CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST COMMUNITY ADULT EATING DISORDERS - MAIDSTONE
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.
Contract
Substantive
Hours
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
Main duties of the job
Why NELFT?
NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people, ensuring our patients, family and friends feel confident that their health needs are met. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent.
With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled healthcare professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Joining us will provide you with unparalleled access to training opportunities, continuous CPD, peer support groups, and a robust supervision and appraisal system.
We are currently recruiting for an Adult Consultant Psychiatrist position in the Kent All Age Eating Disorder (AAED) service based at The Courtyard, Pudding Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1PA.
This is a replacement, substantive, full-time post - 10 PAs with 7.5 PA DCC and 2.5 SPA. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit to this post as soon as possible.
You will join another full-time substantive Adult Consultant Psychiatrist, 2.8wte CAMHS Consultants, 0.4wte Paediatrician, and 0.6wte CAMHS Specialty Doctor within the service, and will have the opportunity to influence future direction, treatment, and models of design in the area in which you work.
About us
Why Kent?
Kent is a county in Southeast England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the northwest, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the southwest. Kent is famously known as the Garden of England, renowned for its beauty.
You'll not only benefit from the green surroundings, i.e., the Kent Downs; there are also some fantastic blue beaches. Kent is steeped in history with an abundance of castles, museums, and places of interest to visit.
Job responsibilities
You will be expected to:
Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to patients with eating disorders across all ages, although more focus on the adult patients
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 another Adult Consultant Psychiatrists, 2,8wte CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrists, 0.4wte Paediatrician, and 0.6wte CAMHS Specialty Doctor 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 supervise junior colleagues
Commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies
To be successful in your application, you will need:
To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFTs values,
To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about Adult Eating Disorders
Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care,
To be a team player
Career Development and training
Just & Compassionate Culture
Award winning Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives
Vivup employee benefits platform and salary sacrifice scheme
Salary Finance and Financial Wellbeing support
Employee Assistance Programme
Health & Wellness initiatives
11 Staff Networks including parents & carers network, ethnic minorities network, LGBT+ network and Disability network to name a few
Retail Discounts
Flexible working and agile working
Cycle to work scheme
To apply for this role, please visit www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk or www.jobs.nhs.uk and search under job reference number 395-MED514-24.
For more information, hear directly from our clinicians in Kent, by accessing this video link: Working for NELFT in our Kent Medical Directorate
We encourage you to view our Trust website and read the news stories, which will give you more information about the breadth of the organisation and our innovative services.
Please visit www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk/why-join-us or www.nelft.nhs.uk
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Person Specification
Qualifications
* 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
Clinical Experience
* Mastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders especially eating disorders.
* Experience in managing patients from different cultural backgrounds. Working with interpreters and translators
Knowledge
* Extensive knowledge of the biological, psychological, and social determinants of mental health disorders and evidencebased management interventions.
* Up to date knowledge of recent DH documentation and NICE Guidelines.
* An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF, and clinical governance priorities
Clinical Skills
* Excellent clinical skills.
* Clear thoughts on how to involve service users in service development and to provide a service which is experienced as being "service-user friendly
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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