Speciality Doctor in Eating Disorders

The Methodist Church in Britain; Coventry; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CPD time

Research opportunities

Generous annual leave

Learning and development

Wellbeing support

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

The Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Speciality Doctor to join the Community Eating Disorders Service. The post involves assessing and managing patients with eating disorders, delivering care across psychiatric and general medical needs within a multidisciplinary team.

The role is predominantly outpatient-based with a 10 programmed activity schedule across five days, requiring full GMC registration and Section 12(2) approval or eligibility.

Qualifications

• Part 1 MRCPsych or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage patients with eating disorders, covering psychiatric and medical care.
• Support consultants across the service, including providing emergency care.
• Carry out full medical and mental state assessments and physical exams.
• Manage outpatient assessments and follow-ups with new patients to follow-up at 1:5.
• Liaise with referrers and other trusts about patient care as needed.
• Regularly review risk assessments and develop risk management plans.
• Support non-medical members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Lead team meetings and clinical reviews as required.
• Communicate with relatives, carers, GPs and other disciplines.

Skills

Knowledge of eating disorders evidence

Education

Part 1 MRCPsych or equivalent

Job description

This Speciality Doctor post sits in the new Community Eating Disorders Service at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust. The post-holder assesses and manages patients with a range of eating disorders, covering both psychiatric and general medical care, and supports the consultants, including emergency care. The work is mainly outpatient-based within a multidisciplinary team of nurses, therapists, psychologists, dietitians and social workers, on a less than full-time basis of 10 programmed activities over five days. Applicants need full GMC registration and Section 12(2) approval or eligibility for it.

What the job involves

• Assess and manage patients with a range of eating disorders, covering psychiatric and general medical care, with pharmacological and psychological treatment
• Support the consultants across the service, including providing emergency care
• Carry out full medical assessments, mental state examinations and physical examinations when appropriate
• Manage outpatient assessment and follow-up work, with new patients to follow-up expected at 1:5
• Assess patients referred for outpatient and inpatient treatment and liaise with referrers
• Carry out and regularly review risk assessments with patients, and agree strategies to reduce risk
• Support non-medical members of the multidisciplinary team
• Review patients as required at their request
• Attend team meetings and clinical reviews, leading them where required
• Communicate and liaise with relatives, carers, other disciplines and agencies, including GPs
• Liaise with other trusts about individual patient care where needed
• Agree and revise the job plan and objectives with the Lead Consultant and Medical Lead within three months of appointment

Qualifications

• Part 1 MRCPsych or equivalent

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration
• Section 12(2) approval under the Mental Health Act, or eligibility for approval

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of the evidence base for eating disorders

Nice to have

• Making decisions independently while knowing when to seek advice
• Comprehensive assessment of a person presenting with suspected mental illness, including risk assessment
• Designing and implementing management plans, including risk management plans
• Thinking in psychotherapeutic terms and reflecting on own emotional response to patients

What's offered

• Protected time within the job plan for CPD and audit
• Training and opportunities to be involved in research
• Generous annual leave that increases with length of service
• Learning and development, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, coaching and mentoring
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, and gym membership
• Discounts with retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues via the Employee Assistance Programme and NHS schemes
• Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service and external helpline
• Staff networks and support groups