• Job Description

  Req#: C9395-25-0663?language=en&page=130&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  COMMUNITY ADULT EATING DISORDERS

  CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST

  (MAIDSTONE, ME14 1PA)

  Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.

  Job Details:

  Salary

  £105,504 - £139,882 per annum (Pro-rata)

  Contract

  Substantive

  Hours

  Full-time: 10 Programmed Activities (DCC:SPA = 7.5:2.5)

  On call

  None

  Location

  The Courtyard, Pudding Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1PA

  Qualifications needed:

  Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

  CCT or equivalent

  Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it

  Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it

  Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

  Main duties of the job

  To be successful in your application, you will need:

  To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFT's values,

  To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about Adult Eating Disorders

  Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care,

  To be a team player

  NELFT Benefits:

  Relocation expenses

  Career Development and training

  Just & Compassionate Culture

  Award winning Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives

  Vivup employee benefits platform and salary sacrifice scheme

  Salary Finance and Financial Wellbeing support

  Employee Assistance Programme

  Health & Wellness initiatives

  11 Staff Networks including parents & carers network, ethnic minorities network, LGBT+ network and Disability network to name a few

  Retail Discounts

  Flexible working and agile working

  Cycle to work scheme

  About us

  Why NELFT?

  NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people, ensuring our patients, family and friends feel confident that their health needs are met. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent.

  With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled healthcare professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Joining us will provide you with unparalleled access to training opportunities, continuous CPD, peer support groups, and a robust supervision and appraisal system.

  We are currently recruiting for an Adult Consultant Psychiatrist position in the Kent All Age Eating Disorder (AAED) service based at The Courtyard, Pudding Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1PA.

  This is a replacement, substantive, full-time post - 10 PAs with 7.5 PA DCC and 2.5 SPA. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit to this post as soon as possible.

  You will join another full-time substantive Adult Consultant Psychiatrist, 2.8wte CAMHS Consultants, 0.4wte Paediatrician, and 1wte CAMHS Core Trainee within the service, and will have the opportunity to influence future direction, treatment, and models of design in the area in which you work.

  Details

  Date posted

  13 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Hospital medical and dental staff

  Grade

  Consultant

  Salary

  £105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum pro rota

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  395-MED144-25

  Job locations

  The Courtyard

  Pudding Lane

  Maidstone, Kent

  ME14 1PA

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  You will be expected to:

  Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to patients with eating disorders across all ages, although more focus on the adult patients

  Provide senior medical support to the team, and direct input on clinical cases

  Provide guidance and supervision to the team, work directly with adults (and their families), and liaise as appropriate with other external adult mental health providers, and acute hospitals

  Work alongside another Adult Consultant Psychiatrists, 2,8wte CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrists, 0.4wte Paediatrician, and 1wte Core Trainee within the service, and will share supervision requirements for junior doctors in the service

  Further develop links already established with the local acute trusts A&E departments and inpatient wards, in order to continually improve our services

  Be responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan, and deliver care

  Support their peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative and supervise junior colleagues

  Commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  You will be expected to:

  Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to patients with eating disorders across all ages, although more focus on the adult patients

  Provide senior medical support to the team, and direct input on clinical cases

  Provide guidance and supervision to the team, work directly with adults (and their families), and liaise as appropriate with other external adult mental health providers, and acute hospitals

  Work alongside another Adult Consultant Psychiatrists, 2,8wte CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrists, 0.4wte Paediatrician, and 1wte Core Trainee within the service, and will share supervision requirements for junior doctors in the service

  Further develop links already established with the local acute trusts A&E departments and inpatient wards, in order to continually improve our services

  Be responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan, and deliver care

  Support their peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative and supervise junior colleagues

  Commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies

  Person Specification

  Registration

  Essential

  • Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • CCT or equivalent

  Section 12

  Essential

  • Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it

  Specialist Register

  Essential

  • Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

  Person Specification

  Registration

  Essential

  • Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • CCT or equivalent

  Section 12

  Essential

  • Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it

  Specialist Register

  Essential

  • Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

  Address

  The Courtyard

  Pudding Lane

  Maidstone, Kent

  ME14 1PA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

  Address

  The Courtyard

  Pudding Lane

  Maidstone, Kent

  ME14 1PA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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