Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry - Kirkintilloch, United Kingdom - NHS Scotland

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1 month ago

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This is a full-time post (10 sessions) with opportunity to discuss up to 2 EPA or working flexibly.


This 10 sessions post is mostly a Community Old Age Psychiatry post based in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire which is part of the Greater Glasgow and Clyde Older Peoples Mental Health Service.

Kirkintilloch is a semi-rural small town that sits at the base of the Campsie Hills and is the "Canal capital" of Scotland.

The Woodlands Centre sits adjacent to the Fourth and Clyde Canal. Kirkintilloch is in close reach of an International airport and the vibrant city of Glasgow. There is also direct rail access to Edinburgh from the local Lenzie station.

The Strathkelvin area covers mostly affluent areas of East Dunbartonshire but has also areas of deprivation within East Dunbartonshire and the small mining villages within the North Lanarkshire corridor.

This vacancy is 10 sessions.

This includes 2 sessions to cover an organic HBCCC (Health Board Complex Clinical Care) Iona ward in Gartnavel Royal Hospital.

The other Direct Clinical care sessions are based within the Community at the Woodlands CMHT. Working alongside is a 6 session inpatient older adult consultant psychiatrist who covers the inpatients from this catchment. The inpatient units are at Jura and Isla Ward, Stobhill Hospital Glasgow. and a 6 session experienced Speciality grade doctor.

There is approximately 12,000 population for the Strathkelvin area of East Dunbartonshire and 2,000 from the North Lanarkshire corridor.

This is a population that is mainly over 65 years of age with both functional and organic mental disorders but also includes some younger people with dementia.

Community work will include consultant psychiatry input to an expanding care home liaison team which has recently integrated with Adult care home liaison to cover the 6 care homes within this posts catchment and there is regular support from clinical psychology.

GPST or CT1-3 Junior Doctors are commonly placed with the team. The post holder would have a dedicated medical secretary and office space.


The Woodlands CMHT is a busy but well-ordered team with excellent and supportive working relationships between all the senior medical staff and with the wider multi-disciplinary team.

There is another consultant and SAS doctor working within the Woodlands who cover the Bearsden and Milngavie area of East Dunbartonshire and their inpatient feed into Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow.

There are very good links with Social work, Adult and Addition Psychiatry colleagues within East Dunbartonshire HSCP.


Applicants must have full registration with the General Medical Council, a license to practice 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.
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