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.
The shift pattern for this post is Monday - Friday, 9am to 5pm.
Applications are invited for this 10-session Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry post based at Stobhill Hospital Mental Health Campus, largely managing inpatients, but with some community work at Auchinlea Resource Centre in the north east of Glasgow. The split between community and in-patient work is negotiable.
There is a well-developed and innovative multi-disciplinary team, including consultant psychiatrists, nursing, psychology, occupational therapy, as well as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Prescribing Pharmacist.
Auchinlea is the first CMHT in Scotland to have both ANP and Prescribing Pharmacist. There is excellent administrative support on site. You would be involved in the assessment and management of patients from the
Auchinlea catchment area who have within the multidisciplinary team. This would also include domiciliary visits, Court Reports, Mental Health Act / Adults with Incapacity Act work
The post-holder will have, or will achieve, Approved Medical Practitioner status in accordance with the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003. Candidates must have full GMC Registration and a license to practice. You will have completed a minimum of 4 years’ medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification of which a minimum of one year should have been in a psychiatry training programme. Equivalent years’ experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be considered.