Locum Consultant General Paediatrician (N&S MCCAED) (CAMHS)

Maudsley Learning; London; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Locum Consultant General Paediatrician for a part-time role focusing on child and adolescent eating disorders. The position offers opportunities for quality improvement, research, and flexible working arrangements. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in general paediatrics and a special interest in eating disorders, providing vital support to a multidisciplinary team.

Benefits

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Wide experience in all aspects of general paediatrics.
• Specialist training in general paediatrics.
• Evidence of mental health training.

Responsibilities

• Provide general paediatric assessment and consultation.
• Support development of multi-disciplinary treatment plans.
• Liaise with health professionals for patient care.

Skills

Leadership

Mental Health Training

Paediatric Nutrition

Paediatric Endocrinology

Education

MRCPCH or equivalent

Other higher degree or diploma e.g. MD

Job description

Locum Consultant General Paediatrician (N&S MCCAED) (CAMHS)

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

Main area Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Locum) Hours Part time - 3 sessions per week Job ref 334-CHI-7174308-JA

Site Michael Rutter Centre Town London Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum pro rata Closing 10/06/2025 23:59

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role.We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

Working for our organisation

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.

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)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specification

Qualifications

• MRCPCH or equivalent
• Full Registration with GMC and Name on Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT date, and is expected to achieve a CCT
• Other higher degree or diploma e.g. MD

Training and Experience

• Wide experience in all aspects of general paediatrics, culminating in award of CCT or equivalent.
• Specialist training in general paediatrics Evidenced Level 3 safeguarding training
• Evidence of mental health training, or paediatric nutrition or paediatric endocrinology

Administration

• Experience in day-to-day organisation of general paediatric services in a busy Teaching Hospital
• Familiar with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Management and Leadership

• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams
• Previous experience of service development and managing change in the workplace
• Management course and/or qualification

Audit, research and publications

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.
• Understanding of clinical research
• Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of child health
• Publication of relevant review articles or case reports

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

• That all applications for this post will need to be made online
• That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That we are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Dr Philippa Hugo Job title Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Email address [e-mail]