150030 Consultant in Liaison Psychiatry

**Post: Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist in Old Age Psychiatry**

**Base: Inverclyde Area**

This fulltime post (10PA) will provide acute older adult liaison services to the wards of the Inverclyde Royal Hospital and associated Larkfield Unit which is the Department for Geriatric Medicine. The post also provides Consultant input to Inverclyde care homes The post is supported by three liaison nurses. The post includes 2 sessions Consultant input to Willow Ward which is a modern 30 bedded organic Hospital Complex Care Ward and part of the Orchard Unit on the Inverclyde Hospital site.

In total there are 3 full time Old Age Psychiatrists for the Inverclyde area and they also join 6 other Renfrewshire Old Age psychiatrists for case based discussion and local management meetings.

Inpatient beds are at the Ward 4, Larkfield Unit; part of Inverclyde Royal Hospital. Continuing Care beds are based at the Orchard View Unit on the grounds of Inverclyde Royal Hospital The other 2 Consultants cover the community, apart from the care homes which this post covers and acute inpatients. The Community Mental Health team is a truly integrated social and health care team with MHOs and social workers embedded amongst the CMHT. They are based both at Inverclyde Royal Hospital and Crown House in Greenock.