Consultant in Eating Disorders - Leeds, United Kingdom - Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Leeds, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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LYPFT is currently looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our CONNECT service, a newly developed specialist adult eating disorders service (previously the Yorkshire Centre for Eating Disorders) which provides specialist care for adults with eating disorders across the West Yorkshire region.

The post holder will work as part of the CONNECT Community Service and will have a lead role within the wider MDT in the assessment and treatment of community patients with eating disorders.

You will be qualified with full registration with GMC as well as have a good understanding of eating disorders and experience of working within an MDT.

You will have Approved Clinician status and S12 approval or be willing to achieve thie within 3 months of appointment.

Clinical experience and endorsement in eating disorders psychiatry is desirable but not essential.

You will be familiar with community-based risk management and will be capable of upholding a clear and coherent clinical model for a team working across a wide geographical region.

As well as working with an award-winning team, CONNECT and LYPFT offer a number of other benefits including a strong commitment to continuous personal development, research and service development.

Are you committed to providing high quality patient care? WE need you to help us achieve our goals; to live our lives free from stigma and discrimination; and to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and mental ill health.

Here are Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) we are an organisation committed to providing high quality care to improve health and lives which seeks to provide outstanding mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice and while maintaining the values of simplicity, integrity and care for those in need.

The Trust strategy is built upon three priorities:

Delivering great care that is high quality and improves lives
Providing a rewarding and supportive place to work
Using resources to deliver effective and sustainable services

As a medical workforce, we provide outstanding secondary care mental health services that allow our service users to feel that they are safe and receiving the latest, high quality, evidence-based care, delivered by motivated, engaged and compassionate staff, who feel supported and enabled to grow in the workplace and the systems we provide.

Further information can be foundhere

Career and pastoral support from SAS Tutor and SAS Advocate.

LYPFT are in the process of agreeing in partnership a revised and increased starting salary for newly appointed consultants which aims to be agreed by September.

This post will be in scope for the new consultant salary range once agreed.

In addition to this we offer a wide range of benefits to help support a healthy work-life balance and support your overall health and wellbeing including:

Excellent relocation package (if applicable)
Annual leave entitlement as per the terms and conditions of Consultant contract,
Onsite parking
Cycle to work & car leasing schemes
Wide range of Health & Wellbeing benefits

This is a 10 PA post plus a 1% category B availability for out of hours on-call duties.

As well as financial support for relocation (up to £8,000*), we want to understand what flexibility means to you, do you want to work condensed hours? Do you have caring responsibilities? Is there a certain day which you cannot work for personal reasons? Then talk to us.

What you will get:

Supportive and friendly colleagues
Personalised Coaching and Mentoring
Weekly academic teaching
Access to NHS Leadership and Development opportunities, including opportunity to become an appraiser and educational / training development opportunities
Annual Medical Leadership development day
Generous study leave allowance (averaging 10 days per year and up to 30 days leave over 3 years with a budget of £1000 per annum)

The post holder will:

Carry out assessments of new patients referred to the service.
Provide medical reviews and attend CPAs for community patients
Provide medical input to the team as required
Attend and chair weekly MDT assessment meetings.
Work closely with wider MDT to screen referrals into the service, liaise with referrers and attend and chair weekly team meetings.
Attend and chair local MEED expert group meetings and provide advice and consultation to MEED group members and external agencies when required.
Initiate and carry out assessments under the Mental Health Act 1983 when required.
Provide professional leadership, including clinical supervision to the CONNECT Community Service.