Job summary
The East London Community Eating Disorders Service (CEDS) is a dynamic and exciting multidisciplinary team including Therapies (family therapy, clinical psychology, assistant psychology), Medical (psychiatry and paediatrics), Nursing (mental health and paediatric nursing), Dietetics, Support Workers & Administrative and Operational staff.
We offer specialist community services including assessment and treatment to young people under 18 who are experiencing an eating disorder. Our team covers the East London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham and City & Hackney and we operate a Hub and Spoke model. We work closely with the local Acute Trusts, namely Paediatrics, and the post holder would gain valuable liaison skills whilst working in this team.
As part of our Alternative to Admission Pathway, the service has developed an Eating Disorder Intensive Pathway (EDIP), based on a hospital from home model. The post offers an exciting opportunity to work within this intensive community provision, providing proactive and timely multidisciplinary support to young people in the community in order to avoid unnecessary psychiatric admissions, and treat young people in their own communities.
The service has recently been shortlisted for the Royal College of Psychiatrists Team of the Year Quality Improvement Award for its QI Project on Capacity, Flow & Waiting Times.
Main duties of the job
The Specialty Doctor will be an important part of the Community Eating Disorders Service for Children and Young People (CEDS-CYP).
This is an interesting and exciting job offering regularly joint/collaborative working with other members of the team to assess and treat young people experiencing an eating disorder and their loved ones. The post holder will provide high quality evidence based mental health assessments, therapy and treatment. This will include professional and practice development to ensure high quality client-centred care. There post holder will also participate in the duty rota which providing rapid response to urgent clinical situations within office hours. There is also the opportunity of being involved in audit, service evaluation, QI projects as well as research. If interested there is the opportunity take on a therapy case under supervision namely in systemic family therapy, family therapy for anorexia nervosa or CBT.
The team is passionate about Quality Improvement and Research. The post holder will have the opportunity to be involved in quality improvement work, audit, teaching or research according to their personal developmental goals.
We encourage those interested in the post to get in touch and would welcome anyone interested in the role to come and spend some time with the team. We would also be delighted to facilitate special interest days also.
About us
ELFT as an Employer
The Trust employs 6,000 people in a variety of full-time and part-time posts. The Trust is committed to making the Trust an excellent place to work and in order to improve quality of life for all we serve; the Trust has four strategic aims:
- Improving population health outcomes
- Improving the experience of care
- Improving staff experience
- Improving value - to increase our productivity, reduce waste and cut out variation in clinical practice.
Our Focus on Quality
Quality of care is the Trust's top priority. It is at the forefront of all that we do and is firmly embodied in our mission to provide the highest quality mental health and community care in England by 2020.
Being the very best requires continual improvement - always seeking to do things better. Sometimes it involves fundamental change in the way things are done, with everyone working together sharing the same passion and commitment. Our strategy takes a whole-organization approach to quality improvement, and is built on experience and best practice from healthcare organizations and systems across the globe.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties of the Post
These posts are based in East London. A timetable of commitments will be agreed with the supervising consultant and will include of mental health, physical health and therapeutic aspects to the role.
The post holder will be accountable to the Clinical Team Leads for EL-CEDS-CYP and will be formally supervised by the lead Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Sophia Ulhaq. Supervision will be offered once a week for an hour, the time can be agreed at the start of the placement. Dr Ulhaq is an experienced Clinical Supervisor in the Trust and is also an Educational Supervisor for the Royal London/GOSH Higher Training Scheme.
There is an additional Consultant Psychiatrist and 2 Consultant Paediatricians in the team that can provide informal supervision, teaching and support as needed.
The central base for this post is Emanuel Miller Centre, Tower Hamlets but travel is often required to spoke sites and to the acute Paediatric wards depending on clinical need.
The post-holder may participate in the teaching of other disciplines and any in-service training within the team.
Clinical Duties
The post-holder will:
Together with other members of the EL-CEDS-CYP MDT, the post-holder would be expected to assess new referrals and to maintain a treatment caseload of children and young people with Eating Disorders, monitoring use of medication and other treatments as appropriate.
- Provide assessments (including physical health assessment) and treatment of young people presenting with mental health difficulties as part of a multi-disciplinary team assessment.
- Provide appropriate medical monitoring, psychiatric and therapeutic follow-up and treatment of a case load of young people under supervision of the consultant.
- Undertake emergency psychiatric assessments as part of the duty rota providing urgent and emergency mental health assessments
- The role includes attendance at weekly team meetings and reviews, as well as providing appropriate clinical support to non-medical staff within the team
- Discharge all clinical duties in accordance with Trust policies and procedures
- To be part of a rota of duty clinicians managing referrals and providing rapid response to urgent clinical situations, which may involve attendance to acute ward
Administrative Duties
- Prepare reports, letters and clinical summaries as required
- Liaise with other agencies involved in care of patients
- Adhere to documentation standards as part of contract and performance monitoring
- Record all clinical activities and clinical notes on Trust record keeping system (RiO)
- Attend and contribute to team meetings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties of the Post
These posts are based in East London. A timetable of commitments will be agreed with the supervising consultant and will include of mental health, physical health and therapeutic aspects to the role.
The post holder will be accountable to the Clinical Team Leads for EL-CEDS-CYP and will be formally supervised by the lead Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Sophia Ulhaq. Supervision will be offered once a week for an hour, the time can be agreed at the start of the placement. Dr Ulhaq is an experienced Clinical Supervisor in the Trust and is also an Educational Supervisor for the Royal London/GOSH Higher Training Scheme.
There is an additional Consultant Psychiatrist and 2 Consultant Paediatricians in the team that can provide informal supervision, teaching and support as needed.
The central base for this post is Emanuel Miller Centre, Tower Hamlets but travel is often required to spoke sites and to the acute Paediatric wards depending on clinical need.
The post-holder may participate in the teaching of other disciplines and any in-service training within the team.
Clinical Duties
The post-holder will:
Together with other members of the EL-CEDS-CYP MDT, the post-holder would be expected to assess new referrals and to maintain a treatment caseload of children and young people with Eating Disorders, monitoring use of medication and other treatments as appropriate.
- Provide assessments (including physical health assessment) and treatment of young people presenting with mental health difficulties as part of a multi-disciplinary team assessment.
- Provide appropriate medical monitoring, psychiatric and therapeutic follow-up and treatment of a case load of young people under supervision of the consultant.
- Undertake emergency psychiatric assessments as part of the duty rota providing urgent and emergency mental health assessments
- The role includes attendance at weekly team meetings and reviews, as well as providing appropriate clinical support to non-medical staff within the team
- Discharge all clinical duties in accordance with Trust policies and procedures
- To be part of a rota of duty clinicians managing referrals and providing rapid response to urgent clinical situations, which may involve attendance to acute ward
Administrative Duties
- Prepare reports, letters and clinical summaries as required
- Liaise with other agencies involved in care of patients
- Adhere to documentation standards as part of contract and performance monitoring
- Record all clinical activities and clinical notes on Trust record keeping system (RiO)
- Attend and contribute to team meetings.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- MB.BS, MBChB or equivalent
- Full registration with the GMC
Desirable
- Section 12 Approval
- MRCPsych
Experience
Essential
- Four years of full-time postgraduate training (or equivelant gained on a part-time/ flexible basis), with at least two years being in speciality training programme in a relevant speciality/ fixed term speciality trainee in relevant speciality or;
- Equivalent experience and competencies
- Experience of working with children and adolescents
- Working in different clinical settings
- Working with people with serious and enduring mental illness
Desirable
- Experience of working with young people with mental health problems of an acute and severe nature
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of eating disorders
Knowledge
Essential
- Child and adolescent mental health disorders and their management
- Mental Health Legislation
- Outcomes measurements
- Experience of pharmacological treatments
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Understanding and knowledge of the role voluntary organisations
- Healthcare Governance
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, verbal, non-verbal and written
- Develop effective working relationships
- Function autonomously as well as being a team player
- Assessing, formulating and prioritising patients' needs
- Apply research and theory to practice
Desirable
- Evidence based service development
- Skills and a range of therapeutic interventions and psycho-social treatment options
Other
Essential
- Ability to cope effectively under pressure and in stressful situations
- Courteous and respectful of patients, families and carers
- Assertive, independent, flexible
- Capable of multi-disciplinary and inter-agency working
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- MB.BS, MBChB or equivalent
- Full registration with the GMC
Desirable
- Section 12 Approval
- MRCPsych
Experience
Essential
- Four years of full-time postgraduate training (or equivelant gained on a part-time/ flexible basis), with at least two years being in speciality training programme in a relevant speciality/ fixed term speciality trainee in relevant speciality or;
- Equivalent experience and competencies
- Experience of working with children and adolescents
- Working in different clinical settings
- Working with people with serious and enduring mental illness
Desirable
- Experience of working with young people with mental health problems of an acute and severe nature
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of eating disorders
Knowledge
Essential
- Child and adolescent mental health disorders and their management
- Mental Health Legislation
- Outcomes measurements
- Experience of pharmacological treatments
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Understanding and knowledge of the role voluntary organisations
- Healthcare Governance
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, verbal, non-verbal and written
- Develop effective working relationships
- Function autonomously as well as being a team player
- Assessing, formulating and prioritising patients' needs
- Apply research and theory to practice
Desirable
- Evidence based service development
- Skills and a range of therapeutic interventions and psycho-social treatment options
Other
Essential
- Ability to cope effectively under pressure and in stressful situations
- Courteous and respectful of patients, families and carers
- Assertive, independent, flexible
- Capable of multi-disciplinary and inter-agency working
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).
