Consultant in Psychiatry

We're looking for a Consultants Psychiatrist to join our team of life savers and life changers who share our values to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. We specialise in NHS mental health and learning disability services and we're proud to be the difference improving lives every day.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established yet recently expanded community adult eating disorders service. We are currently working towards an adult single point of access for all referrals with our 3rd sector partner (South Yorkshire Eating Disorder Association) and aim to have a streamlined and effective transition pathway alongside colleagues at Sheffield CAMHS. Our service is also offered to those in the surrounding region, and we have close working relationships with Barnsley, Rotherham, and Doncaster. The service is also responsible for initiating and developing core standards to ensure that clinical safety for Risk High Eating Disorder (RHED) patients is achieved.

We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it's part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we'll explore what works for you and the role.

Main duties of the job

Provide medical leadership to the Eating Disorders Service including regular meetings with senior clinical staff to plan/co-ordinate team workload

Ongoing review of co-morbid psychiatric conditions, physical monitoring and review of psychotropic medications

Liaison with appropriate professionals e.g. GP, A&E regarding patient's blood investigations and referring to appropriate services for further management of any complications

Actively involved in treatment of patients who are admitted in psychiatric wards whose primary diagnosis is an Eating Disorder and the patient is open to SEDS

Closely working with the other mental health teams from the Trust for those service users who require joint care

Help develop new inpatient model of care.

Attendance to/leadership of MDT meetings

Attendance and participation in team governance and team development meetings

Contribution to the CPA process for patient management, including regular liaison with care co-ordinators

Provision of medical/psychiatric assessments to inform care planning and risk assessment, by regular clinic sessions and flexible use of clinical time

We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.

What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.

It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of

If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.

We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.

At Sheffield Partnership we put people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You'll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development. To support this all our Consultants, receive 3 SPAs pro rate in their job plans with a generous study leave package and weekly training events to help support your career development.