CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST COMMUNITY ADULT EATING DISORDERS (MAIDSTONE)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Why Kent?

Kent is a county in Southeast England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the northwest, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the southwest. Kent is famously known as the Garden of England, renowned for its beauty.

Youll not only benefit from the green surroundings, i.e., the Kent Downs; there are also some fantastic blue beaches. Kent is steeped in history with an abundance of castles, museums, and places of interest to visit.

You will be expected to:

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 Consultant Psychiatrists, 0.4wte Paediatrician, and 0.6wte CAMHS Specialty Doctor 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

To be successful in your application, you will need:

To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFTs values,

To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about Adult Eating Disorders

Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care,

To be a team player

NELFT 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

To apply for this role, please visit www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk or www.jobs.nhs.uk and search under job reference number 395-MED514-24.

For more information, hear directly from our clinicians in Kent, by accessing this video link: Working for NELFT in our Kent Medical Directorate

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Masters or Doctorate degree. A management qualification. ECDL or equivalent qualification. Experience in strategic development

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Mastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders under children including neurodevelopment disorders

Desirable

• Experience in managing patients from different cultural backgrounds. Working with interpreters and translators.

Knowledge

Essential

• Extensive knowledge of the biological, psychological, and social determinants of mental health disorders and evidencebased management interventions
• Up to date knowledge of recent DH documentation and NICE Guidelines.

Desirable

• An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF, and clinical governance priorities

Clinical Skills

Essential

• Excellent clinical skills.

Desirable

• Clear thoughts on how to involve service users in service development and to provide a service which is experienced as being "service-user friendly

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

The Courtyard, Pudding Lane,

Maidstone

Kent

ME14 1PA

Employer's website

https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)