Consultant Psychiatrist CAMHS Community Eating Disorder Service

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Job summary

A leading mental health services provider in Rochdale seeks a Consultant Psychiatrist for the Community Eating Disorder Service. This full-time role includes leadership of a multidisciplinary team, providing assessments and treatment plans for young individuals with significant eating disorders. The successful candidate will hold full GMC registration and extensive experience in the field. A fantastic opportunity for those with a passion for mental health and wellbeing.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Flexible working opportunities

Access to CPD and Wellbeing services

Staff discounts

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration is required.
• Demonstrable clinical interest in working with patients with Eating Disorders.
• Must have experience in using the Mental Health Act.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Community Eating Disorders team in assessing and treating young people.
• Ensure robust clinical plans and engage with referrers effectively.
• Participate in clinical audit and governance activities.

Skills

Leadership skills

Clinical knowledge of eating disorders

Effective communication

Experience with multi-disciplinary teams

Education

Full GMC Registration

Approved Clinician Status

CCT in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry or Adult Psychiatry

Job description

Consultant Psychiatrist CAMHS Community Eating Disorder Service

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our#PennineCarePeople

This is a vacancy due to retirement of current Consultant. The post holder will join the Pennine Community Eating Disorder teams (PCEDS)

This post holder will provide Consultant Psychiatry input and clinical leadership into the 2 Community Eating Disorders Hubs. The South Hub multidisciplinary team encompasses Stockport, Tameside & Glossop. The North Hub multidisciplinary team encompasses Bury, Oldham and Rochdale metropolitan boroughs.

This is an ideal post for those who have experience working in community eating disorder service and looking to move to a new job. It is also an excellent opportunity for a new qualified consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist who might want a split post between community CAMHS and CEDS. If the latter is desired, please contact clinical director(details below) to discuss.

This is a full time (10 PA) post with 5 programmed activities devoted to each CEDS team. Pennine CEDS provides a comprehensive community service to young people up to their 18 th birthday, who are resident in the identified Boroughs of the Trust footprint, and who have a significant Eating disorder

Main duties of the job

• To help lead the Community Eating Disorders team in providing emergency, urgent and routine multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment plans for young people with significant Eating disorders.
• To assume consultant clinical responsibility for those young people who are directly receiving psychiatry input, and to support consultation and liaison with other professionals.
• To adhere to the policies and procedures in support of the caseload, maintaining appropriate clinical records, confidentiality and administration.
• To work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, and provide strong clinical leadership to the CEDS team.
• To participate in reviews, CPA, referral and step-down planning.
• To ensure effective referrer engagement and professional liaison with Paediatrics / Physical health teams/social care/education.
• To utilise the CPA, and also the new Mental Health Act, the Children Act and the Mental Capacity Act when required.
• To work in partnership with other professionals/ agencies involved in the care of young people, across departmental and organisational boundaries.
• To provide appropriate clinical supervision to the CEDS MDT, and offer consultation to referring professionals.
• To take a leadership role in the development of evidence based practice, practice development and teaching within the field of Adolescent Psychiatry.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To help lead the Community Eating Disorders team in providing emergency, urgent and routine multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment plans for young people with significant Eating disorders.
• To assume consultant clinical responsibility for those young people who are directly receiving psychiatry input, and to support consultation and liaison with other professionals. To use effective clinical leadership to ensure robust clinical plans, pathways management into and out of the service.
• To adhere to the policies and procedures in support of the caseload, maintaining appropriate clinical records, confidentiality and administration.
• To work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, and provide strong clinical leadership to the CEDS team.
• To participate in reviews, CPA, referral and step-down planning.
• To ensure effective referrer engagement and professional liaison with Paediatrics / Physical health teams. To ensure the highlighting of additional needs to be addressed by other agencies eg social care / special education / physical health.
• To utilize the Care Programme Approach, and also the new Mental Health Act, the Children Act and the Mental Capacity Act when required.
• To work in partnership with other professionals/ agencies involved in the care of young people, across departmental and organisational boundaries.
• To provide appropriate clinical supervision to the CEDS MDT, and offer consultation to referring professionals.
• (Alternative travel arrangements will be available for non-car drivers on journeys essential to the carrying out of their duties).
• To lead in the areas of medical practice in particular, and mental health practice in general using a clinical governance framework.
• To take a leadership role in the development of evidence based practice, practice development and teaching within the field of Adolescent Psychiatry.

Safeguarding & Governance

• Safeguarding Children - To be alert to, communicate and seek consultation around Child Safeguarding concerns, in line with Trust protocol. To maintain mandatory update safeguarding training and competence
• To help lead in clinical governance - attend departmental governance meetings, and help ensure compliance against Trust, CQC and DoH standards, and support all learning from incidents or complaints .
• To contribute to audit, relevant to the post.
• To adhere to Trust policy on complaints, risk management and recording.

Management

• To work closely with Trust Board, the CAMHS Clinical Business Unit, and Greater Manchester Eating Disorder Network to support ongoing service review and development.
• To ensure that national, local and professional policies, procedures and protocols are adhered to.
• To be an active member of the CAMHS Clinical Business Unit and the CAMHS Consultants group. To undertake strategic managerial tasks as appropriate to the post, including when feasible, participation in CAMHS Eating Disorder service networking and commissioner / stakeholder engagement.

On-Call Responsibilities

CAMHS Out of hours on call is provided through:

-First Response Borough-based Psychiatric CT on call.

-Middle Grade cover through CAMHS ST4 – ST6 on a Trust wide level, collaboratively with Greater Manchester.

-Trust level Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists for emergencies regarding young people up to 16 th birthday within the community, and for all CAMHS Inpatients, on a 1 in 16 Trust wide rota.

For any young adult aged 16 to 17 years, referred out of hours, for Tier 4 inpatient care, there is clear Trust procedure for consultation between the on call Adult Consultant Psychiatrist and on call CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist, and where appropriate a joint assessment between the CAMHS and Adult medical staff.

For patients aged 16 and over, out of hours on call is provided by the Adult on call service for each borough, which consists of a borough based CT on call, some middle grade cover and a borough based on call Consultant Psychiatrist as senior on call.

The successful applicant will join the Trust Child & Adolescent Consultant Psychiatry on call rota if they possess a CAMHS CCT or a suitable Adult Consultant on call rota if they possess an Adult Psychiatry CCT. (In the latter case, this will be one of the 5 Adult on call rotas which come under the Pennine care jurisdiction, ie, Rochdale, Bury, Oldham, Stockport and Tameside and can be negotiated post recruitment). Additional remuneration under Category A banding, will be made for On Call availability.

CAMHS and Adult Psychiatry interface

Currently the CAMHS services are fully commissioned up to age 16 years, with commissioned pathways up to 18 years for specific client cohorts in the boroughs (eg LD, Eating Disorders (through recent successful business case), Looked After Children, Neurodevelopmental, Early Emerging PD, some community CAMHS services Bury and Oldham CAMHS offer comprehensive care). Generic mental health pathways are commissioned through the Working Age Adult services. The Trust CAMHS – Adult Transition protocol clarifies these pathways, and the procedure for transition to adult services at 18 years.

Teaching

The post-holder will participate in training, teaching and supervision as appropriate. The Trust provides post-graduate psychiatry core and higher specialist training. The post-holder will have support to gain accreditation as an educational supervisor.

Audit and Clinical Governance

The post-holder will be expected to participate in clinical audit on a regular basis and required to participate fully in clinical governance activities. It is expected that all clinical staff will provide effective input into the Trust’s clinical governance

arrangements, and monitor their clinical practice through this process

Person specification

Education Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration

Professional Qualifications

• Approved Clinician Status.
• Possession of CCT in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry or Adult Psychiatry or be within 6 months of achieving this
• Experience in the use of the Mental Health Act (1983)

Job Training and experience

• Demonstrable competency across the PMETB approved curriculum for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry or Adult Psychiatry.
• Clinical experience/ placement or training post within a specialist Eating disorders Service
• Registered for CPD with the RCPsych
• Credential training in eating disorder or recognised Clinical experience/ placement or training post within a specialist Eating disorders Service

Job Specific

• Demonstrable clinical interest & experience in working with patients with Eating Disorders
• Strong Leadership skills Clarity, Commitment to share with colleagues, to develop and improve the service
• Ability to work clearly and effectively across organisational boundaries
• Ability to support and lead teams around complex / very ill client groups.
• Emotional awareness, and self-reflection skills.
• Qualities essential to make a good educational supervisor of trainees in psychiatry
• Commitment to training and teaching
• Evidence of audit activity
• Experience of assessment and management of patients with Eating Disorders with complex needs
• Demonstrable experience of service leadership and development elsewhere
• Demonstrable experience of effective joint partnership work
• Demonstrable experience of leading care pathways, and team work with complex clients.
• Evidence of previous experience in teaching

🌍 Sponsorship Information - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship.You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

📬 After You Apply - Once your application is submitted, you’ll receive updates via email. Shortlisting is based on how well you meet the criteria outlined in the person specification. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview, and invitations will be sent by email.

✅ If You're Offered the Role - If successful, the hiring manager will contact you directly with a verbal offer. They will then notify the Recruitment Team and submit the necessary paperwork. You’ll receive a formal conditional offer via email

🔍 Pre-Employment Checks - To confirm your suitability for the role, we will carry out pre-employment checks in line withNHS Employment Check Standards . These include:

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust will be required to provide their HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years employment. This information will used to validate employment history andreferences.

If you require sponsorship, we will assess your eligibility based on current government guidance. If the role is not eligible and you cannot demonstrate your right to work, your conditional offer may be withdrawn.

🚀 Once Checks Are Complete -

The Recruitment Team will coordinate with you and the hiring manager to confirm a start date. You’ll be booked onto a Trust Welcome Session and receive your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds to help us grow, innovate, and improve.

If you wish to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role.

If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us on 0161 716 3181 as early as possible so we can support you.

Please note:

• We do not accept unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Hiring managers should not be contacted directly.
• We may close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. To ensure your application is considered, please apply as soon as possible.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.