South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Specialty Doctor (Locum) – Adult Eating Disorders Inpatient Unit
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Specialty Doctor Opportunity at Gerald Russell Unit
The Gerald Russell Unit is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and skilled Specialty Doctor to join one of the United Kingdom’s leading specialist inpatient services for adults with eating disorders.
About the Role
The successful candidate will contribute to the assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of adults with severe eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, ARFID, and other complex eating disorder presentations. Patients frequently present with significant psychiatric and physical health risks requiring highly specialized multidisciplinary care.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide psychiatric and medical input to the inpatient service, including assessment, physical health monitoring, nutritional rehabilitation, risk management, treatment planning, family work, and discharge planning.
- Participate in assessment of referrals, undertake admission psychiatric and physical health assessments, complete mental state examinations, assess psychiatric and physical risk, and contribute to multidisciplinary formulations, treatment plans, and individualized care plans.
- Monitor physical health throughout admission, assess and manage medical complications associated with eating disorders, oversee nutritional rehabilitation and refeeding programmes, and help prevent and manage refeeding syndrome.
- Attend ward rounds, MDT meetings, CPA reviews, and family meetings where appropriate, contribute to formulation discussions, and support collaborative decision-making. Include families and carers appropriately, contribute to psychoeducation, and maintain a patient-centred approach. The role also includes assessment and management of psychiatric and physical health risk.
- Participate in Mental Health Act assessments and reviews, undertake Mental Capacity Act assessments where appropriate, contribute to best interests decisions, and develop expertise in treatment refusal, ethical dilemmas, and the legal aspects of specialist eating disorders practice.
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Development Opportunities
The post offers excellent opportunities to develop expertise in the management of eating disorders, the interface between psychiatry and medicine, Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act practice, and psychologically informed multidisciplinary care.
Team and Support
The successful applicant will join a highly experienced multidisciplinary team and will receive regular consultant supervision together with opportunities to participate in teaching, quality improvement, research, and service development.
About the Unit
The Gerald Russell Unit is an 18-bedded specialist inpatient unit providing assessment and treatment for adults with eating disorders requiring inpatient care. The service accepts referrals from both local and national pathways and provides care for patients with significant psychiatric and medical complexity.
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Inpatient Programme Includes
- Nutritional rehabilitation and refeeding
- Medical stabilisation and monitoring
- Psychiatric assessment and treatment
- Psychological therapies
- Motivational enhancement approaches
- Cognitive remediation therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Family and carer interventions
- Recovery-focused rehabilitation
- Discharge planning and transition to community services
Working Environment
The unit forms part of the wider Adult Eating Disorders Service, which also includes specialist outpatient and day treatment programmes. The post holder’s responsibilities will be focused primarily on inpatient care, whilst maintaining close working relationships with community and day services to facilitate integrated pathways of care.
The Gerald Russell Unit has a strong commitment to multidisciplinary working, reflective practice, clinical excellence, and continuous service development.
Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
- Name: Ian Ssenyonga
- Job title: Ward Manager
- Email address: Ian.Ssenyonga@slam.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07849734111
Dr Ivana Picek
Consultant Psychiatrist
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Eating Disorder Inpatient Service | New Douglas Bennett House | Gerald Russell Unit | 4th Floor | Windsor Walk | London | SE5 8AZ
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