Speciality Doctor in Eating Disorders

The Methodist Church in Britain; Coventry; Vor Ort; GBP 58.000 - 75.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

CPD time

Research opportunities

Generous annual leave

Learning and development

Wellbeing support

Employee assistance programme

Zusammenfassung

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.

Qualifikationen

• Part 1 MRCPsych or equivalent.

Aufgaben

• 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.

Kenntnisse

Knowledge of eating disorders evidence

Ausbildung

Part 1 MRCPsych or equivalent

Jobbeschreibung

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