Specialty Doctor Addiction Psychiatry

This post is intended to provide the specialist clinical and professional skills of a Speciality Doctor in the area of Addiction Psychiatry.

This post serves a progressive, forward-looking, and recovery-based addiction service across the Bellshill, Motherwell and Wishaw localities of Lanarkshire.

The post-holder would be based at the Airbles Road Centre, Motherwell.

The post-holder would be expected to work closely with multi-disciplinary community addiction team staff based in Bellshill, Motherwell and Wishaw localities (including nursing, social care, occupational therapy, psychology and medical officer staff), as well as the Substance Misuse Nursing Liaison team at University Hospital Wishaw.

There would also be regular joint working with mental health services, local social work services, and the acute sector (for example, medical services and Accident and Emergency), as well as the third sector and local peer support services.

Addiction Psychiatry in-patient care is provided at the University Hospital Wishaw psychiatric unit, under the auspices of Addiction Psychiatry service medical staff. The job plan provides time for non-clinic based activities such as CPD, research, and clinical audit.

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