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Job reference: 007524
Salary: Locum Consultant (£82,699 - £109,849)
Job closing date: 30/10/2019
Job Type: Medical and Dental
Location: Western General Hospital
Employment type: Fixed-term
Hours Per Week: 40
Job posted date: 16/10/2019
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
Department: Psychiatry

Job Advert

NHS Lothian

Locum Consultant

Liaison Psychiatry


Applications are invited for the post of a 24 month, fixed-term full-time (40hrs per week) Consultant in Liaison Psychiatry based at the Western General Hospital (WGH), Edinburgh.


The Western General Hospital is a 600 bed major teaching hospital in the City of Edinburgh.  Most medical specialties are represented as well as regional departments for Infectious Diseases, Clinical Neurosciences, Clinical Oncology and Clinical Cryogenetics.  There are Medical, Surgical and Oncological Assessment services and a minor injuries department.


The successful applicant will join the expanding Department of Psychological Medicine (DPM) at the WGH, comprised of consultant psychiatrists and trainees.  The DPM provides a liaison psychiatry service to in-patients at the WGH and some out-patient specialities from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.


The post holder will provide consultant input to the hospital inpatients. This will include triage of referrals from all areas in the hospital, personally assessing or delegating and supervising junior medical staff as appropriate. 


The post holder will also contribute to teaching and training of doctors and medical students in the department and wider hospital.  This post would suit a candidate interested in service development and special interests would be supported and encouraged in line with service need and interests and skills of the successful applicant.  Proposals for less than full time working and/or job share arrangements would be considered.


More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.


For an informal discussion please contact:


Dr Matthew King, Clinical Director Acute and General Medicine, WGH matthew.king@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk


Dr Eleanor Halloran, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, Department of Psychological Medicine, WGH, Eleanor.halloran@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk


Or


Dr Ravneet Batra, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, Department of Psychological Medicine, WGH, Ravneet.batra@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

 

Or


For a job pack detailing the minimum requirements for this post please click on the link below or email medical.personnel@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk. Please quote reference CG 1744.


Please note that details of all current medical vacancies for NHS Lothian can be found at www.medicaljobs.scot.nhs.uk


Closing Date: 30/10/2019


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