Consultant Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders – Warwick

Job summary

Consultant Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders - Warwick

One Substantive Post (10 PA)

(Pay Scale: £88,364 - £119,133)

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust seek to appoint a Consultant Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders, to join our newly established Severe Eating Disorders Service at the Aspen Centre, Warwick.

This is a new post, which will form part of the new Severe Eating Disorders Service. The role will involve direct clinical care and providing clinical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team which includes specialist nurses, nurse therapists, clinical psychologist, dietitians, occupational therapists, social workers, and peer support workers. There will be a limited amount of cross-cover for the inpatient consultants, who are based in the 15-bed inpatient unit at the Aspen Centre in Warwick.

As a leader within the Trust, we would actively encourage you to help us work towards smart resource allocation and strong commercial performance with customer satisfaction at the core of our service.

Main duties of the job

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

The postholder will be responsible for the assessment and treatment of outpatients, including the management of psychiatric co-morbidity and medical complications of eating disorders. They will provide clinical leadership to the outpatient team and medical support to non-medical members of the team. They will share in providing cross-cover for the inpatient consultants when they are on leave. The postholder will work closely with the other outpatient consultants and within a fully integrated multidisciplinary team of specialist nurses, nurse therapists, clinical psychologist, dietitians, occupational therapists, social workers, and peer support workers. Medical staff will generally work alongside non-medical members of the team to manage outpatients, providing support to therapists and assessing and treating psychiatric and medical complications and comorbidity.

The postholder will provide consultation and advice to colleagues in primary and secondary care on the management of patients with eating disorders and take part in assessments under the Mental Health Act where appropriate. The postholder will liaise with primary care, acute hospitals, crisis and home treatment teams and community mental health teams.

About us

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults, and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire, and Solihull.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.

Rated good by the CQC, the Trust is an organisation that is continuously improving, and we welcome interest from individuals who want to make a difference.