Consultant General Adult Psychiatry (Inpatient)
NHS Lanarkshire – University Hospital Wishaw
This is an exciting time to join a dynamic, forward-thinking, and passionate team within Lanarkshire’s Mental Health Services. We have always been an ambitious organisation aiming to improve the wellbeing of everyone we serve. The formation of Health and Social Care Partnerships gives unprecedented opportunities to make a real difference to people with mental health problems in both primary and secondary care settings. Our focus is on quality, safety, and continuous improvement. We have been one of the pioneers of the Scottish Patient Safety Programme and there are many opportunities to be involved in this excellent programme alongside teaching and research opportunities. Lanarkshire Services have a particular focus on ensuring people receive the right service at the right time.
Lanarkshire is an area of outstanding natural beauty and is very conveniently located, within commutable distance from both Glasgow and Edinburgh. We are seeking to appoint a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our teams within our General Adult Psychiatric Inpatient Services within Lanarkshire, to implement our Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
If you have any queries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Nicole Hetherington – Senior HR Assistant at medical.dentalconsultant@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.
Informal enquiries regarding this post will be welcomed by Dr Stephen Davidson, Clinical Director (General Adult Psychiatry Inpatients) at 01698366992, or Dr Adam Brodie, Associate Medical Director at 01698753820.
‘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 children’s setting/secure unit.’
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.
Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information on the UK Border Agency’s new points-based system that now governs the way individuals from outside the EEA can work in the UK at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.
Interviews are scheduled for: Thursday 27th March 2025.
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