ADULT EATING DISORDERS CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST

Job Overview
COMMUNITY ADULT EATING DISORDERS CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST (MAIDSTONE)
Job Details:
Salary £93,666 - £126,281 per annum
Contract Substantive
Hours Full-time: 10 Programmed Activities (DCC:SPA = 7.5:2.5)
On call None
Location The Courtyard, Pudding Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1PA
Qualifications needed:
• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
• CCT or equivalent
• Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it
• Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it
• Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST 
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be expected to:
• Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to patients with eating disorders across all ages
• Provide senior medical support to the team, and direct input on clinical cases
• Provide guidance and supervision to the team, work directly with adults (and their families), and liaise as appropriate with other external adult mental health providers, and acute hospitals
• Work alongside other Adult Consultant Psychiatrists, and CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrists within the service, and will share supervision requirements for junior doctors in the service
• Further develop links already established with the local acute trusts’ A&E departments and inpatient wards, in order to continually improve our services
• Be responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan, and deliver care
• Support their peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative and supervising junior colleagues
• Commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies