Locum Specialty Doctor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

NHS Lanarkshire

Fixed Term (1 Year)

Locum Specialty Doctor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 

NHS Lanarkshire presents a fantastic opportunity to join an innovative and collaborative large CAMHS service. We are looking to recruit a specialty doctor in child and adolescent psychiatry to NHS Lanarkshire.  The post will be based at Udston Hospital in Hamilton and Airbles Road Child and Family Clinic in Motherwell.

The post sits within a large health board in Scotland which currently has over 70 consultant psychiatrists and 20 specialty doctors and associate specialists in post.  The CAMHS service has undergone significant recent development and enhancement. This has included a Neurodevelopmental Service with clinicians from across Children’s Services which has research links with the University of Glasgow. There have also been system redesigns to enhance patient care such as the expansion of the CAMHS Tier 4 teams. 

The Lanarkshire service covers a total population of around 655,000.  It covers a diverse geographical area of large urban areas in the northern part of the county with a large rural area in the southern part of the county.  The service currently receives around 8000 referrals per year. 

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Informal enquires regarding the post will be welcomed by Dr Lisa Sigouin, Clinical Director for CAMHS on 01698 754514 or Dr Adam Brodie, Associate Medical Director on 01698 753820.    

For any application queries, please contact Lynn Cliens, HR Assistant 01698 754351 or via medical.dentalSAS@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

Interview Date: Thursday 4^th April 2024

‘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.

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