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This less than fulltime post (8 PA) provides acute psychiatric inpatient care for patients over 65 years within the Shawmill Resource Centre locality of southeast Glasgow City. This has a catchment area population of approximately 15000 older adults. The successful candidate would have inpatient acute admission responsibilities for patients from this area and responsibilities for a 28 bedded organic Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care unit.
The post will be provided with full time junior doctor cover shared with the outpatient consultant for Shawmill Resource Centre. The associated medical secretary is based at Leverndale Hospital. There is an excellent multidisciplinary community mental health team based at Shawmill Resource Centre in Pollokshaws, South Glasgow which consists of Nurse Team Lead, CPNs, Specialist Care Home Liaison Nurses, Clinical Psychology, Occupational Therapy and Health Care Support Workers. There is also an Old Age Psychiatry acute liaison service which covers the South Glasgow hospitals including the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. There are post diagnostic link workers who provide support and follow up following a dementia diagnosis. There are good links with Primary Care and other Secondary Care specialties.
The post holder will work alongside 6 other Older Adult Consultant Psychiatrists (5 WTE) and 2.6 Speciality Doctors.
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. CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive consultant post once CESR is awarded. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
The job is offered as a full-time post on a 10 PA basis but applications will be considered from those wishing to work less than full-time. Up to 2 EPA’s may be available to undertake additional outpatient and/or procedure sessions or management activity.
Additional Non DCC (up to 2 PA’s in total – Inclusive of 1 core SPA plus 1 additional non DCC can be negotiated and agreed between the successful candidate and Management depending on the time required to support professional activities and the needs of the service.
All newly qualified Consultants are initially offered a minimum of 1 Core Supporting Professional Activity (SPA) which includes CPD, audit, clinical governance, appraisal, revalidation, job planning and management meetings. This will be reviewed within 6 months (or earlier if required) of appointment and revised upwards if additional responsibilities are agreed.