Job overview
We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Specialty Doctor to join our Adult Community Eating Disorder Service. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a dynamic and supportive multidisciplinary team, providing essential medical and psychological care to individuals with complex eating disorders. You will contribute to both the physical health and psychological recovery of our patients, with responsibilities that include overseeing blood monitoring, medical reviews, and providing psychological interventions.
Main duties of the job
1. Medical Oversight & Clinical Management: Provide comprehensive medical oversight and day-to-day management for patients with eating disorders, working closely with the multidisciplinary team to deliver integrated care.
2. Medical Monitoring: Collaborate with GP colleagues and other health professionals to ensure thorough monitoring of physical health, including overseeing blood tests, physical observations, and addressing medical concerns.
3. Psychological Interventions: Deliver individual and group psychological interventions (, SSCM, MBT, CBT, CBT-E) to help patients recover from eating disorders, using evidence-based approaches tailored to individual needs.
4. Patient Reviews & Medication Management: Conduct medication reviews, prescribe appropriate supplements, and manage high-risk patients requiring careful monitoring.
5. Acute Pathway Participation: Assess and review patients on medical wards in collaboration with acute care teams, ensuring continuity of care during inpatient stays.
6. Assessment Clinics & Treatment Planning: Participate in assessment clinics and treatment planning processes, performing one assessment per week once competent.
7. Teaching & Training: Provide guidance and training to junior staff, medical students, and other healthcare professionals, supporting ongoing professional development across the team.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.