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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry
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Job Description
Post: consultant in old age psychiatry (1 POST) Base: Elderpark Community Mental Health Team, Govan, Glasgow This fulltime post (10 PA) provides comprehensive psychiatric care for patients within the Pollock area of Glasgow that are over 65 years with a small number of patients under 65 with pre-senile dementia. The population is approximately 8,500 and is mostly a deprived area of Glasgow with a small affluent area. The successful candidate would have outpatient and inpatient responsibilities for patients in this area including approx. 14 organic beds in an offsite hospital based complex care ward and 394 local care home beds There is medical support from a 0.5 Speciality doctor and the post is usually provided with full time junior doctor cover. It has a current medical caseload of 299. There is an excellent multidisciplinary community mental health team based at Elderpark Resource Centre in Govan South Glasgow which consists of an associated medical secretary, Nurse Team lead, CPNs, Specialist Care Home Liaison Nurses, Clinical psychology, Occupational therapy and Health care support workers. There is also an Old Age psychiatry acute liaison service which covers the South Glasgow hospitals including the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. There are Post diagnostic workers who provide support and follow up following a dementia diagnosis. There are good links with Primary care who also are housed within Elderpark Resource Centre. The post holder will work alongside 6 other Older Adult Consultant Psychiatrists (5 WTE) and 3 Speciality doctors (2.6 WTE)