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Applications are invited for a CT LAT within Mental Health Services.
This post is based at Royal Cornhill Hospital and will involve working within either General Adult Psychiatry or Older Adult Psychiatry under Consultant supervision.
Royal Cornhill Hospital is the main centre in the North East of Scotland for the care and treatment of people with severe Mental Health difficulties. It is also the main training centre for medical and nursing staff who work in Mental Health. The hospital is located close to the centre of Aberdeen and provides in-patient, community and emergency care.
You will join the Tier 1 on call rota providing Mental Health and Learning Disabilities cover in a busy hospital and associated sites, working within multi-disciplinary teams. The workload is varied and interesting with many opportunities to extend medical experience.
You will attend the weekly teaching programme during term time and engage with training opportunities based on the Core Psychiatry training curriculum.
The available post will be for 6 months from 6th August 2025 until 3rd February 2026.
The Postgraduate Dean confirms that this placement and / or programme has the required educational and Postgraduate Dean's approval.
Full registration with a licence to practise with the GMC is required. (licence to practise must be in place prior to starting in post). For more information visit www.gmc-uk.org
Applicants may be eligible for excess travel and relocation expenses. Information regarding nationally agreed excess travel and relocation are contained in NHS Circular PCS(DD) 2010/8. Relocation information can be accessed by visiting: https://www.scotmt.scot.nhs.uk/recruitment/specialty-recruitment/key-documents
Please note this post may close early due to volume of applications.
For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Leah Drever, Consultant Psychiatrist in Older Adult Mental Health and Training Programme Director for Core Psychiatry Training by email at leah.drever@nhs.scot
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.
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NHS Grampian forms one of the fourteen regional health boards of NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing health and social care services to a population of over 500,000 people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.
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