Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist ARFID Pathway

1. Provide consultant psychiatric leadership and support the continued development of the ARFID Pathway.

2. Ensure that children, young people and families consistently receive high-quality care that adheres to best practice guidelines (including NICE) and achieves high professional standards.

3. Undertake all work in the context of a recovery- and family-centred approach, placing the child, young person and their family at the centre of planning and decision-making.

4. Provide a key role as the senior medical clinician within the ARFID Pathway, supporting the wider work of the multidisciplinary team, working closely with and providing specialist psychiatric advice and support to non-medical members of the team.

5. Provide comprehensive psychiatric assessment of complex referrals, including consideration of ARFID and non-ARFID psychopathology, neurodevelopmental presentations and comorbid mental health difficulties.

8. Lead, in collaboration with paediatric colleagues, on the monitoring and treatment of physical complications associated with ARFID, including growth, nutritional status and MEED risk.

9. Provide oversight and support to the team in the medical monitoring and management of higher-risk children and young people on the pathway.

10. Liaise with community paediatricians, GPs, acute paediatric consultants and acute psychiatric colleagues as required.

11. Contribute to MDT formulation and care planning meetings and participate in the development and maintenance of care plans for children and young people, in line with the pathway's non-care-coordinating model.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Qualifications

Skills

Teaching