Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist (Eating Disorder): Sponsorship Available

Job summary

This is a newly expanded, multi-disciplinary team which provides specialist CAMHS input to children and young people with eating disorders across Hertfordshire.

It provides home-based treatment, out-patient treatment and gate-keeps referrals to in-patient services. The range of care includes: intensive home based support for high risk cases; community based support to provide early intervention to all ED cases; specific ED based therapy working on recovery (including CBT-E, MET, CRT, and family therapy using Maudsley model; psychiatric monitoring and intervention when required).

The team has a very positive reputation and the ED practitioners have won numerous Trust wide and national awards. The team has been successful in attracting Government funding to allow service expansion.

Main duties of the job

Provision of the psychiatric component of the CAMHS tier 3 service to the under 18 population in the Eating Disorder CAMHS Team.

Alongside the multi-disciplinary staff, the post holder will have responsibility for assessing a young person’s mental state, formulating a diagnosis and monitoring the risks a young person poses.

To undertake referral meetings, case reviews as required.

Providing consultation, advice and appropriate support to professionals in the wider network of the young person and/or family

To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.

To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and submit this promptly to the Information Department.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.

Desirable

• MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

ELIGIBILITY

Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.

Desirable

• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
• Section 12/Approved clinician approval

CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

Essential

• A minimum of 4 years’ full time post graduate training (or it’s equivalent gained on a part time of flexible basis) at least two years of which to be within a psychiatry training programme or as fixed term Specialty Trainee within psychiatry o; or have equivalent experience and compentancies.
• Minimum of 6 months experience within CAMHS
• Ability to work well in multidisciplinary teams
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psychosocial perspective and wide medical knowledge.

Desirable

• Excellent degree of medical knowledge in relation to eating disorders.

ACADEMIC SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate clinical problem solving in interdisciplinary areas
• Possession of good organisational skills
• Be able to actively listen and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Holds a full valid driving license and access to a car (Unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995).
• Has actively participated in clinical audit.

Closing Date: 18 September 2026