Specialty Doctor in Eating Disorders ARFID Pathway

This six-month fixed-term Specialty Doctor post sits on the ARFID Pathway within the East London Community Eating Disorders Service for Children and Young People. The post holder assesses children and young people aged 8 to 18 with suspected or confirmed avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder and delivers a short, time-limited intervention alongside monitoring of physical health. Work is multidisciplinary, with liaison to paediatric teams, a shared duty rota and optional audit, research or supervised therapy. Full GMC registration and experience with young people are required.

What the job involves

• Assess the mental and physical health of children and young people with ARFID or suspected ARFID
• Contribute to treatment, including medical monitoring where required
• Contribute to the time-limited, evidence-based ARFID brief intervention, supported by MDT formulation
• Work with the Consultant Paediatrician for the pathway and the consultant psychiatry team
• Liaise with community and acute paediatric teams
• Take part in the CEDS-CYP duty rota as agreed with the supervising consultant
• Contribute to professional and practice development
• Take part in audit, service evaluation, QI projects and research, according to personal development goals
• Take on a therapy case under supervision (family therapy, FBT or CBT), if interested

What’s required

Qualifications

• MBBS, MBChB or equivalent

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration

Experience

• Four years’ postgraduate training (or equivalent), including two years in a relevant speciality training or fixed-term post, or equivalent experience
• Experience of working with children and adolescents
• Experience in different clinical settings and with people with serious and enduring mental illness

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of child and adolescent mental health disorders, their management and pharmacological treatments
• Knowledge of mental health legislation and healthcare governance
• Risk assessment and management, and outcome measurement
• Knowledge of the role of voluntary organisations
• Assessing, formulating and prioritising patients’ needs
• Applying research and theory to practice

Other

• Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication
• Developing effective relationships in multidisciplinary and inter-agency working
• Working autonomously as well as in a team
• Coping effectively under pressure and in stressful situations
• Courteous and respectful of patients, families and carers

Nice to have

• Section 12 approval
• MRCPsych
• Experience of working with young people with acute and severe mental health problems
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of eating disorders
• Evidence-based service development
• Skills in a range of therapeutic interventions and psychosocial treatment options

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