Consultant in Old Age Liaison Psychiatry
St Johns Hospital, Livingston
Reference 208584
NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
We will fully support disabled candidates and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
Applicants must have full GMC Registration, a license to practise and eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. Portfolio Pathway (formerly known as CESR - Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive consultant post once it has been awarded. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
Applications are welcome for the above Permanent, full time (40 hours per week) post based in St John’s Hospital.
This is a chance to be part of a well-established team at a time of positive development. 7 sessions will be old age psychiatric liaison work, covering inpatients across the medical and surgical wards at St John's Hospital. There are occasional referrals from the medical HBCCC ward at Tippethill Hospital, based around 8 miles away (one of our dementia HBCCC wards is also in this hospital). 2 sessions will be HBCCC and 1 SPA sessions.
We would be happy to consider applicants who would prefer to consider part time working. There will also be the possibility of revising the clinical work covered depending on service needs and the interests and skills of the successful applicant.
The postholder will be supported by a liaison team which includes 2 liaison nurses and a liaison psychiatrist in the general adult liaison team who has some sessions for older adults. There will be joint meetings with the general adult liaison staff and nurses. St John’s hospital is a small district general hospital, and we already have good links with the consultant geriatricians who are supportive to our service. There is opportunity in this role to develop the old age liaison service, with potential to design new policies, guidelines, or teaching for the general hospital.
The post holder will be expected to assess and manage mental health on the medical and surgical wards with the support of liaison nurses. They will be expected to attend some MDT meetings on the wards and liaise with families when appropriate. They will be expected to use the Mental Health Act, Adult with Incapacity Act and also support other specialties with complex capacity assessments.
More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.
We cannot accept CV’s as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted. Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally.
Closing Date: 05/03/2025