Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry - Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution is seeking a full-time Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders. The role involves clinical assessments, prescribing medications, and engaging in quality improvement activities. With a focus on developing skills in a supportive environment, this position is ideal for doctors with a background in child psychiatry.

Qualifications

• Full Registration with the GMC is required.
• Experience in child and adolescent psychiatry is essential.
• Higher degree in relevant subject is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments and therapeutic work with children and parents.
• Prescribe and monitor psychotropic medication.
• Liaise with pediatric colleagues regarding patient care.

Skills

Clinical experience with children and adolescents

Competence in psychotropic prescribing

Excellent communication skills

Education

MBBS or equivalent

Full Registration with the General Medical Council

Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Job description

Go back South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry - Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders

The closing date is 09 June 2025

We are delighted to invite applications for an exciting full-time (10PA), Speciality Doctor post in the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED) Outpatient Team.MCCAED is situated within the CAMHS Clinical Academic Group of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, the most comprehensive mental health service for children and young people in the country. This is one of three full-time Specialty Doctor posts within MCCAED.This post would be suitable for a wide range of doctors, especially those with a background in eating disorders, paediatrics and / or community CAMHS. In addition to extensive opportunities to develop clinical knowledge, experience and skills in child and adolescent eating disorders, there are also excellent opportunities for quality improvement activities, research, teaching and training.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will have the following key areas of responsibility:o Assessments and therapeutic work with children, adolescents, and parentso Undertake physical examinations and order investigations as required o Prescribe and monitor psychotropic medicationo Liaise with paediatric colleagues and general practitioners around the physical health care of patientso Co-work with and consult to other colleagues within the team

About us

The post will be located on the Maudsley site, location of our Trust headquarters, which is less than 5 minutes from Denmark Hill train station (zone 2). In the next few months our clinic will be moving from the Michael Rutter Centre to a larger new purpose-built clinic with state-of-the-art facilities on the same site called the Pears Maudsley Centre.

Job responsibilities

1. Accountability: The appointee will be professionally responsible to The Associate Medical Director via the Joint Head of Service, Dr Mima Simic, and Dr Elizabeth Tyrrell Bunge. The appointee will be managerially accountable to the Lead Clinician, Dr Sacha Guglani and the Service Manager for National & Specialist CAMHS, Donna Underwood, who work in partnership with the MCCAED Senior Clinicians to deliver this service.

2. Clinical Duties: The postholder will assist in the assessment and management of children referred to MCCAED. The postholder will join colleagues and co-work cases where necessary; undertake physical examinations as required; order investigations e.g. blood results and ECGs, and check their results. They will also be responsible for prescribing and monitoring psychotropic medication. The postholder would be expected to have a small caseload of patients from the outpatient service. These may be seen for monitoring of medication, mental state, psychiatric, or physical risk, or because the postholder is care-coordinating as the lead therapist.

The postholder is not expected to have responsibilities for management, strategic service development, or business planning. However, if the postholder was interested in these areas then opportunities to develop and apply knowledge and skills in these areas could be explored. Further responsibilities are described below.

3. Secretarial Support and Office Facilities

This post will be based at The Michael Rutter Centre / Pears Maudsley Centre at the Maudsley Hospital, with offices above the clinical area. The MCCAED administrative team provide administrative and appropriate secretarial support to the team. The postholder will have access to own desk and computer facilities. The office will be shared with other members of the multi-disciplinary team.The service is networked to the Trust intranet with IT support from the central services of the trust. The trust is committed to the digital development of all staff and in line with the Digital Me programme to enable more flexible working the post holder will have his / her own Trust computer/ laptop, and, if desired, their own Trust mobile phone. The post holder will be expected to keep their own diary, preferably electronically.

4. Provision and Cover During Absences: Cover for colleagues is prospective. The postholder should therefore ensure that leave arrangements should be agreed with their supervising consultant and peers in advance.

5. Medical Practice: All members of the Trusts medical staff are expected to practice within current GMC guidelines, those contained within the booklets on Good Medical Practice and Maintaining Good Medical Practice. These booklets outline the duties of doctors who are registered with the GMC, emphasizing the responsibility of every doctor to ensure standards of good clinical care, to keep up to date with clinical skills, to work in teams and to maintain good relationships with colleagues in all disciplines. The Trust is committed to these principles and will provide support for education and development of all grades of staff.

6. Clinical Governance: The Trust has established multi-disciplinary clinical governance mechanisms that the postholder will be expected to participate in including: evidence based practice implementation of local policies and procedures that support best practice - both uni-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary. Risk management processes to ensure clinical and non-clinical risks are identified and actions taken as appropriate.

7. Audit and Quality Improvement: The Trust undertakes regular quality improvement and clinical audit of their activities and the appointee will be expected to take part in this programme, and further develop specific projects and associated data collection relevant to their work and their department.

8. Teaching, Supervision and support to training and non-consultant speciality doctor posts: Weekly supervision for the post-holder will be ring-fenced and provided by Dr Elizabeth Tyrrell Bunge, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. There is also weekly supervision for trainee doctors. There are two multi-disciplinary Case Discussion groups each week where clinical cases can be discussed. In addition, there is weekly Systemic Supervision and supervision for other treatment modalities is offered.

9. Other Elements of the Role:

10. Ensure that electronic patient clinical records relating to post holder's work are well maintained and meet Trust standards for documentation and communication with referrers and users are met. Contribute to the development of policies and procedures to support good practice and ensure that appropriate high-quality clinical services are delivered. Ensure that policies and procedures are implemented to safeguard and protect children and young people, and where necessary implement the CPA process. Promote good links with GPs, nursing and medical colleagues, local CAMH services, schools. Provide a service which promotes diversity, meets the needs of service users from diverse ethnic, cultural and religious traditions, is accessible and sensitive to needs relating to disability, gender, and sexual orientation. Collate activity information as requested to meet the demands of Performance Management and Service Planning. Apply quality standards to all work undertaken, in line with Trust Clinical Governance policies. Attend professional meetings as appropriate within and outside the Directorate, in accordance with CPD and agreed Personal Development Plan. Assist in the implementation of research and evaluation where required. Support clinical staff in developing new research and evaluation projects.

11. Job Plan: The contract states that there is a requirement for all staff to have firm job plans. These plans are intended to give the Clinical Director a more explicit input into the arrangements and review of doctors' duties. A job plan is a detailed description of the duties and responsibilities of a doctor and of the facilities available to carry them out. A job plan and a work programme are an integral part of the doctor's contract of employment. Appraisal and job planning occur annually with the Consultant Psychiatrist of the service.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) (A/I)
• MBBS or equivalent (A/I)
• Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, or equivalent, or in process of completion (A/)
• Eligible to work in the UK
• Higher degree in a relevant subject (A/I)
• Membership of a professional indemnity organisation (A/I)

Experience/Knowledge/Skills

• Clinical experience of working with children and adolescents OR in eating disorders (A/I)
• Competence in physical assessments (A/I)
• Competence in psychotropic prescribing and monitoring (A/I)
• Experience of Safeguarding Children framework (A/I)
• Experience of inpatient or liaison psychiatry, or paediatrics (A/I)
• Experience of working in a culturally diverse area (A/I)
• Engagement with Annual Appraisal or equivalent (A/I)

Teaching and Training

• Experience of multi-disciplinary teaching (A/I)
• Qualification in Teaching (A/I)

Research

• Experience of co-operating in Clinical Research (A/I)
• Presentation at a national or international conference (A/I)
• Publication in a peer-reviewed journal (A/I)

Quality Improvement

• Experience of QI activity (A/I)
• Experience of developing a service component (A/I)
• Engagement with Service Improvement / Management (A/I)
• Experience of Clinical Leadership (A/I)

Information Technology experience and skills

• Basic computer skills, including ability to use e-mail and Internet (A/I)

Personal Qualities

• Excellent communication skills in English (written and verbal)
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team (A/I)
• Highest level of integrity and probity (A/I)
• Enthusiasm and commitment to the NHS (A/I)
• Capacity to respond positively to the changing NHS environment (A/I)

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.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Depending on experience£59,175 - £95,400 per annum