Consultants in Old Age Psychiatry

Triple West Medical have been appointed by an NHS organisation in Scotland to help recruit 3 x Consultants in Old Age Psychiatry on a Locum FTC basis for 12 months initially. They are based in a thriving city with a multicultural population with significant historic architectural presence.

Old Age Psychiatry Services are delivered by three City teams, four local region teams, and two multidisciplinary Community Mental Health Teams. These teams are currently led by five Consultants in the City and five Consultants in the local region. Most inpatient facilities are centred at main Hospital with the local regional teams spending some time at outlying hospital settings where we have a limited number of assessment beds.

Brief Duties:

The Consultant will be responsible for provision of the Old Age Psychiatry service based in the designated area, linked to 5 General Practices with a registered population of circa 10000 aged over 65. The Consultant will be supported by training grade doctors who rotate through the Directorate and /or Career Grade Doctors and team aligned Social Work/Care Managers. This post also has a 0.5 WTE Staff Grade Doctor aligned to it

The consultant will be expected to build close links with primary health care teams, community care services, geriatric services, general adult psychiatry and with private and voluntary agencies in the locality
The consultant will be expected to contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and participate in supervision of junior medical staff
There is the opportunity for research in association with the City University and for candidates to become involved in academic commitments. The postholder will be expected to participate in teaching on the MRCPsych course

Patients under the age of 65 with organic brain disorder may become the responsibility of the Old Age Psychiatry clinical teams by mutual agreement with other clinical services. Transfer of older patients to the service is arranged on a case by case basis in negotiation with General Adult services.

The appointee will be expected to participate in the out-of-hours Consultant on-call rota. This will involve being on-call overnight or on weekend days no more than one in sixteen, reduced pro rata in accordance with sessional commitment, if applicable. On weekend days the on-call Consultant attends a hand over meeting at 09.00am and shares with the on-call Senior Trainee assessment of patients admitted in the previous twenty-four hours.

Our Client is happy to issue Certificate of Sponsorships to suitably qualified overseas doctors. GMC registration and relevant experience is essential for this position.


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