Senior Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist – Eating Disorders Lead

Coventry And Warwickshire Partnership Nhs Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Employee discounts

Wellbeing support

Staff networks and support groups

Job summary

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is recruiting a senior psychiatrist to lead a new community eating disorders service for children and young people. You will provide clinical leadership and psychiatric expertise within a multidisciplinary team delivering evidence-based care, combining day hospital and home-based interventions to improve recovery and reduce inpatient admissions.

The post offers the opportunity to shape medical leadership in service development and to lead a team

Qualifications

• Primary medical qualification and GMC registration.
• Postgraduate psychiatry qualification (e.g. MRCPsych) and specialist register in Mental Health.
• Eligible for Approved Clinician status and Section 12 approvals.
• Minimum 6 years post-qualification psychiatry experience including CAMHS.
• Ability to assess risk and contribute to service development.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychiatric assessment and management for young people with eating disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions.
• Lead on formulation, care planning, and review within MDT including psychologists, nurses, dietitians, family therapists, OT and social workers.
• Provide psychiatric input for Day Hospital and Intensive Support at Home Team.
• Oversee pharmacological treatments, physical health monitoring and mental state management.
• Participate in family-based interventions with carers to promote recovery and resilience.
• Support early identification of risk and crisis management planning.
• Liaise with community CAMHS, paediatric, education and social care for continuity of care.
• Contribute to admission avoidance and step-down care from inpatient units.

Skills

Leadership

Risk assessment

Educational supervision

Clinical governance

CPD / continuous professional develop

On-call readiness

Education

Primary medical qualification

Postgraduate qualification in Psychiatry

GMC registration on specialist register in Mental Health

Approved Clinician status (section 12 MH Act)

6+ years post-qualification in psychiatry incl. CAMHS

Educational supervision of trainees

Tools

IT packages

Job description

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is recruiting a senior psychiatrist to lead a new community eating disorders service for children and young people. You will provide clinical leadership and psychiatric expertise within a multidisciplinary team delivering evidence-based care, combining day hospital and home-based interventions to improve recovery and reduce inpatient admissions.

The post offers the opportunity to shape medical leadership in service development and to lead a team