Consultant Psychiatrist - Manchester Eating Disorder Service

Job overview

The service wish to recruit a Consultant Psychiatrist with considerable experience in the assessment and treatment of eating disorders in our Manchester eating disorder team. This post is based in a community setting at Gaskell House in close proximity to the Manchester Royal Infirmary site.

GMMH is committed to supporting doctors who wish to develop specialist expertise in Eating Disorders, and we are pleased to offer sponsorship for the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Eating Disorder Credentialing Programme. This opportunity provides structured training, supervised clinical experience, and formal recognition of advanced competence in Eating Disorder psychiatry. Sponsored clinicians will receive protected time, senior mentorship, and support to complete the required clinical and academic components. This investment reflects our commitment to growing specialist skills, strengthening our Eating Disorder pathways, and supporting doctors to develop fulfilling, expert careers within GMMH.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake joint assessments of referrals/admissions to the service where direct Consultant input required.
• Diagnose and formulate management plans in complex presentations and for CAMHS transfers of care where indicated.
• Provide assessment and management in complex and co-morbid presentations e.g. patients with physical or learning disabilities.
• Assessment and management of risk including of vulnerability, suicide risk, risks to health and safety and risk of harm to others.
• Investigations and interpretations of results and liaison with GPs and acute specialisms where required.
• Prescription and titration of medications within a defined Shared Care Protocol or to closely advise General Practitioners where this is not agreed.
• The Consultant will provide defined clinical supervision to specific team members or as part of the MDT.
• Work in a collaborative way with the multidisciplinary teams.
• Active participation in referral/liaison meetings and internal MDT meetings and attend discharge planning meetings for a small, selected group of patients.
• To carry a small of caseload of monitoring and stability patients who have longstanding eating disorders.
• To provide clinical advice and liaison as required to colleagues in primary care, community services and acute specialties within the time constraints and capacity of the allocated Direct Clinical Programmed Activities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details about this role and the responsibilities please see attached full Job Description and Person Specification.