The Post
This is a Full-time replacement Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist post within the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED). This post is primary based in Intensive Treatment Programme (ITP) with two sessions dedicated to the Eating Disorder (ED) outpatient team.
The Intensive Treatment Programme (ITP)
ITP is a specialist day hospital programme designed for young people who are already undergoing treatment for an eating disorder but require additional support. There are usually 8-12 young people attending the programme each day. The programme operates five days a week, and offers flexible attendance, allowing participants to attend anywhere from half a day to five days per week depending on their individual needs. Following the UK school year, most young people attend for around 14 weeks, with breaks during half-term and a reduced program in the summer.

The job description is subject to college approval.

• Have accountability for the delivery of high quality and safe care, with the Clinical Director, Lead Clinician N&S CAMHS and Joint Heads MCCAED.
• Ensure that high standards and appropriate protocols are in place and rigorously followed for all aspects of the service
• Undertake detailed and complex assessments aligned to a pre-agreed approach but using a high degree of clinical expertise
• Lead the multi-disciplinary team alongside ITP team manager and influence others to meet service commitments and needs of children, young people and families
• Support and advise colleagues regarding clinical assessment and care of children and young people, whilst being clear about others personal clinical professional accountability

Please refer to the job description for further details.
Working for the Trust
There are excellent opportunities for professional development including management, training, research, and audit experience.
Benefits
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. It’s important to us that you are valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Consultant leadership and involvement with assessments, interventions, care planning
All members of the Trusts’ medical staff are expected to practice within current GMC guidelines, in particular those contained within the booklets on Good Medical Practice and Maintaining Good Medical Practice
The Trust has established multi-disciplinary clinical governance mechanisms that the postholder will be expected to participate in
The service is actively involved in a range of quality improvement projects and audits
The postholder will assist in the implementation of research and evaluation where required and support clinical staff in developing new research and evaluation projects
The post-holder, as a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in SLaM can contribute to the academic programmes for both CTs and STs
The post-holder will have the opportunity to contribute to teaching, supervision, and delivering training sessions organised by MCCAED training team
Promote good links with Tier 3 and local outreach CAMHS
The contract states that there is a requirement for all staff to have firm job plans
The appointee will be managerially accountable to the Joint Heads, the Lead Clinicians, the Deputy Director and the Service Manager for National & Specialist CAMHS.
Full details of the Job Description can be found on the attachment, which also details the main responsibilities expected from the post holder.
We look forward to receiving your application