Job summary
Consultant Psychiatrist & Clinical Director One clinical role, two options. We are looking for a consultant to join our Vincent Square Adult Eating Disorders Intensive Community Treatment & Day Patient Services Team
The role is a part-time 6PA clinical post, but for those looking for the next step in their career there is the option of adding the 4PA Clinical Director of the Eating Disorders Service to the clinical post.
The clinical role with the Intensive Community Treatment (ICT) and Day Programme, the role caters for patients who need more intensive input than outpatient therapy alone, but less intensive than inpatient.
Intensive community treatment has been developed over recent years to provide a community alternative to day patient and inpatient treatment. It has been designed as an adjunct to outpatient treatment, providing brief intensive focus on behaviour change to support medical stabilization and weight, in order to avoid admission.
The day patient service offers a specialist multidisciplinary approach, delivering individualised care and treatment, with well-integrated pathways for transition with inpatient and outpatient/community services. The mainstay of treatment is the therapeutic group program and therapeutic milieu supporting change in eating disorder behaviours and maintenance factors.
AAC Date : 10 February 2026
Main duties of the job
1. To provide clinical leadership for the intensive community treatment (ICT) and day patient services.2. To provide psychiatric and medical input to the care of ICT and day patients.3. To develop and evaluate treatment pathways in collaboration with MDT leads.
4. To provide ED liaison for ICT and day patients admitted to medical wards.5. To provide clinical leadership to the referral and assessment pathway.6. To provide comprehensive psychiatric assessment for new referrals to VSEDS.7. To work closely with MDT colleagues across the service line to ensure patient centred care, smooth and timely patient transitions between teams, and good working relationships with colleagues.8. To work closely with external stakeholders, including the NL AED PC, to ensure equity of access and well-integrated care pathways for all patients and their families.9. Cross cover and collaborative working with CYP and Adult consultant colleagues.10. Active membership of the VSEDS Care Quality Group.
About us
Vincent Square Eating Disorder Service (VSEDS) was established in 2002 and has developed significantly in size and scope over the last 19 years. The majority of services are provided at South Kensington & Chelsea Mental Health Unit (SK&C MHU), with an out-patient facility at Roxborough Road in Harrow.The directorate provides a range of specialist services for children, young people and adults with Eating Disorders (ED) across 5 London Boroughs for children and young people (CYP), 8 London Boroughs for adults, and national referrals are accepted for adult inpatient care.
Specialist community CYP ED services are provided for the Boroughs of Westminster, Kensington, & Chelsea, Brent, Harrow and Hillingdon. Comprehensive (secondary and tertiary) adult services across community, day patient and inpatient levels are provided for the Boroughs of Westminster, Kensington, & Chelsea, and Hammersmith & Fulham, Brent, Harrow and Hillingdon, whilst tertiary level services are provided for the Boroughs of Ealing and Hounslow. Ealing and Hounslow have a secondary level service in the neighboring West London Health Trust (WLHT) providing outpatient treatment for adults with mild to moderate eating disorder (ED).
CNWL is a nationally leading NHS Foundation Trust providing Mental Health, Community Health and Child Health Services across London and the South East of England.
www.cnwl.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To provide clinical leadership within the ICT and Day Patient pathways.2. To provide consultant responsibility for patient care within these pathways.3. To diagnose patients with an ICD10 code at assessment and ensure that these are documented appropriately.4. Participation in the weekly MDT meetings, providing leadership, supervision and consultation for the teams.5. Consultation to other members of the multidisciplinary team regarding the management of risk.6. To attend weekly MDT clinical forum.7. Work with the day patient manager, ICT team lead, and consultant colleagues to manage flow of referrals, assessments, admissions, discharges and waiting lists.8. To provide pre-admission assessment and planning meetings for patients and their families/carers.9. Contribute to CPA/discharge planning meetings as appropriate.10. MHA work including MHA assessments, report writing, tribunals and hearings.
Please refer to the attached job description for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To provide clinical leadership within the ICT and Day Patient pathways.2. To provide consultant responsibility for patient care within these pathways.3. To diagnose patients with an ICD10 code at assessment and ensure that these are documented appropriately.4. Participation in the weekly MDT meetings, providing leadership, supervision and consultation for the teams.5. Consultation to other members of the multidisciplinary team regarding the management of risk.6. To attend weekly MDT clinical forum.7. Work with the day patient manager, ICT team lead, and consultant colleagues to manage flow of referrals, assessments, admissions, discharges and waiting lists.8. To provide pre-admission assessment and planning meetings for patients and their families/carers.9. Contribute to CPA/discharge planning meetings as appropriate.10. MHA work including MHA assessments, report writing, tribunals and hearings.
Please refer to the attached job description for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Primary Medical Degree
- Full GMC Registration with GMC Licence to Practise
- Section 12 MHA Approved
- Approved Clinician status.
- oInclusion on the Specialist Register (or expected within 6 months of interview date)
Desirable
- MRCPsych
- General Adult Psychiatry CTT
- Training in Eating Disorders
- An additional post graduate qualification of relevance to Eating Disorders
- Clinical supervisor approval
- QI training
Education and Qualifications Training Experience, Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Experience and skills in Eating Disorders
- Excellent communication and empathic skills
- Demonstrable leadership skills
- Experience of team working
- Sound organisational skills
- Ability to work on own initiative
Desirable
- Experience and skills in adult inpatient Eating Disorders
- Experience and skills in evidence based treatments for Eating Disorders
- Experience and skills in MHA Tribunals and report writing
- Liaison psychiatry experience
- Experience and skills in QI
- Experience and skills in teaching and training
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Primary Medical Degree
- Full GMC Registration with GMC Licence to Practise
- Section 12 MHA Approved
- Approved Clinician status.
- oInclusion on the Specialist Register (or expected within 6 months of interview date)
Desirable
- MRCPsych
- General Adult Psychiatry CTT
- Training in Eating Disorders
- An additional post graduate qualification of relevance to Eating Disorders
- Clinical supervisor approval
- QI training
Education and Qualifications Training Experience, Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Experience and skills in Eating Disorders
- Excellent communication and empathic skills
- Demonstrable leadership skills
- Experience of team working
- Sound organisational skills
- Ability to work on own initiative
Desirable
- Experience and skills in adult inpatient Eating Disorders
- Experience and skills in evidence based treatments for Eating Disorders
- Experience and skills in MHA Tribunals and report writing
- Liaison psychiatry experience
- Experience and skills in QI
- Experience and skills in teaching and training
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Vincent Square Eating Disorder Service
South Kensington & Chelsea Mental Health Unit, Nightingale Place
London
SW10 9NG
Employer's website
https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)
