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Job reference: 029417
Salary: Consultant (£82,669 - £109,849)
Job closing date: 23/09/2020
Job Type: Medical and Dental
Location: Inverclyde Royal Hospital
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 40
Job posted date: 26/08/2020
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Department: Old Age Psychiatry

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Post:  consultant in old psychiatry (1 POST)

 

Base:  inverclyde

 

 

This fulltime post (10PA) will provide liaison services to the wards of the Inverclyde Royal Hospital and associated Larkfield Unit which is the Department for Geriatric Medicine. The post also provides Consultant input to Inverclyde care homes The post is supported by three liaison nurses.  The post will also provide Consultant input to Willow Ward which is a 30 bedded organic Hospital Complex Care Ward and part of the Orchard Unit.


There is an over 65 population of 16,400 in Inverclyde with 3 full time Older Adult Psychiatrists and teams which includes this post. Inpatient older adult psychiatric beds are at the Larkfield Unit Ward 4 and Willow ward which are all part of Inverclyde Royal Hospital site. Consultants are based at the Argyll Unit at Inverclyde Royal Hospital with community team both at the Argyll Unit and Crown House, Greenock.


Applicants must have full registration with the General Medical Council, a licence to practise and be eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register.   Those trained in the should have evidence of higher Specialist Training leading to a CCT or eligibility for specialist registration (CESR) or be within six months of confirmed entry at the date of interview.  Non applicants must demonstrate equivalent training. 

This fulltime post (10PA) will provide liaison services to the wards of the Inverclyde Royal Hospital, a 370 bed District General Hospital situated in Greenock. The post also provides Consultant input to Inverclyde care homes of which there are 716 beds.  The successful candidate will work alongside 2 other full time old age psychiatrists.


The post is supported by three liaison nurses and part-time secretary with additional support from the other secretaries within the old age psychiatry service. The post will also provide 2 sessions for Consultant input to Willow Ward which is a 30 bedded organic Hospital Complex Care Ward. There is an over 65 population of 16,400 in Inverclyde with 3 full time Older Adult Psychiatrists and teams including this post.


The Elderly Mental Illness Acute Ward is situated in the Larkfield Unit of the hospital.  Ward 4 has 10 functional beds and 10 organic beds for acute older adult psychiatric admissions. The hospital also hosts on-call facilities, library and an educational centre. This post holder will have admitting rights into AAU and IPCU at the Langhill unit on the Inverclyde Royal site.


The Argyll unit hosts nursing staff for Urgent assessment and Memory clinic. Groups such as Cognitive stimulation therapy are run from the Argyll Unit. There is access to multidisciplinary staff including Clinical Psychology and Allied Health Care professionals.


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