Consultant Psychiatrist - Unscheduled Care

NHS National Services Scotland; Stirling; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Tayside seeks a Consultant in Unscheduled Care, with roles designed for flexible full-time or part-time positions. The role promises a balanced work-life experience and involvement in leading mental health initiatives, fostering community care and quality improvements.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration and a licence to practise required.
• Specialist registration or nearing CCT award.
• Experience in psychiatric practice preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership within Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment teams.
• Deliver multidisciplinary care through team supervision.
• Participate in flexible service improvements and develop modern care models.

Skills

Teamwork

Clinical Leadership

Crisis Management

Education

GMC Registration

CCT or CESR in Psychiatry

Job description

NHS Scotland 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 Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

10 PAs per week / 40 Hours per week

We have exciting opportunities available in one of the UK’s most up and coming and rapidly developing regions.

NHS Tayside is looking to recruit flexibly to four General Adult Psychiatry posts across Tayside. These posts represent excellent opportunities to strike the perfect work / home life balance for enthusiastic and committed consultant general adult psychiatrists. The posts are fully flexible, and it is widely expected that these will be hugely attractive to a wide range of candidates, from those stepping into their first consultant post, to consultants wishing to expand their professional interests across a range of fields including quality improvement, leadership and medical education.

Mental Health Services across NHS Tayside are undergoing a rapid and intensive period of service improvement and change, developing new models of care providing modernised first-class services to the population of Tayside. We are committed to supporting and developing our medical workforce to ensure a lifelong fulfilling career pathway for all consultants. Job plans can be offered which are flexible, developmental, and fully personalised to the individual consultant. As such we are able to offer substantive appointees greatly expanded time within the working week for supporting both their own professional and developmental requirements and the wider needs of the service that greatly exceed the standard offer.

Post 1.Full time/part-time Consultant in Unscheduled care, primarily based in Dundee (typical 8 DCC within a 10 PA full time post (pro rata for part time).

This post will be primarily aligned to work within the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment (CRHTT) based out of Carseview Centre with flexible discussion around Unscheduled Care work across the Liaison Service covering both Ninewells hospital and Perth Royal Infirmary and the Intensive Home Treatment Team (IHTT) based in Murray Royal hospital.

The CRHTT service based in Carseview Centre are an enthusiastic multidisciplinary team including and large nursing team. The clinical work will be a blended model of multidisciplinary direct team supervision, virtual care delivered via video (Near-Me) / telephone and face to face contact either in clinic or through domiciliary assessment as required.

The Liaison team is primarily based in Ninewells Hospital, but also extends to include Perth Royal Infirmary. The liaison service currently has 3 consultants and several experienced senior nursing staff,

The Intensive Home Treatment Team is an experienced nurse led service based in Murray Royal Hospital with Consultant input.

The organisation is looking to expand the team and create a more dynamic unscheduled care service

Although the posts as described are full time posts we would also welcome applications from candidates interested in working on a part-time basis.

Applicants should have full GMC registration and a licence to practise and be on the specialist register or be within 6 months of the anticipated award of a CCT or CESR (CP) at the time of interview.

Informal enquiries can be made to either:

Dr Lori-An Etherington, Clinical Lead for Unscheduled Care [e-mail]

Dr Gordon Cowan, Clinical Director [e-mail]

Dr Peter Le Fevre, Operational Medical Director [e-mail]

Closing Date: 21/07/2025

Interview Date: 12/08/2025

We are a Skilled Worker visa sponsorship employer and as such, welcome applications from international candidates. Further information can be found at https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

NHS Scotland 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 Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.