Locum Consultant in General Psychiatry

NHS Dumfries & Galloway provides mental health services to a total population of 150,000 in a beautiful rural area of South West Scotland. We are seeking to recruit a Locum Consultant in Intellectual Disabilities and Specialist Drug & Alcohol services, who will be responsible for in-patient and community/out-patient work across the region. On call is shared across the consultant group on a 1 in 10 basis with prospective cover.

The service includes in-patient beds at Midpark Hospital, Dumfries, which is a state of the art, purpose-built hospital opened in 2012, and community services across the region provided by five generic locality community mental health teams and specialist teams for addictions and intellectual disability psychiatry. There are additional services for primary care mental health, general hospital liaison and forensic psychiatry. There is strong multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working across the service. The post-holder will be based at Midpark, but the clinical work will be split between hospital and community, with the option of some remote working. An indicative job plan is included in the job pack but will be finalised by negotiation with the successful candidate.

Midpark Hospital is the centre for local audit, research and teaching activities. Strong academic links exist between the Hospital and universities in Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. NHS Education for Scotland and the Scotland Postgraduate Deanery oversee core and higher specialist training in psychiatry, with psychiatric and GP trainees and Foundation doctors placed within the service. Medical students are attached from Dundee, Edinburgh and the Scottish Graduate Entry (ScotGEM) medical programmes.

Dumfries & Galloway is an area of outstanding natural beauty with considerable local amenities. Although a pleasant rural area, Edinburgh and Glasgow are each only 75 miles from Dumfries town. The climate is generally the mildest and most pleasant in Scotland.

The applicant should have full GMC registration and a licence to practise.

Although this post is full time, any candidate wishing to work part time would also be considered.

The Mental Health Services Directorate supports home working where practicable for both the organisation and the staff member, reducing travel time and encouraging applicants from out with Dumfries and Galloway to apply for posts.

This post is available due to reorganisation, and is available immediately.

For further details or to talk about the post, please contact:

Dr Esther Mackenzie, Associate Medical Director - Mental Health

Telephone: (01387) 244112