Job Description

We are delighted to invite applications for a 3 PA Locum Consultant General Paediatrician to join the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED).

MCCAED is situated within the CAMHS Clinical Academic Group of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, the most comprehensive mental health service for children and young people in the country. This is the sole Consultant Paediatrician Post within the service.



This post would be suitable for a Consultant General Paediatrician with a special interest in child and adolescent eating disorders. The successful candidate will primarily support the work of the ARFID service within MCCAED and also provide paediatric consultation and advice across the wider eating disorder service. In addition to extensive opportunities to develop expertise in this area, there are also excellent opportunities for quality improvement activities, research, teaching and training.

About our locations:

Maudsley Hospital (headquarters)



The post will be located on the Maudsley site, location of our Trust headquarters, which is less than 5 minutes from Denmark Hill train station (zone 2). In the next few months our clinic will be moving from the Michael Rutter Centre to a larger new purpose-built clinic with state-of-the-art facilities on the same site called the Pears Maudsley Centre.

Flexible working:

As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 8am to 6pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance. (This may include working early mornings, later evenings or Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post)



The postholder will have the following key areas of responsibility:

Provide general paediatric assessment, advice and consultation for patients under the ARFID service with a range of comorbid conditions. Support the development of multi-disciplinary treatment plans for each patient Liaise with wider paediatric services regarding the care of children and adolescents in the ARFID service. Liaise with other health professionals and social care teams as necessary to support appropriate care for patients. Support and advise colleagues regarding the paediatric care of children and adolescents with ARFID * Provide paediatric consultation and advice to the wider eating disorder service i.e. Outpatient Eating Disorder Service, START and Intensive Therapy service