Description
Priory Hospital Glasgow has an exciting opportunity for a Specialty Doctor to join our medical team, working alongside Consultant Psychiatrists and a dedicated multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, recovery-focused mental healthcare to adult inpatients.
This is a site-based role, with clinical duties between 9am and 5pm. The successful candidate will work closely with Consultant Psychiatrists, Resident Doctors, nursing colleagues, therapists and other professionals to ensure coordinated care, effective risk management and positive outcomes for patients.
Key Responsibilities
- Undertake medical clerking and contribute to comprehensive psychiatric assessments, risk assessments and physical health examinations for new admissions.
- Provide ongoing psychiatric reviews and medical care in collaboration with Consultant Psychiatrists and Resident Doctors.
- Prescribe and review psychiatric and physical health medication, ensuring safe prescribing, appropriate medicines reconciliation and compliance with Priory policies.
- Arrange and review physical health investigations, blood tests and monitoring, responding appropriately to patients' changing clinical needs.
- Participate in ward rounds, multidisciplinary team reviews, Care Programme Approach (CPA) meetings and weekly clinical meetings.
- Contribute to multidisciplinary care planning, clinical formulation and risk management.
- Liaise with GPs, acute hospitals, medical specialists and community teams to coordinate patients' physical and mental healthcare.
- Provide clinical advice and support to colleagues, maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to safe medical cover arrangements.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- Essential requirements:
+ Hold an MBBS or equivalent recognised medical qualification, with full registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC). + Have experience working within psychiatry, ideally for at least two years, together with an understanding of managing significant mental health disorders. + Strong communication skills, effective multidisciplinary working and the ability to build therapeutic relationships with patients, relatives and carers.
- Desirable experience and qualifications:
+ Experience in acute adult psychiatry, inpatient psychiatry, Eating Disorders or Addictions. + Approved Medical Practitioner (AMP) status and/or MRCPsych.
Benefits
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra day's annual leave
- Contributory pension scheme
- Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and private healthcare
- Access to development opportunities
- Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel
- Leadership & management development
- Long service award
- Refer a friend bonuses