Consultant Psychiatrist Alcohol and Drug Recovery Service

Do you want an opportunity to work with the biggest Alcohol and Drugs Service in Europe, whilst continuing your CPD with protected time, and with the opportunity to enhance your CV?

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde addiction services are responsible for the delivery of addiction treatment and care services for currently over 12,000 clients. The services range from local Community Alcohol and Drug Teams through to specialist day and inpatient care, together with liaison provision for both general psychiatry and a wider Recovery Orientated System of Care. Our multidisciplinary structure includes professionals from the fields of medicine, nursing, social care, psychology, occupational therapy, dietetics and pharmacy. Renfrewshire service also commission third sector to provide a recovery orientated system of care. We are seeking an enthusiastic specialist to join our clinical team.

The post is currently based in Back Sneddon Street, Paisley and relates to the Renfrewshire HSCP catchment area. You would participate in all aspects of patient care, and multidisciplinary meetings providing consultant leadership and expertise. The service primarily receives referrals for opiate and alcohol dependency.

Full registration with the GMC, MRCPsych or FRCPsych or equivalent and a CCST are essential. You must be eligible for approval under the Scottish Mental Health Act as an AMP.

The posts combine the satisfaction of participating in an innovative and developing clinical service to a client group with high levels of morbidity for alcohol, drugs and mental health problems, together with the opportunity to become involved in further developing our recovery orientated system of care as well as a number of research projects and teaching initiatives.

Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCST or eligibility for specialist registration (CESR) or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from date of Interview.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.