This permanent 5 PA consultant post sits in the ARFID team of the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and was previously a locum role. The work centres on general paediatric assessment and management of young people with eating disorders, alongside a multidisciplinary team. Weekly ARFID sessions are combined with advice to the wider centre and a share in leadership and service development. MRCPCH and eligibility for the Specialist Register or CCT are required.
What the job involves
- Provide a regular general paediatric service to ARFID patients, including assessment and management of comorbidities
- Give paediatric consultation and advice to the Outpatient, START and Intensive Therapy services
- Support paediatric care plans, setting priorities and timelines using clinical judgement
- Assess investigation results, write reports and present information to others
- Liaise with other health professionals, social care teams and wider paediatric services
- Support and advise colleagues on the assessment and care of children and adolescents with ARFID
- Ensure high standards and protocols are in place and rigorously followed across the service
- Deliver specialist interventions in line with Trust policy, national guidance and evidence-based practice
- Support senior colleagues in meeting statutory safeguarding and child health duties
- Contribute to infection prevention and control and be accountable for the Code of Practice in own area
- Contribute to quality improvement across the service
- Contribute to leadership and strategic development, particularly paediatric aspects of care
What’s required
Qualifications
- MRCPCH by examination or equivalent
- Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
- Eligibility for the Specialist Register or CCT (or within 6 months of expected CCT date at interview)
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
Experience
- Competencies equivalent to the highest specialist paediatric training, across a range of patient groups and severities and care settings
- Multidisciplinary, inter-professional practice including primary care and social services
- Participation in a clinical audit or quality improvement project
- Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of UK paediatric and child health systems
- Ability to take a leadership role in a multidisciplinary team
- Skills in negotiating with patients, relatives and professionals where opinions differ
- High-level written and oral communication of complex, clinically sensitive information
- Valid Level 3 safeguarding and BLS training
Checks & eligibility
- Enhanced DBS
- Required immigration status
Other
- Ability to fulfil all duties of the post, including travel
Nice to have
- Higher degree or diploma in paediatrics, such as MD, PhD or MSc
- Membership of a medical defence organisation
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience in UK psychiatric settings or with young people with eating disorders
- Experience or training in paediatric nutrition or paediatric endocrinology
- Valid APLS and NLS
- Clinical skills in eating disorders and/or neurodevelopmental disorders
- Publication in a peer-reviewed journal
What’s offered
- Pay, pensions and leave dependent on role and length of service
- Flexible working, including part-time and job sharing
- Career development through mentoring, coaching and talent programmes
- Car lease deals
- Keyworker housing on selected sites
- NHS discounts of up to 10% with retailers
- Counselling services
- Cycle to work scheme
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
