General Practitioner (Eating Disorders)

NHS; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust seeks a committed Salaried GP for its Eating Disorders service. The role focuses on providing care in both community and hospital settings, collaborating within a multifaceted team to enhance patient health. Applicants are expected to have GP experience, a GMC registration, and a passion for improving outcomes for those with eating disorders.

Qualifications

• Current GMC and GP Performer List required.
• Experience as a GP and in multidisciplinary teams is essential.
• Experience related to eating disorders is needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide care as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Conduct regular reviews and recommendations for patients.
• Act as a role model for clinical staff.

Skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Clinical leadership

Experience with eating disorders

Education

GMC registration

GP Performer List

Job description

Go back Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

General Practitioner (Eating Disorders)

The closing date is 06 July 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Eating disorders service for a Salaried GP to join the multidisciplinary team on a part time (every day) permanent basis.

The successful candidate will provide physical health care, as part of a multi disciplinary team, to patients under the care of the eating disorder service who may be in the community or in a hospital setting.

Main duties of the job

The successful GP will be expected to cover the service 5 days a week for 20 hours with a focus on reviews and recommendations of bloods and ECG's.

The GP will work closely with Eating disorders clinical leads, operational leads and other eating disorders clinicians including consultant psychiatrists.

The successful candidate is expected to act as a role model for clinical staff demonstrating and promoting the organisation and service core values, beliefs and professional behaviours.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Please do enquire if any questions to medical staffing.

Please be aware if volumes are high then this role may close earlier than planned.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GMC and GP Performer List

Experience

• Current experience as a GP
• Experience and ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of eating disorders
• Experience of working in an integrated and community based service

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.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust