Consultant - Old Age Liaison Psychiatry

Consultant Old Age Liaison Psychiatry University Hospital Wishaw and University Hospital MonklandsThis is a Older Adult Liaison Psychiatry post, primarily based in University Hospital Wishaw and University Hospital Monklands, including other community hospitals in North Lanarkshire.
The successful candidate would be joining an established and experience Older Adult Liaison team which provides input into the three Acute hospital sites and relevant offsite beds.
Currently this comprises the clinical lead of the Liaison service Dr Rekha Hegde (0.5 WTE) based at University Hospital Hairmyres, 2.3 WTE Band 7 nurses, 0.5 WTE psychology and 1WTE secretary based at Wishaw.
The candidate would provide clinical input primarily to the Wishaw and Monklands sites.The team are enthusiastic and have regular peer support, developmental and educational meetings.
The team pride themselves on providing person centred care in the acute setting.
If interested, there are additional opportunities for service development, teaching and training which will be supported.The University of Glasgow enjoys close links with NHS Lanarkshire, and our medical students benefit greatly from the excellent educational opportunities provided by the board in both primary and secondary care.
Those who are or who will be involved in teaching our students, or in any other activity which involves a contribution to teaching, research or scholarship within the University are eligible for honorary status at the University of Glasgow.Honorary Status Role Holders are entitled to numerous benefits including a University of Glasgow ID card, use of the Library and other facilities, and a University IT account as required for their role.
They have access to all courses run by the IT Services on the same basis as members of staff and are also permitted an educational discount when PC equipment is purchased through the IT Services.NHS Lanarkshire are happy to consider requests for this publication to be in another accessible format ie large print, braille, etc.
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