delivery or other responsibilities may be available e.g. Clinical Tutor roles, medical lead roles or sessions of clinical work in other areas across the Trust e.g. the neurodevelopmental service. Please enquire on application.

Main duties of the Job:

The post holder, supported by the MDT, will provide:

o 2 x new patient triage assessments per week.

o Attendance at 4 x CPA reviews per week with the MDT

o Attendance at the weekly community and assessment team meetings

o Advice and support to the MDT regarding physical and psychological risk including physical health monitoring.

o Liaison with GPs and external agencies regarding referrals and physical health monitoring for CONNECT service users.

o Attendance at weekly MEED huddles

o Support to the CONNECT MEED team with urgent inreach work when required.

o Urgent MHA assessments when required.

o RC and senior medical support to the Nurse Consultant at YCED when needed.

o Cross cover for consultant colleagues at CONNECT/YCED

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that any individual requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read theCandidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [e-mail]

Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBChB, GMC registration, CCT in CAMHs or GA with endorsement in Eating Disorders

Experience

• Prior experience of working in Eating Disorder psychiatry
• MDT working skills and evidence on application of good communication skills

Teaching and training

• Experience and interest in teaching and training in Eating Disorders

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.

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust