Job Title: Consultant Psychiatrist - Eating Disorder Team
Location: Birmingham
Type: Permanent
Salary: £192,816 per annum
Sanctuary Personnel is seeking a dedicated Consultant Psychiatrist to join our esteemed client, a leading healthcare provider. The successful candidate will be responsible for the medical care of a designated number of patients, working as part of a multidisciplinary team and participating in weekly MDT meetings to make key decisions about patient care and treatment.
Our Client's Mission
Their mission is to help people feel better and recover faster, bringing together world-class experts who share a passion for providing the best treatment and outcomes for every patient in their care. They prioritise safety and quality, continuously driving improvement and patient safety through advanced scientific research and benchmarking. Their purpose is to offer the best individualised specialist care, focusing on each speciality and using patient outcome data to deliver evidence-based treatments and care pathways.
Our Client's Values
- Caring: Delivering the highest quality of care with compassion, dignity, and respect.
- Accountable: Providing the best possible care for patients and workplace conditions for colleagues by exceeding national standards and regulatory expectations.
- Collaborative: Working together as one team in partnership with patients, sharing knowledge and learning.
- Courageous: Encouraging constant improvement and innovation.
- Determined: Meeting and exceeding expectations.
Client Code of Conduct
- Prioritise patient care and safety.
- Be respectful to all individuals.
- Act with honesty and integrity.
- Accept responsibility for own work and, if applicable, the performance of managed people.
- Commit to collaborative working and continuous learning.
Key Accountabilities
Clinical Responsibilities:
- Liaise with referrers, community teams, and commissioners.
- Assess risk and develop management plans for medical and psychiatric risks.
- Formulate initial care plans and complete the Agreement to Treatment form.
- Conduct admissions, including initial mental and physical examinations.
- Develop individual formulations for each patient with the team.
- Agree on initial observation levels and care plans before the first MDT meeting.
- Review medical history and plan treatment accordingly.
- Ascertain current medication and commence the medication card following unit protocol.
- Review patient blood test results in line with the refeeding blood test protocol.
- Conduct weekly reviews, including formal assessments of mental state and capacity where appropriate.
- Perform assessments under the Mental Health Act.
- Manage psychiatric aspects of eating disorders and co-morbid disorders such as depression, OCD, personality disorders, and ASD.
- Take responsibility for the physical health of patients, arrange investigations, and refer to other services as required.
- Assess and manage physical complications of eating disorders.
- Review the results of investigations and act accordingly.
- Liaise with other services and agencies as needed.
- Monitor and evaluate individual treatment plans with the MDT to ensure safe and effective practice in the best interests of the patient and their family.
- Review care plans with the multidisciplinary team and agree on outcomes at the MDT meeting.
- Carry out weekly risk assessments with the MDT.
- Prescribe and monitor medication appropriately, including those beyond the usual psychiatric formulary.
- Liaise with social care agencies, provide reports, and attend safeguarding meetings as required.
- Complete reports for CPAs and other meetings as needed.
- Ensure routine outcome measures are completed on admission and at timely intervals thereafter.
- Work with managers and clinical colleagues to identify areas for improvement and implement necessary change.
- Cross-cover for medical colleagues during absences.
- Participate in the consultant on-call rota and ensure cover is available at all times.
- Respond to unit requests promptly when on call.
- Liaise with the senior nurse on call as appropriate.
- Prescribe medication remotely when required, in accordance with unit procedures.
- Take a lead role in discharge planning.
- Act as Responsible Clinician for detained patients.
- Conduct physical examinations and practical procedures as appropriate.
- Assess patients for both inpatient and outpatient treatment.
- Provide outpatient treatment for patients with eating disorders.
- Offer medical reviews for patients treated by other professionals.
Support Responsibilities:
- Arrange annual leave cover with colleagues per unit procedures.
- Assist in overseeing educational programmes for student placements and in-house staff.
- Contribute to in-house teaching and training events.
- Participate in audits, service evaluations, and research as appropriate.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant legal considerations and best practices in treating patients.
- Participate in statutory and organisational appraisal and revalidation processes.
- Engage in annual job plan reviews and required training, including Immediate Life Support.
Administrative Responsibilities:
- Prepare appropriately for weekly MDT meetings, assess, review, and document decisions.
- Make weekly clinical entries in medical notes for each patient.
- Complete required blood request forms for each patient.
- Prepare CPA reports for all patients.
- Represent the organisation during inspections and reviews.
Qualifications & Experience Required:
- Specialist registration with the General Medical Council and a licence to practise.
- MRCPsych or equivalent.
- Specific training and skills in psychopharmacology and the physical/nutritional complications of eating disorders.
- High degree of self-awareness and ability to reflect on emotional responses to patients.
- Willingness to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience in various psychotherapeutic approaches and management of refeeding in severely underweight patients.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a team.
- Up-to-date with appraisals and continuous professional development.
Join our client in making a difference in patients' lives by providing exceptional care and supporting their journey to recovery. Apply today through Sanctuary Personnel to be a part of their dedicated team.
