Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

This is a new post which has been created as part of a successful bid to expand community eating disorders for children and young people.

The post holder will provide senior clinical leadership and psychiatric expertise within a specialist multidisciplinary team delivering evidence-based care for young people with eating disorders. The service combines intensive day hospital treatment and home-based interventions, offering a flexible and family-centred approach to prevent or shorten inpatient admissions and support sustainable recovery. In addition, as it is a new service, the post holder will have the opportunity to provide medical leadership in its development.

Main duties of the job

Specific responsibilities may include:o Provide specialist psychiatric assessment and management for young people with eating disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions.o Lead on formulation, care planning, and review within a multidisciplinary team including psychologists, nurses, dietitians, family therapists, occupational therapists, and social workers.o Offer psychiatric input for both Day Hospital (maximum 6 patients) and the Intensive Support at Home Team (up to 5 patients) components of the service. While this is a new service, it is anticipated that there will be one new patient for each service weekly, although the day patients will likely already open to the home support team. Therefore, it is expected that the post holder will see one new patient per week for psychiatric assessment and 10 follow up reviews per week.o Oversee pharmacological treatments, physical health monitoring, and mental state management.o Participate in family-based interventions, working collaboratively with carers to promote recovery and resilience.o Support early identification of risk and contribute to crisis management plans.o Liaise effectively with community CAMHS, paediatric, education, and social care services to ensure continuity of care.o Contribute to admission avoidance and step-down care from inpatient units.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A primary medical qualification
• A postgraduate qualification in Psychiatry e.g. Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• GMC registration and inclusion on the specialist register in Mental Health
• Eligible for Approved Clinician status and Approval under section 12 of the Mental Health Act
• A minimum of 6 years postgraduate experience in psychiatry including substantial training/experience in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Able to make an assessment of a person presenting with suspected mental illness, including appropriate risk assessment consistent with a Consultant level appointment
• Able to provide consultancy and leadership to other members of the mental health team to aid the delivery of such management plans
• Have a working knowledge of the Mental Health Act consistent with that required to undertake the duties of an AC / RC for the purposes of the Act.
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of evidence-based practice, and participation in continuous professional development.
• Able to act as an educational supervisor as approved by the Royal College of psychiatrists to trainees attached to the team.
• Able to contribute to educational training programmes for junior medical staff
• Able to participate in the provision of clinical attachments and teaching for undergraduate medical students
• Willing to participate in on-call rota
• Able to ascertain and incorporate the views of patients and carers in management plans
• Able to participate in Clinical Governance and Medical Audit.
• Able to demonstrate a knowledge of current policy direction in mental health services and participate in service development
• Able to demonstrate a working knowledge of IT packages to be effective in this role
• Willing to undertake CRB Disclosure Check
• Have a flexible approach to working in the interests of the smooth running of the service
• Able to support, motivate and lead other members of the mental team

Desirable

• Experience in working in other specialities
• Recognised endorsement of training in eating disorders

Closing Date: 13 November 2026