COMMUNITY ADULT EATING DISORDERS – CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST
Location: The Courtyard, Pudding Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1PA
Contract: Substantive, Full‑time – 10 Programmed Activities (DCC:SPA = 7.5:2.5). On call: None. Hours: Full‑time.
Salary: £109,725 – £145,478 per annum (CCT/FSL). Salary range based on experience.
Application Note: We reserve the right to close this advert at any time if suitable applicants are received.
Qualifications needed
* Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
* CCT or equivalent
* Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it
* Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it
* Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST
Person Specification
Essential
* Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
* CCT or equivalent
* Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it
* Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it
* Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST
Job responsibilities
* Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to patients with eating disorders across all ages, although more focus on the adult patients.
* Provide senior medical support to the team, and direct input on clinical cases.
* Provide guidance and supervision to the team, work directly with adults (and their families), and liaise as appropriate with other external adult mental health providers, and acute hospitals.
* Work alongside another Adult Consultant Psychiatrists, 2.8wte CAMHS Consultants, 0.4wte Paediatrician, and 1wte Core Trainee within the service, and will share supervision requirements for junior doctors in the service.
* Further develop links already established with the local acute trusts A&E departments and inpatient wards, in order to continually improve our services.
* Be responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan, and deliver care.
* Support their peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative and supervise junior colleagues.
* Commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies.
About us
NELFT is an award‑winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people, ensuring our patients, family and friends feel confident that their health needs are met. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent.
With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled healthcare professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence‑based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Joining us will provide you with unparalleled access to training opportunities, continuous CPD, peer support groups, and a robust supervision and appraisal system.
We are currently recruiting for an Adult Consultant Psychiatrist position in the Kent All Age Eating Disorder (AAED) service based at The Courtyard, Pudding Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1PA.
This is a replacement, substantive, full‑time post – 10 PAs with 7.5 PA DCC and 2.5 SPA. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit to this post as soon as possible.
You will join another full‑time substantive Adult Consultant Psychiatrist, 2.8wte CAMHS Consultants, 0.4wte Paediatrician, and 1wte CAMHS Core Trainee within the service, and will have the opportunity to influence future direction, treatment, and models of design in the area in which you work.
Benefits
* Relocation expenses
* Career Development and training
* Just & Compassionate Culture
* Award‑winning Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives
* Vivup employee benefits platform and salary sacrifice scheme
* Salary Finance and Financial Wellbeing support
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Health & Wellness initiatives
* 11 Staff Networks including parents & carers network, ethnic minorities network, LGBT+ network and Disability network to name a few
* Retail Discounts
* Flexible working and agile working
* Cycle to work scheme
Employer details
Employer name: NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address: The Courtyard, Pudding Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1PA
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