Consultant Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders

1 month ago


Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Consultant Psychiatrist to join our team at Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. As a Consultant Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders, you will be responsible for providing medical leadership and expertise to our Eating Disorders Service.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide medical leadership and advice to the team, working flexibly in consultation with the team and service manager, local operational leads, and other consultants.
  • Assess, manage, plan, and deliver care for patients with complex and co-morbid presentations, including eating disorder and non-eating disorder psychopathology.
  • Lead in the monitoring and treatment of the physical complications of eating disorders, collaborating with other health professionals, including general practitioners, acute sector colleagues, and dieticians.
  • Supervise the team in charge of the medical monitoring and management of high-risk patients, ordering investigations, interpreting results, and liaising with GPs and acute specialisms where required.
  • Provide psychiatric input to the development of appropriate pathways in and out of acute care settings for ED patients.
  • Assess and manage risk, including vulnerability, suicide risk, risks to health and safety, and risk of harm to others.
  • Contribute to the co-production and update of care plans with service users and their loved ones, using an approved Patient Reported Outcome Measure.
  • Liaise with and provide feedback to families and carers.
  • Work closely with consultant colleagues to provide office hours cover and annual, study, or special leave cover across all the eating disorder services delivered by EPUT.
  • Write reports for patients in education, training, work, and/or accessing benefits.
  • Participate in multidisciplinary discussions regarding the most appropriate treatment settings for patients, including community or intensive day care treatment, or referral to a regional specialist inpatient unit.
  • Ensure that you are in good medical standing for CPD, that your practice is up-to-date, and in line with the GMC's Good Medical Practice Guidelines and best practice guidelines, and able to evidence this for the purposes of annual appraisal.
  • Actively promote the eating disorder services' core values of evidence-based treatment, close multidisciplinary team working, shared care with other services, and effective risk management.
  • Work with operational and clinical colleagues in managing the overall clinical performance of the team.
  • Lead and participate in audit and research.
  • Be involved in strategic planning and development.
  • Contribute to the direction of the clinical management of eating disorders within the team, following the principles of evidence-based medicine.
  • Promote the involvement of all stakeholders, including patients, carers, primary care, acute hospitals, universities, etc., in service feedback and improvement.
About Us

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is a leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care. We are committed to delivering safe, high-quality integrated care services, enabling each other to be the best that we can, working together with our partners to make our services better, and helping our communities to thrive.

What We Offer
  • Season Ticket Loan
  • NHS discounts for staff
  • Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
  • Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
  • The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
  • Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work


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