MCCAED Specialty Doctor - Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders

We are delighted to invite applications for an exciting full-time (10PA), Speciality Doctor post in the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED) ARFID Team.

MCCAED is situated within the CAMHS Clinical Academic Group of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, the most comprehensive mental health service for children and young people in the country. This is one of three full-time Specialty Doctor posts within MCCAED.

This post would be suitable for a wide range of doctors, especially those with a background in eating disorders, paediatrics and / or community CAMHS. In addition to extensive opportunities to develop clinical knowledge, experience and skills in child and adolescent eating disorders, there are also excellent opportunities for quality improvement activities, research, teaching and training.

The postholder will have the following key areas of responsibility:

• Assessments and therapeutic work with children, adolescents, and parents
• Undertake physical examinations and order investigations as required
• Prescribe and monitor psychotropic medication
• Liaise with paediatric colleagues and general practitioners around the physical and mental health care of patients
• Co-work with and consult to other colleagues within the team
  
  

MCCAED is a nationally recognized example of best practice in specialist outpatient eating disorders care for children and adolescents. The multidisciplinary service is large, well-established, and cohesive, and the service has four main components: a specialist outpatient team for children and adolescents with Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa; the specialist outpatient team for children and adolescents with Avoidant Food Restrictive Intake Disorder (ARFID) both of whom see patients from the 7 local boroughs; the Swift Targeted Admission Reduction Team (START) and a national intensive day service treatment programme for adolescents with Anorexia (ITP).

MCCAED does not have an inpatient unit. Occasionally, our patients may have brief admissions on the paediatric ward at Kings College Hospital, which is across the road from our clinic. The admissions are usually less than 5 days and are normally for re-feeding and / or medical stabilisation. These admissions are supported by the START Team in MCCAED. Our admission rates to eating disorder units are very low. Over the last 10 years we tend to admit less than 1-2% of patients we assess each year.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Pippa Hugo Job title: Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Email address: Philippa.hugo@slam.nhs.uk