Associate Specialist

at  Elysium Healthcare

Join the CAMHS team at Rhodes Wood Hospital as an Associate Specialist/Specialty Doctor and deliver high-quality clinical service across an eating disorder service under the direction of the responsible clinicians.
In this role, you will provide clinical assessment, review, and evaluation to young people under the care and treatment of the hospital ensuring that all treatment plans are fully adhered to. Working 37.5 hours a week, you will take a specific focus on physical health, food and fluids and risk management across the ward working closely with the Consultant, ward manager, and wider MDT.
You will be working alongside Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists at Rhodes Wood Hospital, as well as the wider MDT of which they form an integral part. There is a regular multi-disciplinary team meeting daily and weekly so that care and treatment is adequately planned. The team has dedicated administrative support which is based within the hospital.
There are great learning opportunities as you work with the full multidisciplinary team and can benefit from the active service user and staff forums at Rhodes Wood hospital.

• Clinical assessment, formulation, and treatment of young people with eating disorders CAMHS
• Ensuring an adequate handover to colleagues including out of hours when on call.
• Seeking collateral history from other professionals and family.
• Completing discharge letters/reports/forms as required in a timely manner.
• Depending on your experience, providing reports for First-tier Tribunal and Hospital Managers’ hearings under the supervision of the Consultant.
• Provide high quality treatment under the direction of a Consultant Psychiatrist
• Assess referrals & undertake mental state examinations of service users