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An exciting opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to be the Clinical Lead for the Adult and Young People’s Gender Dysphoria service at Sandyford. As well as offering leadership to the team the post holder will have a case load of patients requiring the assessment and diagnosis of Gender Incongruence.
This is replacement post but is being developed in response to increasing clinical demand, enabling the successful applicant to become a core member of the Gender Service, based at Sandyford Services in Glasgow. This is the largest multidisciplinary service of its type in Scotland providing care to adults and young people across the whole of Scotland. All Gender Identity Services in Scotland have recently been incorporated within a national Managed Clinical Network - the National Gender Identity Clinical Network for Scotland (NGICNS) - which is hosted by NHS Lothian, and provides opportunities for networking and involvement in service developments nationally.
The Sandyford Gender Reassignment Service provides assessments and treatments for adults wishing to be considered for gender reassignment. It is a multi-disciplinary, area service tasked with assessing, offering interventions and assisting service users in finding the best solutions to their current presentations. The Sandyford Gender Clinic is the largest service of its kind in Scotland, receiving referrals from across Scotland.
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.
NHS Scotland 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 Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.