Salaried General Practitioner in Adult Eating Disorders Service
| Posting date: | 16 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £73,113 - £110,330 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 15 August 2025 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB2 0QQ |
| Company: | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7325637/310-MED-7325637 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.
The post holders will be part of the Formulation based health assessment (FBHA) team and will work in collaboration with other members of the Eating Disorders Service as part of the team providing assessment and outpatient treatment for patients aged 18 plus with an eating disorder.
This post primarily involves medical assessment, including physical and mental assessment and monitoring of risk and understanding of patient formulation guided assessments and treatments, consultancy to a range of staff in primary care and mental health services; teaching and training; and contributing to service audit/evaluation and research .
The post holder will provide professional support to primary care networks in Cambridge and Peterborough regarding patients with eating disorders which will involve a 2-hour slot each day to support GP practices with eating disorder consultation and advice
The post holder will be required to work within the framework of the Service’s policies and procedures and to supervise, manage and support the work of less qualified team members and trainees.
The post-holder will ensure that they are in good medical standing for CPD, that their practice is up-to-date and in line with the GMCs Good Medical Practice Guidelines and will be able to evidence this for the purposes of annual appraisal.
To provide a medical assessment, treatment and consultation service for patients referred to the Eating Disorders Service (EDS) and to provide professional support to primary care networks in Cambridge and Peterborough regarding patients with eating disorders.
The post holder will support the Formulation based health assessment (FBHA) in conjunction with the rest of the MDT for patients who receive treatment / intervention from the Adult Eating Disorder Team and who are at high and moderate medical risk. The post holder will work in clinics across the region (currently in Cambridge and Huntingdon) Patients suffering from a mild to moderate eating disorder will be monitored at their surgery by trained HCAs and the eating disorder Service will be responsible for checking results of bloods /physical observations and ECGs and take any required actions.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Medical Assessment and Monitoring
• To work closely with the other members of the FBAR team (HCA, CNS, GP and consultant psychiatrists)
• To provide an assessment of physical risk as part of the EDS multi-disciplinary assessment team. This will include arranging and interpreting appropriate investigations (e.g. blood tests, ECG, Dexa scan).
• To contribute to multidisciplinary assessments, care planning, clinical reports and referral to other appropriate agencies/services.
• To provide feedback to patients and appropriate professionals regarding formulation based health assessment related to eating disorders.
• To provide health education advice for clients following the medical assessment / review.
• To provide on-going monitoring of physical health symptoms related to the eating disorder during the patients’ time in treatment, to link with their GPs when appropriate.
• To provide end of treatment assessment reports to patient and relevant professionals when appropriate
• To work with Primary care and Check results + take any required actions for patients monitored at the surgery by trained HCAs.
Medical Treatment
• To provide medical treatment recommendations for patients who meet the Eating Disorder Service treatment criteria.
• To refer to appropriate agencies for further medical assessment / treatments, as necessary. This can be a referral to hospital if patient needs urgent treatment on medical ward.
Job Plan
It is anticipated that the 6 sessions will be worked flexibly to include direct patient assessment, liaison/support of GPs and EDS staff and attendance at MDT team meetings and assessment feedback sessions
A final job plan will be negotiated with the post holder, with consideration of the post holder’s interests as well as service needs.
Clinical Governance
• The post-holder will be aware of, and act within, locally and nationally agreed protocols and will be actively involved in clinical governance within the service.
The post-holder will ensure any issues of concern are appropriately escalated and that any incidents are appropriately reported
This advert closes on Wednesday 30 Jul 2025
The post holders will be part of the Formulation based health assessment (FBHA) team and will work in collaboration with other members of the Eating Disorders Service as part of the team providing assessment and outpatient treatment for patients aged 18 plus with an eating disorder.
This post primarily involves medical assessment, including physical and mental assessment and monitoring of risk and understanding of patient formulation guided assessments and treatments, consultancy to a range of staff in primary care and mental health services; teaching and training; and contributing to service audit/evaluation and research .
The post holder will provide professional support to primary care networks in Cambridge and Peterborough regarding patients with eating disorders which will involve a 2-hour slot each day to support GP practices with eating disorder consultation and advice
The post holder will be required to work within the framework of the Service’s policies and procedures and to supervise, manage and support the work of less qualified team members and trainees.
The post-holder will ensure that they are in good medical standing for CPD, that their practice is up-to-date and in line with the GMCs Good Medical Practice Guidelines and will be able to evidence this for the purposes of annual appraisal.
To provide a medical assessment, treatment and consultation service for patients referred to the Eating Disorders Service (EDS) and to provide professional support to primary care networks in Cambridge and Peterborough regarding patients with eating disorders.
The post holder will support the Formulation based health assessment (FBHA) in conjunction with the rest of the MDT for patients who receive treatment / intervention from the Adult Eating Disorder Team and who are at high and moderate medical risk. The post holder will work in clinics across the region (currently in Cambridge and Huntingdon) Patients suffering from a mild to moderate eating disorder will be monitored at their surgery by trained HCAs and the eating disorder Service will be responsible for checking results of bloods /physical observations and ECGs and take any required actions.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Medical Assessment and Monitoring
• To work closely with the other members of the FBAR team (HCA, CNS, GP and consultant psychiatrists)
• To provide an assessment of physical risk as part of the EDS multi-disciplinary assessment team. This will include arranging and interpreting appropriate investigations (e.g. blood tests, ECG, Dexa scan).
• To contribute to multidisciplinary assessments, care planning, clinical reports and referral to other appropriate agencies/services.
• To provide feedback to patients and appropriate professionals regarding formulation based health assessment related to eating disorders.
• To provide health education advice for clients following the medical assessment / review.
• To provide on-going monitoring of physical health symptoms related to the eating disorder during the patients’ time in treatment, to link with their GPs when appropriate.
• To provide end of treatment assessment reports to patient and relevant professionals when appropriate
• To work with Primary care and Check results + take any required actions for patients monitored at the surgery by trained HCAs.
Medical Treatment
• To provide medical treatment recommendations for patients who meet the Eating Disorder Service treatment criteria.
• To refer to appropriate agencies for further medical assessment / treatments, as necessary. This can be a referral to hospital if patient needs urgent treatment on medical ward.
Job Plan
It is anticipated that the 6 sessions will be worked flexibly to include direct patient assessment, liaison/support of GPs and EDS staff and attendance at MDT team meetings and assessment feedback sessions
A final job plan will be negotiated with the post holder, with consideration of the post holder’s interests as well as service needs.
Clinical Governance
• The post-holder will be aware of, and act within, locally and nationally agreed protocols and will be actively involved in clinical governance within the service.
The post-holder will ensure any issues of concern are appropriately escalated and that any incidents are appropriately reported
This advert closes on Wednesday 30 Jul 2025