# Consultant Paediatrician ARFID Pathway > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-paediatrician-arfid-pathway/82046895-7ff5-49e1-9a13-40f7946b92b7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-paediatrician-arfid-pathway/82046895-7ff5-49e1-9a13-40f7946b92b7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Adult Mental Health Services - Tower Hamlets Directorate - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Paediatrics - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term 12 months) - **Employment type:** Part time - 4 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-14T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-14T11:30:43.774Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Paediatrics_Mental_Health_Psychiatry/Community_Paediatrics_Mental_Health_Psychiatry-v8202552 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8202552?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview 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. ### Detailed job description and main 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. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### 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 ### Qualifications **Essential** - MB BS or equivalent - MRCP / MRCPCH or equivalent **Desirable** - BSc in medical subject - PhD, MD MSc, DCH ### 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 ### 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 ### 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 ### 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 ### 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 ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10561709) - [elft at a glance (pdf, 151.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1110) - [elft strategy 2026 (pdf, 421.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3090) - [elft staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 920.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1111) - [trust demographic information (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1844) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.