Specialty Doctor in Eating Disorders - Coventry

Job summary

SpecialityDoctor in Eating Disorders - Coventry

One Substantive Post (10 PA)

(Pay Scale: £52,530 - £82,400)

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust seek to appoint a Speciality Doctor in Eating Disorders, to join our newly established Community Eating Disorders Service at the Tile Hill Health Centre, Coventry

This is a new post, which will form part of the new Community Eating Disorders Service. The successful applicant will be involved in direct clinical care and supporting a multi-disciplinary team which includes specialist nurses, nurse therapists, clinical psychologists, dietitians, occupational therapists, social workers, and peer support workers. The work is outpatient based and will include assessment and follow-up work and management of psychiatric and physical co-morbidity.

This role provides opportunities for growth and learning within our trust and to continue to build your professional pathway with constant learning to improve your skills and applicable knowledge along with seeking out new responsibilities and experiences as the new service develops.

Main duties of the job

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

The main responsibilities of this post will be to support the consultants in providing high quality services to patients with eating disorders. The post-holder will assist the consultants in all aspects of the service, including the provision of emergency care.

The post-holder will be expected to assess and manage patients suffering from a range of eating disorders; this will include both psychiatric and general medical care. Management will include both pharmacological and psychological treatments. The post-holder will be expected to carry out a full medical assessment, perform a mental state examination and perform a physical examination when appropriate.

This is a full-time post (10 Programmed Activities) with participation on the middle grade out of hours rota with a frequency of less than a 1 in 8. This is a non-residential, second on call rota for general adult psychiatry and will be remunerated at 2% availability supplement. There is no daytime on call commitment.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• well-being support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and well-being of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.