Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders

The closing date is 02 April 2026

This is a new post which has been created as part of a successful bid to expand community eating disorders for children and young people.

The post holder will provide senior clinical leadership and psychiatric expertise within a specialist multidisciplinary team delivering evidence based care for young people with eating disorders. The service combines intensive day hospital treatment and home based interventions, offering a flexible and family centred approach to prevent or shorten inpatient admissions and support sustainable recovery. In addition, as it is a new service, the post holder will have the opportunity to provide medical leadership in its development.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist psychiatric assessment and management for young people with eating disorders and co occurring mental health conditions.
• Lead on formulation, care planning, and review within a multidisciplinary team including psychologists, nurses, dietitians, family therapists, occupational therapists, and social workers.
• Offer psychiatric input for both Day Hospital (maximum 6 patients) and the Intensive Support at Home Team (up to 5 patients) components of the service. While this is a new service, it is anticipated that there will be one new patient for each service weekly, although the day patients will likely already open to the home support team. Therefore, it is expected that the post holder will see one new patient per week for psychiatric assessment and 10 follow up reviews per week.
• Oversee pharmacological treatments, physical health monitoring, and mental state management.
• Participate in family based interventions, working collaboratively with carers to promote recovery and resilience.
• Support early identification of risk and contribute to crisis management plans.
• Liaise effectively with community CAMHS, paediatric, education, and social care services to ensure continuity of care.
• Contribute to admission avoidance and step down care from inpatient units.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Job responsibilities

For more information please refer to the attached Job Description to give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Person Specification Qualifications

• A primary medical qualification
• A postgraduate qualification in Psychiatry e.g. Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• GMC registration and inclusion on the specialist register in Mental Health
• Eligible for Approved Clinician status and Approval under section 12 of the Mental Health Act
• A minimum of 6 years postgraduate experience in psychiatry including substantial training/experience in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Experience in working in other specialties
• Recognised endorsement of training in eating disorders

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.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year part time will be pro rata