Specialty Doctor in Adult Eating Disorder Service - Norfolk

at  Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

This Specialty Doctor post is located in Norwich, Norfolk and is part of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will work with the Consultant Psychiatrist and the team to provide medical input to the community within Norfolk.

• To work with the specialist multidisciplinary team and share responsibility with them for day-to-day management of the service.

To liaise with GP colleagues re medical monitoring to ensure safe and effective medical monitoring of community patients suffering from a severe or enduring eating disorder.
The postholder will form and maintain professional links with GP’s, families, carers, other mental health professionals, 3 rd sector organisations and our colleagues in acute care.
Manging comorbidities and liaising with other professionals
To participate in the acute pathway
To participate in assessment clinics
To do specific reviews of patients (medication review)

To provide support to the community staff and junior colleagues

• To write tribunal reports
• Teaching and training of junior staff, medical students, and other disciplines.
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance, audit and research.
• To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing professional development (CPD). To attend all relevant mandatory training as and when required to do so.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
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Please refer the Job description for details