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Post: consultant for huntington’s management service and west dunbartonshire inpatients (1 POST)
Base: West Dunbartonshire: Vale of Leven Hospital, alexandria Huntingtons service: Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEUH), glasgow
This post (10 PA) provides a unique opportunity for the successful candidate to provide specialist psychiatric care for patients with Huntington’s Disease whilst also having inpatient responsibility for older adult inpatients based at the Vale of Leven Hospital in Alexandria. The post is split into 2 Research sessions and 2 Clinical Sessions for Huntington’s Disease and 6 sessions for inpatient psychiatry. This covers 18 inpatient older adult psychiatry beds (both functional and organic) and includes acute liaison to the district hospital of Vale of Leven which has 92 beds.
The Huntington’s Service is being resumed after a pause which supported our efforts during the COVID pandemic. We are developing the service along with support from our colleagues in The Department of Neurology and are able to offer this Consultant post in this new dynamic service which includes both clinical and research opportunities. The post holder will work alongside the Scottish Huntington’s association and is a Board wide service. Research and clinical sessions will be based at the QUEH with occasional outreach for domiciliary visits.
The Vale of Leven old age psychiatry wards support the West Dunbartonshire catchment of Dumbarton and includes an SLA with Highland for the areas of Helensburgh and the Roseneath peninsula: a catchment area of approximately 14,400.
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 UK should have evidence of higher Specialist Training leading to a CCT or be within six months of confirmed entry at the date of interview. Non UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
Additional Non-Direct Clinical Care (DCC) (up to 2 Programmed Activities(PA's) in total - inclusive of 1 Core Supported Programmed Activity (SPA) plus 1 Additional Non DCC) can be negotiated and agreed between the successful candidate and Management depending on the time required to support professional activities and the needs of the service.