Consultant Psychiatrist - Eating Disorders

Consultant Psychiatrist - Eating Disorders

Reference: PRI98375

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

Priory Group Division: Healthcare

Salary: £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 fulltime 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.

About Priory

As one of the UK's leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services to adults and young people, Priory promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development. Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes, education facilities and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.

Disclosure

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure through PVG Scheme. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory will cover the cost of a PVG Check.

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. The consultant will contribute to the development and implementation of service delivery plans and policies and will play a key role in training and supervising junior medical staff and other healthcare professionals.

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.

Salary range:

Up to £160K plus a fixed on-calls supplement of £10K (1 in 5 rota).

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. This role is specifically for psychiatrists who are on the GMC Specialist Register and have experience working in substantive Consultant positions in the NHS.

Knowledge & Skills

The post holder, in a senior medical practitioner capacity, is expected to demonstrate the knowledge and skills described under GMC's Good Medical 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, and 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.
• In consultation with the post holder, the job plan will be reviewed annually or whenever the business/service needs change.

Principles of Employment

• The post-holder will be appointed through a competitive application and interview process in line with relevant Priory policies.
• Once appointed, consultants will be registered with all private health insurers in their own right as a private practitioner. While employed by Priory, they will not be entitled to receive any private patient fees personally for patients seen during their contracted hours. Priory will determine the amount billed for the consultants' activity and will carry out all billing.

Key Accountabilities

• Taking clinical responsibility for patients including multidisciplinary ward rounds, risk reviews, and the development of a therapeutic milieu.
• Fulfilling the role of a Consultant for patients, including RMO responsibilities for those detained under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.
• Supervising the process of referral and admission, including contributing to pre-admission assessments of patients with other team members.