Consultant Paediatrician

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and committed Consultant Paediatrician to join our evolving Children and Young People's Gender Service (CYPGS). This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a multidisciplinary, holistic service supporting children and young people experiencing gender-related distress. The post holder will play a key role in delivering specialist paediatric assessment and care, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team including psychology, psychiatry, nursing, and allied health professionals.

You will help shape and develop a responsive, evidence-informed service focused on the wellbeing, safety, and individual needs of young people and their families. This dedicated community-based service provides timely access to multi-disciplinary assessment and intervention to children and young people from across the country, predominantly those in the north, up to the age of 18. The North West service works closely and aligns with other regional hubs already 'live' or currently in development., Provide comprehensive paediatric assessment and ongoing care for children and young people referred to the Gender Service Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to develop personalised care plans and improve pathways for children and young people Contribute to service development, clinical governance, and quality improvement initiatives Development of pathways and protocols to improve care for children with complex needs Participate in safeguarding processes and holistic risk assessment Support teaching, training, and supervision of junior medical staff and multidisciplinary colleagues Engage in research and service evaluation where appropriate, Clinical Allowing for flexibility according to the skills of the successful applicant, the responsibilities will be as follows: Clinical work will be particularly around: - Assessment and management of children and young people who are experiencing gender incongruence and who may benefit from clinical support Vulnerable children, children looked after Developmental delay Assessment and management of children with Neurodevelopmental disorders Behavioural problems, to assess whether there are underlying developmental aetiologies Joint working service to improve pathways for children and young people Development of pathways and protocols to improve care for children with complex needs Key Responsibilities Provide medical leadership and expertise working with the Service lead and Service Manager to ensure the specialty achieves its strategic objectives of person centred care In conjunction with service management, ensure that performance targets for the specialty are met and reported on.

Support the standardization of practice by contributing to clinical guidelines / protocols across the service; setting up common sets of clinical standards and outcome measures. Ensure seamless provision of high-quality integrated care to patients along established care pathways. To contribute to the services quality improvement strategy. To support the Clinical Director in ensuring the service has systems for monitoring the quality of clinical care in the service.

To collaborate with the Service Lead in the management of any risks. Actively promote effective multi-disciplinary working within the specialty and collaborative working with other stakeholders. Collaborate with Community & Mental Health Clinical Directors to ensure that all medical Colleagues have effective job plans to ensure clinical objectives are met. Along with the senior management team lead the planning and development of services, offering a medical perspective to discussions.

Deputise for the Clinical Director as required. Teaching & Academic role Participate in the teaching and training of undergraduates and postgraduates. Offer training in child development to health personnel and staff in partner agencies. Develop research interests in their area of interest and exper