Consultant Psychiatrist – Eating Disorders

Job Description

Reference: PRI97797

Location: Priory Hospital Glasgow, 38-40 Mansionhouse Road, Glasgow, G41 3DW

Priory Group Division: £160,000 + £10,000 on call supplement

Hours: 37.5

Vacancy Type: Permanent – Full Time

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About Priory Hospital Glasgow:
Priory Hospital Glasgow is a leading provider in Mental Health treatments, Addiction services and Eating Disorders. We pride ourselves on delivering quality patient care through our experienced inpatient and outpatient services. Our inpatient based in Southside of Glasgow is a 35 bedded service spread across 3 wards. This vacancy is to work on Tiree, a 12 bedded ward offering General, Private and Addictions services.

The Opportunity:
We are seeking applications for a permanent full-time employed consultant position. We invite an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist with a passion to work in eating disorders to join our team, offering the chance to build and manage a very specialist inpatient eating disorder service based in Glasgow.

Main Purpose:
This is a full-time employed consultant role in eating disorders (ED) dedicated to providing clinical leadership and high-quality clinical care for patients referred to and using the eating disorders services at Priory Hospital Glasgow. The consultant will work closely within a multidisciplinary team to diagnose, treat, and manage eating disorders in an inpatient setting by ensuring patients receive holistic, person-centric care and treatment adhering to Priory’s principles.

Employed ED Consultant:
This is a full-time (37.5 hours/week) permanent position with consultant responsibility for inpatient eating disorder service based at Priory Hospital Glasgow. Referrals to the service are primarily received from GPs and NHS, although occasionally from private (self-funding and Private Medical Insurance (PMI sources.

Experience:
The post holder must be on the Specialist Register (CCT or CCST) or within 6 months of entering on it in general psychiatry, with experience and competencies in eating disorders. Specialist ED work experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings is desirable. The post holder is expected to demonstrate their ability to work at a consultant level as part of a wide multidisciplinary team. They must hold current full GMC registration with a license to practice.

Duties:

• To be consultant responsible for up to 12 ED inpatients over two wards at Priory Hospital Glasgow.
• If inpatient bed occupancy is low (less than 8 patients), a proportionate increase in outpatient assessments is expected.
• To provide consultant advice to outpatients who may be receiving outpatient therapy from Priory Therapy Services.
• To work closely with outpatient Therapy Services based within the hospital and at Wellbeing Centres for any outpatient-related inquiries.
• To provide non-residential consultant 1 in 5 on-call cover for out-of-hours for Priory Hospital Glasgow inpatients.
• To provide cross-cover for consultant colleagues as required.
• To participate in hospital clinical governance activities and take up Quality Improvement activities as appropriate and delegated by the Hospital Senior Management Team.
• The post-holder will have a prescribed connection with Priory Group (Designated Body) for Annual appraisals and Revalidation as per GMC guidelines.
• The post-holder will have an agreed job plan with the Medical Director specifying expected activity levels in terms of time allocated for:
• Direct clinical activities – inpatient responsibilities, outpatients, holiday cross-cover, on-call duties.
• Indirect clinical activities – clinical admin, QI activities, clinical governance, business review meetings, attendance at Priory Service line Network meetings.
• CPD (in line with their Personal Development Plan to support all required competencies for appraisal and revalidation) and supporting professional activities including external clinical and business networking activities.

Person Specification:

• MRCPsych or equivalent
• Section 22 approved AMP under MH (C&T) (S) Act 2003
• Acute inpatient and outpatient experience
• Current CCT or within 6 months of obtaining CCT in General Adult Psychiatry
• Confidence and competence to work in eating disorders
• Experience working with a multi-disciplinary team and being able to function as a clinical leader within their role
• Experience supervising junior medical staff
• Experience working with a management team in clinical governance and improvement activities is desirable
• Experience in service development, change, and improvement is desirable