Consultant - Old Age Liaison Psychiatry

Consultant Old Age Liaison Psychiatry 

University Hospital Wishaw and University Hospital Monklands

This is a Older Adult Liaison Psychiatry post, primarily based in University Hospital Wishaw and University Hospital Monklands, including other community hospitals in North Lanarkshire. The successful candidate would be joining an established and experience Older Adult Liaison team which provides input into the three Acute hospital sites and relevant offsite beds. Currently this comprises the clinical lead of the Liaison service Dr Rekha Hegde (0.5 WTE) based at University Hospital Hairmyres, 2.3 WTE Band 7 nurses, 0.5 WTE psychology and 1WTE secretary based at Wishaw. The candidate would provide clinical input primarily to the Wishaw and Monklands sites.

The team are enthusiastic and have regular peer support, developmental and educational meetings. The team pride themselves on providing person centred care in the acute setting. If interested, there are additional opportunities for service development, teaching and training which will be supported.

The University of Glasgow enjoys close links with NHS Lanarkshire, and our medical students benefit greatly from the excellent educational opportunities provided by the board in both primary and secondary care. Those who are or who will be involved in teaching our students, or in any other activity which involves a contribution to teaching, research or scholarship within the University are eligible for honorary status at the University of Glasgow.

Honorary Status Role Holders are entitled to numerous benefits including a University of Glasgow ID card, use of the Library and other facilities, and a University IT account as required for their role. They have access to all courses run by the IT Services on the same basis as members of staff and are also permitted an educational discount when PC equipment is purchased through the IT Services.

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Informal enquiries regarding this post will be welcomed by Dr Sowmya Munishankar, Clinical Director, Old Age Psychiatry on .

For any application queries, please contact Nicole Hetherington, Senior HR Assistant on or via medical.dentalconsultant@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential childrens setting/secure unit.

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Interview Date: 24th January 2025