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

• To be responsible for organising and prioritising own workload in the day-to-day allocation of work within the ARFID Pathway.
• To deputise when required in the ARFID Pathway Lead's absence on paediatric matters and delegate appropriately to other medical staff.
• To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.
• To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.
• 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.

About us
East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) is recognised as a centre of excellence for innovation and improvement, and the postholder would be working within Specialist Children and Young People's Services (SCYPS). We are committed to iealth and well-being of babies, children and young people in Newham and North East London. Partnership, quality improvement and evidence-based research and practice remains at the heart of our service delivery so that we can provide the best possible care, and ensure our patients achieve the best possible outcomes. East London NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as "Outstanding" following CQC inspections in 2016, 2018 and again in 2021. The Trust is committed to pursuing equity, patient participation and staff engagement. Making the Trust an excellent place to work is one of our key priorities. Our staff are our most prized asset and we are committed to improve the working lives of our staff across all services and teams. We strongly believe in supporting all staff to develop and grow, and have a strong professional development and lifelong learning ethos, linked to a commitment to clinical supervision and appraisal processes.

Job responsibilities

• To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions, guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.
• The post holder will have full registration with a licence to practise on the General Medical Council (GMC).
• Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses, workshops, study and in-house training programmes.
• To be responsible and accountable for the paediatric physical health input to children and young people on the ARFID Pathway.

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

• Ability to conduct assessments for children in care
• Extensive 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
• Competent in management of common general paediatric problems - acute and chronic
• Up to date with Level 3 competences in Safeguarding Children
• Able to conduct and supervise of Child Protection Medical Assessments
• Experience working in partnership with Education, Social Care and other stakeholders

Desirable

• Previous experience as Named Dr for Looked after chidren or Child protection
• 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

• Record of completed audit projects in application.
• Service development work and/or Quality Improvement projects in application

Desirable

• Experince of NHS complaint handling/ critical incident reporting
• Risk mangemnet training

Teaching
Essential

• Experinece of under graduate teaching
• Has experience of postgraduate paediatric teaching

Desirable

• Has undertaken 'train the trainer' training
• Current 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

• Shows decision making and judgement, breadth of thinking and initiative
• Shows adaptability and flexibility in accordance with service needs
• Ability to operate under pressure and cope with setbacks
• Enthusiastic and motivated
• Trustworthy and reliable
• Displays honesty, integrity and awareness of ethical dilemmas

Communication and interpersonal skill
Essential

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

Desirable

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

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).