Consultant Paediatrician ARFID Pathway: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a community-based, specialist ARFID Pathway within the East London Community Eating Disorder Service for Children and Young People (EL CEDS-CYP). The job is based at the Emanuel Miller Centre, 11 Gill Street, London E14 8HQ, with cross-site working across Tower Hamlets, Newham and City & Hackney.

The post is part-time — 4 Programmed Activities (PAs), with 1 PA protected for Supporting Professional Activities (SPA), including Continuous Professional Development. Part-time and flexible working patterns are welcomed. This post would suit an existing Consultant in Community or Acute Paediatrics working in other roles within East London, or could be a standalone post.

The post holder will be expected to work alongside the Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist and jointly provide medical leadership to the ARFID Pathway. They will support the team with children and young people aged 8-18 with Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) or suspected ARFID, performing, supervising and managing physical health assessments, liaising with secondary and primary care colleagues, and reviewing/developing protocols to ensure effective and efficient service delivery and joint working with partner agencies, including local acute Trusts.

Main duties of the job

1. To be responsible for organising and prioritising own workload in the day-to-day allocation of work within the ARFID Pathway.

2. To deputise when required in the ARFID Pathway Lead’s absence on paediatric matters and delegate appropriately to other medical staff.

3. To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.

4. To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.

5. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk, and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust’s risk register.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent
• MRCP / MRCPCH or equivalent

Desirable

• BSc in medical subject
• PhD, MD MSc, DCH

Professional training

Essential

• -Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Community Child Health or Paediatrics or equivalent (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview)
• -Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) (CESR candidates must have written GMC confirmation upon successful application)
• 6 months Clinical experince of working in Community Paediatrics

Desirable

• SPIN or Diploma in Paediatric Neurodisability
• CCT in community Child helath

Clinical Knowledge

Essential

• oAbility to conduct assessments for children in care
• oExtensive experience of working in a multidisciplinary Child Development Team and the ability to seek advice from, share experience with, and offer support to other team members
• oCompetent in management of common general paediatric problems – acute o and chronic
• oUp to date with Level 3 competences in Safeguarding Children
• oable to conduct and supervise of Child Protection Medical Assessments
• oExperience working in partnership with Education, Social Care and other stakeholders

Desirable

• Previous experience as Named Dr for Looked after chidren or Child protection
• o has held role of medcial advisor for adoption and Experience of writing reports for Adoption panel
• Experience of attending Child death review meetings and/or contributing CDOP Panel
• Current portfolio in research
• Competent use of Griffiths III or other similar developmental assessment tool
• Experience in managing children with complex neurological and developmental problems
• Experince of work in autism

Clinical governance

Essential

• orecord of completed audit projects in application. ,
• oservice development work and/or Quality Improvement projects in application

Desirable

• oexperince of NHS complaint handling/ critical incident reporting
• orisk mangemnet training

Teaching

Essential

• oExperinece of under graduate teaching
• oHas experience of postgraduate paediatric teaching

Desirable

• oHas undertaken ‘train the trainer’ training
• oCurrent portfolio as a medical educator

medical management

Essential

• Good verbal and written communication
• experience of supervision of Trainees and/or specilaity drs
• Competent in relevant IT skills required for working in the NHS

Desirable

• Completed mangement course
• Experience as educational supervisor for trainees
• Evidence of experience in change mangement in application

Personal or other skills

Essential

• oShows decision making and judgement, breadth of thinking and initiative
• oShows adaptability and flexibility in accordance with service needs
• oAbility to operate under pressure and cope with setbacks
• oEnthusiastic and motivated
• oTrustworthy and reliable
• oDisplays honesty, integrity and awareness of ethical dilemmas

Communication and interpersonal skill

Essential

• oHas good verbal communication skills
• oAbility to express complex medical issues in lay terms
• oAbility to empathise with people from different backgrounds and demonstrate cultural compentency
• oAbility to communicate with parents and children effectively, and to explain complex medical conditions and treatment

Desirable

• oAbility to champion Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the workplace

Closing Date: 11 September 2026