Consultant Psychiatrist (CAMHS Eating Disorder)

A specialist healthcare service is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join an Adolescent Inpatient Eating Disorder ward. This is a part-time role of 15 hours per week (2 days).

The service provides exceptional care across a range of mental health issues, including eating disorders. The multidisciplinary team delivers personalised treatment programs within a calm, therapeutic environment.

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What you’ll be doing

You will join a compassionate team committed to patient wellbeing, using a personalised, evidence-based approach to support recovery.

Key responsibilities include:

• Conducting comprehensive assessments and developing treatment plans alongside the multidisciplinary team.

• Leading ward rounds, MDT meetings, and overseeing complex clinical cases, including risk management.

• Supporting patients and families with treatment planning, relapse prevention, and recovery.

• Providing supervision to junior staff and contributing to service quality, compliance, and improvement initiatives.

• Collaborating with site leadership to enhance service delivery and patient experience.

Further details are available in the job description.

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What you’ll bring to the role

The role is rewarding but challenging, requiring resilience, empathy, and strong clinical leadership.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be a fully registered medical practitioner with the GMC, hold a licence to practise, and be on the Specialist Register for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

• Hold Section 12(2) approval and Approved Clinician status.

• Have experience managing complex cases of eating disorders in an inpatient adolescent setting.

• Demonstrate strong clinical leadership, risk management expertise, and the ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

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What we will give you in return

You will be supported to succeed and develop through structured career conversations, training, and opportunities into senior clinical and leadership roles.

Benefits include:

• Free on-site parking

• Supplemented meals

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata)

• Additional birthday leave

• Enhanced maternity pay

• Contributory pension scheme

• Flexible benefits, including gym membership, IT technology schemes, and healthcare cash plan

• Access to development and training opportunities

• Sponsorship for professional qualifications via an Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel

• Leadership and management development programmes

• Long service awards

• Refer-a-friend bonuses