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Clinical Lead for Huntington's Disease Service
NHS Lanarkshire (Currently Hunter Health Centre, East Kilbride) (4PA's)
Fixed Term (1 year)
We welcome applications for the Clinical Lead for NHS Lanarkshire’s Huntington’s Disease Service. This post is offered at 4 PAs, and the option for a job share will also be considered. This post is open to Consultants only. The successful candidate will provide medical support and clinical leadership to a well-established community team provided and funded by the Scottish Huntington’s Association. The successful candidate(s) will provide clinical leadership in the assessment and management of patients with Huntington’s disease and support non-medical colleagues in a consultative role. The consultant will provided consultative cover for inpatients who will be managed by their respective sector teams. This is a very rewarding post which with much collegial interaction through SHA and UK HD Network.
Clinical leads for the HD service can be Psychiatrists, Neurologists, Palliative care physicians or those with an interest in Movement disorders, and as stated above, a shared approach to leading this service in NHS Lanarkshire will be considered from interested parties.
The successful candidate(s) will be well supported by an enthusiastic and experienced team. There will be regular peer support, developmental and educational meetings. The service prides itself on providing person centred care and working collaboratively with families and other agencies. If interested, there are additional opportunities for service development, teaching and training, and research which will be supported. The consultant would be expected to act as Principal Investigator for Enroll-HD study and to be involved in other research studies.
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Informal enquiries regarding this post will be welcomed by Dr Sowmya Munishankar, Clinical Director, Old Age Psychiatry on 01698 754420.
For any application queries, please contact Nicole Hetherington, Senior HR Assistant on 01698 754350 or via medical.dentalconsultant@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
‘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.
Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information on the UK Border Agency’s new points based system that now governs the way individuals from outside the EEA can work in the UK at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.
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Interview Date - 29th May 2024.