Locum Consultant Psychiatrist; Adult Eating Disorders; In-patients

The appointed consultant will provide overall clinical responsibility for the inpatient assessment, care and treatment of adults in South London. As such, this post holder will need to be able to support effective team functioning and will also be required to work with a part-time Consultant colleague and the team and directorate in service development initiatives. The aim of this post is to ensure the team delivers a high quality and innovative service, to develop new treatment ideas in keeping with current evidence, to continually evaluate the treatment and to work nationally towards improvement of services for patients with eating disorders. The appointed Consultant will have ample opportunities to engage in work and initiatives within South London Provider Collaborative and in training opportunities, as well as in teaching of students and trainees.There are max 18 patients on the ward. The postholder will share the clinical responsibilities of these patients with the other part-time consultant and a very experienced SAS doctor, so that the workload is manageable. The max number of patients the consultant will manage at any point in time will depend on the complexity of the patients and their detained / voluntary status on the ward.The appointed Consultant will be responsible for :

• Medical leadership and clinical responsibility for patients in treatment in the service
• Maintaining Sec 12 Approval, to use Mental Health Act framework
• To be aware of the statutory requirements of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
• Writing reports for Tribunals
• Liaison with referrers and other colleagues (for example medical, liaison and general psychiatry)
• Providing advice / support to colleagues on medical wards and liaison psychiatry, for implementation of the MEED guidelines
• Working jointly with community eating disorder service colleagues
• Working jointly with the respective consultants within Provider Collaborative
• Liaison with commissioners when required
• Working with the ward manager to prioritise resources and to manage team functioning
• Working with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to provide in depth assessments and appropriate treatment for all patients
• Working with the MDT in developing effective and novel treatment approaches
• Providing clinical supervision and support to other disciplines where appropriate.
• Communicating with parents / carers.
• Ensuring assessment reports, outcome measures, diagnoses are appropriately documented
• To contribute to multidisciplinary training events
• Supervision of junior medical staff
• To provide teaching to undergraduate medical students
• To maintain clinical records in accordance with the GMC and Trust standards, and to adhere to the GMC Code of Conduct.
• To be up to date with appraisal and revalidation process, which is supported by Trust
• To ensure, with other members of the Team, that Care Programmes and Risk Plans are appropriate and updated.
• To provide consultant cover for other consultants in the Adult ED pathway
• To contribute to on-call rota
• Participation in Trust and service line Clinical Governance pathways, together with ward manager responsible for communication to and from Clinical Governance meetings
• Participation in research as relevant to the service
• Availability within normal working hours
• Involvement in service planning
• Contribution to strategic meetings with partner agencies
• The Consultant will also be expected to take on additional work within the Trust, such as working groups and committees, usually at the request of either the Clinical Director or the Medical Director