183105 - 2x Consultant Psychiatrist in Intellectual Disabilities

NHS Lothian

NHS Lothian 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 Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Applicants must have full GMC Registration, a license to practise and eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive consultant post once CESR is awarded. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.

Applications are welcome for the above Permanent, part time (28 and/or 24 hours per week) posts based in Lynebank Hospital, Dunfermline, Fife.

Specialist Intellectual Disability Services in South-East Scotland are provided under the auspices of the South East Scotland Intellectual Disability Managed Care Network. The area covered by the network includes Fife, Forth Valley, Lothian and Borders. All consultant psychiatry posts are part of the Network and one board area (NHS Lothian) has responsibility for hosting those contracts. The arrangements are governed by agreed principles and protocols.

Although post holders will be appointed to the Network, account will be taken of each constituent area’s needs in the spread of responsibilities. Each post holder has an agreed base which, in the case of split posts, will be in the area where they have the largest responsibility. Where a post is evenly divided between 2 areas, then a dual base may be agreed. Some posts may carry with them a particular regional or area responsibility such as for Forensic Intellectual Disability, Epilepsy, Psychological Therapies including Specialist Positive Behaviour Team, Autism, Older people with Intellectual Disability etc. There are opportunities for individuals to develop areas of expertise which will complement the existing spread across the network area.

More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.

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