Consultant Paediatrician

Job overview

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Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and committed Consultant Paediatrician to join our evolving Children and Young People’s Gender Service (CYPGS). This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a multidisciplinary, holistic service supporting children and young people experiencing gender-related distress.

The post holder will play a key role in delivering specialist paediatric assessment and care, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team including psychology, psychiatry, nursing, and allied health professionals. You will help shape and develop a responsive, evidence-informed service focused on the wellbeing, safety, and individual needs of young people and their families.

This dedicated community-based service provides timely access to multi-disciplinary assessment and intervention to children and young people from across the country, predominantly those in the north, up to the age of 18. The North West service works closely and aligns with other regional hubs already ‘live’ or currently in development.

Main duties of the job

• Provide comprehensive paediatric assessment and ongoing care for children and young people referred to the Gender Service
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to develop personalised care plans and improve pathways for children and young people
• Contribute to service development, clinical governance, and quality improvement initiatives
• Development of pathways and protocols to improve care for children with complex
• needs
• Participate in safeguarding processes and holistic risk assessment
• Support teaching, training, and supervision of junior medical staff and multidisciplinary colleagues
• Engage in research and service evaluation where appropriate

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

Allowing for flexibility according to the skills of the successful applicant, the responsibilities will be as follows:

Clinical work will be particularly around: -

• Assessment and management of children and young people who are experiencing gender incongruence and who may benefit from clinical support
• Vulnerable children, children looked after
• Developmental delay
• Assessment and management of children with Neurodevelopmental disorders
• Behavioural problems, to assess whether there are underlying developmental aetiologies
• Joint working service to improve pathways for children and young people
• Development of pathways and protocols to improve care for children with complex needs

Please see JD attached for full overview

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.