Specialty Doctor in Eating Disorders - Warwick

Job summary

Specialty Doctor in Eating Disorders - Warwick

One Substantive Post (10 PA)

(Pay Scale: £50,373 - £78,759 dependent of experience)

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust seek to appoint a Specialty Doctor 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 successful applicant will be involved in direct clinical care and supporting a multi-disciplinary team which includes specialist nurses, nurse therapists, clinical psychologists, dietitians, occupational therapists, social workers, and peer support workers. The work is outpatient based and will include assessment and follow-up work and management of psychiatric and physical co-morbidity.

This role provides opportunities for growth and learning within our trust and to continue to build your professional pathway with constant learning to improve your skills and applicable knowledge along with seeking out new responsibilities and experiences as the new service develops.

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 main responsibilities of this post will be to support the consultants in providing high quality services to patients with eating disorders. The post-holder will assist the consultants in all aspects of the service, including the provision of emergency care.

The post-holder will be expected to assess and manage patients suffering from a range of eating disorders; this will include both psychiatric and general medical care. Management will include both pharmacological and psychological treatments. The post-holder will be expected to carry out a full medical assessment, perform a mental state examination and perform a physical examination when appropriate.

This is a full-time post (10 Programmed Activities) with participation on the middle grade out of hours rota with a frequency of less than a 1 in 8. This is a non-residential, second on call rota for general adult psychiatry and will be remunerated at 2% availability supplement. There is no daytime on call commitment.

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.