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Applications are invited from an experienced individual for this post in General Adult Psychiatry. He/she will be supported by a Specialty Grade and a Medical Secretary. The post is less than full time.
The post will be community based at the Eastvale Resource Centre covering the Rutherglen/Cambuslang area of South Lanarkshire (general adult population of 30,169). Inpatient care is covered by a consultant based at Leverndale Hospital. There is a well resourced and established Community Mental Health Team at the Eastvale Resource Centre. The successful applicant will be expected to work closely with colleagues to provide a full range of services to the community team. He/she may join 34 other Consultants in South Glasgow and will take part in a combined on call rota on a pro rata basis.
Although the Community Mental Health Team is part of NHS Lanarkshire, medical staff at Eastvale are currently employed by NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, and patients are admitted to beds at Leverndale Hospital in South Glasgow. Staff governance for the medical staff at Eastvale is currently derived from the Mental Health Services in Glasgow. There is a shared protocol for the respective clinical governance structures at Eastvale/Leverndale between NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and NHS Lanarkshire. Since 2009 the Community Mental Health Team has been provided from Lanarkshire with the inpatient provision from Leverndale Hospital, as part of Greater Glasgow & Clyde Health Board. The Consultant appointment is to NHSGG&C.
NHS Lanarkshire has 2 Health and Social Care Partnerships one in the North and one in the South. NHS Lanarkshire, our Local Authority Partners in North and South Lanarkshire Councils, our third sector partners and the people of Lanarkshire recognise the importance of a system of health and social care that is robust, effective and efficient and which reliably ensures a high quality of support and care which is the right of the people of Lanarkshire.
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.