Job overview

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT) is rated as an outstandingly well-led Trust by the CQC and is committed to innovation and transformation. To bolster our efforts and continue to provide high quality, patient focussed services, we are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Lincolnshire-wide Eating Disorders team, as part of our specialist services division. We are looking for a doctor who is passionate and committed to the development of eating disorders psychiatry and who is able to support the service in developing its adult eating disorders pathway.  

The role is full-time at 10PAs per week, with an additional PA as part of our recruitment and retention initiative. We are interested in hearing from anyone who is interested in a flexible working pattern, which would include job share,  part time and hybrid working, as agreed with the Clinical Director for Specialist Services. 

Main duties of the job

• Psychiatric assessment of patients to establish eating disorder and other Psychiatric Psychopathology.
• To take a leading role in medical assessment of patients with eating disorders and offer them suitable advice by ordering necessary investigations and to liaise with colleagues in order to manage physical complications of the eating disorder patients.
• Offer Psychiatric and Medical Risk assessment and Management to Eating Disorder Patients.
• To Liaise with Children's services, social services, Education Authorities, GPs, Medical and Psychiatric Colleagues in CMHTs and families to offer comprehensive care to patients with eating disorders.
• To lead on local implementation of National policies ang guidelines e.g. (NICE ED Guideline, MEED), Local guidelines and Pathways.
• To lead and work with team colleagues to help ED teams comply with use of Routine Outcome Measures (ROMS) and effective use of different ED specific tools for better screening and diagnosis of ED patients and also for effective monitoring of their progress with treatment.
• Offer suitable therapeutic input to patients with eating disorders in different modalities.
• Offer supervision to ED team colleagues in complex case management of ED patients.
• Offer management and monitor progress of Psychiatric co morbidities among ED patients.
• Offer Psychopharmacological management to ED patients both licensed and off-licence as indicated in NICE guidelines and monitoring of such patients

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the principal provider of NHS mental health services, as well as providing some learning disability, autism, and social care services across the county.  We were one of the first foundation trusts to be established in the country.  The Trust has an annual income of approximately £120m with around 2,800 staff spread across the 40+ locations.  The Trust cares for around 53,000 patients a year and has around 200 inpatient beds across the Trust. 

The Trust has an active and successful research department.  We deliver an impressive portfolio of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) clinical trials across the county, covering all areas of clinical care.  A team of NIHR funded delivery staff support this work.  The Trust has established a strong track record for delivery of industry trials and was highly praised by CQC for our commitment to dementia research.   We are a partner organisation of NIHR Clinical Research Network East Midlands (CRN EM) and the Lincoln Institute for Health, University of Lincoln. 

As an employee of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, you can expect to receive an excellent benefits package, giving you access to a range of wellbeing opportunities and discounts on products and services.