Consultant Psychiatrist (Eating Disorders)

Schoen Clinic York is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Consultant Psychiatrist.

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As a Consultant Psychiatrist you will be medically responsible for all inpatients and will be the Responsible Clinician for all detained inpatients (MHA 1983). You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and will participate in weekly MDT meetings, where all key decisions will be made regarding care and treatment. Support, mentor and train the Speciality Doctor working under your clinical supervision. Ensure that the list of duties are completed by a suitably qualified doctor and in their absence this will fall to the overseeing Consultant.

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Key responsibilities:

To support the service with its growth plan by having a caseload of day care patients and outpatients, participate in the on call rota 1:4 and provide additional support when the Speciality Doctor is 1st medical cover on the rota. Further duties will include (but not limited to):

• Formulate an initial care plan with the team on admission and complete the Agreement to Treatment form

• Admit patients, including initial mental state examination and physical examination

• ​Continue to develop an individual formulation for each patient, in conjunction with other team members

• ​Agree initial observation levels and a specific care plan for the time period prior to the first MDT meeting

• ​Medically examine each patient as per the unit’s physical assessment protocol

• Assess, treat and monitor psychiatric aspects of eating disorders including core psychopathology and co-morbid disorders such as depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, personality disorder and autism spectrum disorder.

• Take lead responsibility for the physical health of patients, arrange investigations and refer to other services as required

• Assess and manage physical complications of eating disorders

• Monitor and evaluate individual treatment plans with the MDT in order to ensure safe and effective practice in the best interests of the patient and their family

• Review care plans with the multidisciplinary team and agree outcomes at the MDT meeting

• Carry out a weekly assessment of risk with the MDT

• ​Prescribe and monitor medication appropriately in the light of relevant guidelines, including prescribing which extends beyond the usual psychiatric formulary