Specialty Doctor in Old Age Psychiatry

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. 

This is a fixed-term post for 12 months.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Older Adult Psychiatry team based at Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock which is part of the wider family of Old Age Psychiatry, Greater Glasgow and Clyde. The successful applicant would be less than full time working 5 sessions (including 1 SPA session) and provide acute old age liaison psychiatry senior medical support to Inverclyde Royal Hospital with sessions to the community team, proving outpatient clinic and domiciliary visits, including to local care homes. The successful applicant will work alongside a fully integrated health and social work mental health team for older adults. They will be supported by a full time consultant psychiatrist. There is another part time locum consultant psychiatrist and a full time speciality grade old age psychiatrist. There is a well-established older adult acute liaison, care home liaison and community mental health teams for Inverclyde. Consultant psychiatrist will provide regular clinical supervision as required for level of seniority in the grade. There is a strong focus on continuous professional development and time will be given in the job plan for teaching and training. For those interesting in pursuing CESR, Greater Glasgow and Clyde Old Age Psychiatry are developing CESR Tutors and would be pleased to explore this option although this will be a fixed term post in the first instance.

All applicants must possess full GMC registration, a licence to practice, shall with at least 4 Years full time Post Graduate Training, two of which must be in a specialty training programme or specialty registrar locum appointment for training (LAT); or you will demonstrate and evidence equivalent experience and competencies. For Speciality doctor posts, there is also an expectation that candidates have completed Day 1 and Day 2 of Section 22 Training prior to taking up the post. There is also potential to discuss less sessional time and flexible working.

For more information, please contact: Ashley Fergie, Clinical Director OPMH GG&C, , Ashley.Fergie@ggc.scot.nhs.uk

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs. 

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Specialist and Specialty Doctors are key members of our senior medical workforce and provide a wide range of expertise and skills. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is committed to supporting your continued professional development as a SAS Doctor. We strive to support a culture of development that embodies the aims of the SAS Charter and the NES SAS Development Programme. As detailed in the weblink below all SAS Doctors in Greater Glasgow and Clyde are appointed a designated Education Advisor who provides support in education, training and SAS Development Fund opportunities.

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https://www.scotlanddeanery.nhs.scot/media/398573/sas-development-programme-brochure-2020.pdf 

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde- NHS Scotland encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.  

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