We are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the STEPs eating disorder service.

This is a new post, which has been created to maintain quality of patient care and safeguard the wellbeing of the team’s existing medical staff, in response to increased clinical demand.

The post holder will be working across the inpatient and outpatient parts of the service, dedicating 2/3 of their clinical time to the former and 1/3 to the latter.

They will be working alongside the two experienced Consultant Psychiatrists already employed by the service.  They will be additionally supported by SAS grade and training grade medical colleagues as detailed above. As the post holder will have a very high level of peer support available to them, the post would be particularly suitable for new consultants, as well as consultants with limited previous experience in eating disorders who wish to develop their interest in the sub-specialty.

The post holder will offer direct psychiatric care to STEPs inpatient and outpatient service users, including specialist psychiatric assessment, diagnostic formulation and treatment planning. There will also be opportunities to engage in psychotherapeutic work with service users and to facilitate evidence-based interventions for eating disorder.

They will work collaboratively with members of the two multi-disciplinary teams within the STEPs service, both in planned (e.g. MDT and CPA meetings) and ad hoc (e.g. professional discussions) contexts.

They will also work collaboratively with health and social care professionals outside the STEPs service, as well as third sector professionals, whenever this is appropriate for service users' needs.

There will be opportunities to engage in psychotherapeutic work with service users and to facilitate evidence-based interventions for eating disorder.

We would welcome the opportunity to meet with any interested candidates prior to the interviews or submission of an application. 

To discuss the post further and arrange to visit the team base please contact:

Dr Panos Prevezanos panos.prevezanos@nhs.net

Dr Fran Burton frances.burton@nhs.net

Dr Kate Murphy kate.murphy18@nhs.net