# Specialty Doctor in Eating Disorders ARFID Pathway **Company**: East London NHS Foundation Trust **Location**: London **Job type**: temporary **Salary**: Negotiable **Category**: Healthcare **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9363-26-1218?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_83de6b16-65b ## Description The East London Community Eating Disorders Service for Children and Young People (CEDS-CYP) is a multidisciplinary team covering East London boroughs. The ARFID Pathway is a specialist community-based service for children and young people with Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). As a Specialty Doctor, you will be part of the ARFID Pathway, providing high-quality assessments and treatment, including medical monitoring, and contributing to professional and practice development. The post holder will work closely with the Consultant Paediatrician and the wider CEDS-CYP consultant psychiatry team, dietetic, nursing, and psychology colleagues. You will gain valuable liaison skills through working with community and acute paediatric teams and participate in the CEDS-CYP duty rota. Responsibilities include: - Providing mental and physical health assessments and treatment to children and young people with ARFID - Contributing to treatment, including medical monitoring where required - Collaborating with other team members to assess and treat patients and their families - Participating in audit, service evaluation, QI projects, and research according to personal developmental goals - Developing skills in systemic family therapy, family-based treatment, or CBT under supervision Requirements: - MB.BS, MBChB or equivalent - Full registration with the GMC - Four years of full-time postgraduate training, with at least two years in specialty training in a relevant specialty - Experience of working with children and adolescents, in different clinical settings, and with people with serious and enduring mental illness - Excellent communication skills, verbal, non-verbal, and written - Ability to function autonomously and as a team player - Skills in assessing, formulating, and prioritizing patients' needs The salary is negotiable, and the contract is fixed-term for 6 months, full-time. The central base for this post is Emanuel Miller Centre, Tower Hamlets. ## Skills ### Required - Excellent communication skills - Autonomy and teamwork - Patient assessment and formulation - Applying research to practice ### Nice to have - Section 12 Approval - MRCPsych - Experience of working with young people with mental health problems - Experience of eating disorders --- Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9363-26-1218?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)