Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist (Eating Disorder)

This is a newly expanded, multi-disciplinary team which provides specialist CAMHS input to children and young people with eating disorders across Hertfordshire. It provides home-based treatment, out-patient treatment and gate-keeps referrals to in-patient services. The range of care includes: intensive home based support for high risk cases; community based support to provide early intervention to all ED cases; specific ED based therapy working on recovery (including CBT-E, MET, CRT, and family therapy using Maudsley model; psychiatric monitoring and intervention when required). The team has a very positive reputation and the ED practitioners have won numerous Trust wide and national awards. The team has been successful in attracting Government funding to allow service expansion.

Provision of the psychiatric component of the CAMHS tier 3 service to the under 18 population in the Eating Disorder CAMHS Team. Alongside the multi-disciplinary staff, the post holder will have responsibility for assessing a young person's mental state, formulating a diagnosis and monitoring the risks a young person poses. To undertake referral meetings, case reviews as required. Providing consultation, advice and appropriate support to professionals in the wider network of the young person and/or family To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients. To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and submit this promptly to the Information Department.