About the job

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.

You will be working as part of well-established team based at Leverndale Hospital. There will be out of hours on call commitments (partial shift) at Leverndale Hospital joining a cohort of about 20 other trainees. The department at Leverndale is highly committed to delivering quality medical education with a well-established program of formal and informal teaching opportunities. There are 2 posts available 1 FT until 30/12/2023 and 1 0.7 until 06/02/2023 Clinical Work These LAT posts are based within a CMHT Team with inpatients at Leverndale hospital. There are weekend and on-call duties at Leverndale hospital. The postholder will join a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary Community Mental Health Team and will be responsible to the area consultant psychiatrist. The Consultant Psychiatrist will provide the medical input and supervision to the trainee doctor. Clinical and Educational supervision will be provided. The teams have well established links with Primary Care, other psychiatric services, and local community resources. The postholders would be regarded as a core part of the clinical team, providing continuity of care and medical back up on site. The main clinical responsibilities will be aimed at patients with severe and enduring mental illness, but with scope to see new patients. This would be organised through clinics plus acute ward work and domiciliary visits. The postholders would participate fully in the team’s clinical review process. Consultant supervision will be provided with regard to the post holder’s clinical caseload. Teaching Medical students from Glasgow University are attached to the consultant psychiatrists on a 5 week clinical clerkship basis. The students receive teaching in both the hospital and community settings to enable as rounded an experience in psychiatry as possible. The post holder may be expected to participate in the teaching of medical students. Audit/Research The postholders would be encouraged to participate in audit / research projects as appropriate. Continuing Education Continuing Professional Development is encouraged, as is attendance at the fortnightly case conferences / journal clubs. The facilities of the medical libraries at Leverndale Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital as well as the main library at Gartnavel Royal Hospital will be available. There is also an online library, which includes a literature search facility, to which all staff may have access. Advice on continuing postgraduate education and careers counselling is available from both the college tutors and other senior staff.