Job summary
- Main area
- Children’s and Adolescent Eating Disorder Service
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 246-SCFYP6507936
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Walker Close Resource Centre
- Town
- Ipswich
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
- Interview date
- 15/10/2024
Employer heading
Consultant Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require
JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.
YOUR APPLICATION
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Job overview
- New Starter package of £15,000 spread over 3 years as a retention bonus
- supported by a £12,000 relocation allowance
- roles also attract a loyalty Scheme Bonus of £2,500 over the subsequent 5 years of service
- CPD of £2,000 per annum with the facility accumulate annual funding for up to three years to accommodate accessing higher cost development opportunities
- ‘Holiday of a lifetime scheme’: Consultants and SASG doctors can bank/accrue annual leave over a period of up to 5 years, to facilitate an extended period of leave. The scheme enables the opportunity for planning a ‘holiday of a lifetime’ or extended paid break
The Eating Disorder Service in Suffolk is split over two bases with an expectation that some resources are shared across the whole region. This Consultant post in the East will offer, when needed, consultation and cover to the teams in West Suffolk.
The service receives referrals from GP and other wider agencies. Assessments are carried out by the Mental Health Practitioners (MHPs) with involvement from the Consultant if required for specific clinical reasons. Cases taken on by the team are then co-ordinated by the MHP’s with input from other members of the team including the Consultant as required. The Consultant is not expected to carry a caseload themselves but to provide specialist medical support to the team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be appointed as a senior professional to provide advanced professional expertise and clinical leadership. As such, the post holder is always expected to conduct him/herself in such a manner as to be demonstrably helping the Trust to deliver its strategic and business objectives, and to act as an ambassador at the interface with external partners and stakeholders. At no time must the post holder bring the Trust into disrepute.
Additionally, the post-holder, as is expected from the holder of a senior public position, must always comply fully with the Nolan Principles and the Standards of Business Conduct.
The post holder is being appointed to a post of clinical leadership and will, therefore, be expected to have, and to demonstrate, leadership qualities as set out in the Medical Leadership Competency Framework (NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges).
Working for our organisation
Less than 2 hours from London (yet a world away in terms of house prices and cost of living) and serviced by excellent transport links, Suffolk retains a strong local identity and with that a strong sense of community. Set in some of the most beautiful countryside in the country in which a few minutes drive takes you to a wonderful coast line or deep within a beautiful forest.
We offer:
- Up to £12k relocation expenses
- Access to £800 per annum professional development budget
- Paid study leave (on application and approval) in addition to CPD
- Potential of extra PA for DCC with requisite pay per PA
- Ability to apply for Clinical Excellence Awards
- Inclusion on the Consultant on-call rota for the higher level with requisite pay depending on frequency
- NHS benefits package including contributory pension, redundancy. Including paid annual leave, sick leave and maternity leave.
- Appraisals and revalidation completed by the Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Consultant Psychiatrists working in an Eating Disorder Service have very specific roles:
- Psychiatric assessment of patients to establish Eating Disorder and another Psychiatric Psychopathology as relevant.
- To take a leading role in medical assessment of patients with Eating Disorders and offer those suitable advice by ordering necessary investigations and to liaise with Medical, Paediatric, GP and A&E colleagues to manage physical complications of the Eating Disorder patients.
- Offer Psychiatric and Medical Risk assessment and Management to Eating Disorder Patients.
- To Liaise with Children's services, Social services, Education Authorities, GPs, Medical and Psychiatric Colleagues in CMHTs and families to offer comprehensive care to patients with Eating Disorders.
- Help with implementation of National (NICE ED Guideline, MEED), Local guidelines and Pathways.
- Work with team colleagues to help the Eating Disorder teams achieve NHS England and Department of Health set Eating Disorder service related directives (i.e. Access and Waiting time directives).
- Work with team colleagues to help ED teams comply with use of Routine Outcome Measures (ROMS) and effective use of different ED specific tools for better screening and diagnosis of ED patients and also for effective monitoring of their progress with treatment.
- Offer suitable therapeutic input to patients with Eating Disorders in different modalities such as CBT-E, Family Therapy and DBT.
- Offer supervision to ED team colleagues in complex case management of ED patients (e.g.- Patients on CPA).
- Offer management and monitor progress of Psychiatric co morbidities among ED patients such as Depression, Anxiety, OCD and ASD.
- Offer Psychopharmacological management to ED patients both licensed and off-licence as indicated in NICE guidelines and monitoring of such patients.
- Knowledge and use of Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Children's Act and other applicable legal frameworks in the management of patients with ED and to safeguard their needs.
- Write reports to help ED patients in relation to use of legal framework such as Mental Health Review Tribunals, as well as to support access to social care, work, training, education and accessing benefits.
- To involve service users and their carer’s in decision about their treatment.
- To work flexibly with other Consultant Psychiatrists to provide cover for annual leave, professional and study leave and short periods of sickness absence.
- To participate in out of hours service, which currently provides telephone advice to the multi- disciplinary team assessing young people in crisis. This is subject to a rota.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Entry on the GMC Register
- Approved clinician status
- Section 12(2) Approval under the Mental Health Act
- Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCST
Experience
Essential criteria
- 3 years or equivelent medical experience
- 6 months experience in relevant clinical area
- Evidence of knowledge of diagnosis, treatment + management of complex mental illess
Attributes
Essential criteria
- Effective team working
- Leadership qualities
- Flexibility
- Driving Licence/able to travel independently
- Research
Clinical Governance
Essential criteria
- A clear understanding of Clinical Governance
- Demonstrate a commitment to open review of practice
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Teaching and presentation skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kevin Beardsworth
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Name
Kevin Beardsworth
Job title
Clinical Director
Email address
Additional contact information
Jan Falkowski, Medical Director of Workforce - [email protected]
Chief Medical Officer: Dr Sohail Abrar [email protected]
& Dr Sarah Maxwell [email protected]
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