Specialty Doctor in Older Adult Psychiatry
Department: Psychiatry
Base: East Lothian Community Hospital
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.
We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
Entry Criteria for a Specialty Doctor
A doctor appointed to this grade shall have full registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council (GMC) and shall have completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a less than full-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme or specialty registrar locum appointment for training (LAT);
Or
shall have equivalent training, experience or competencies, either in the UK or overseas.
Applications are welcome for the above Permanent (40 hours per week) post based in East Lothian Community Hospital.
Working with an enthusiastic team of clinicians in a vibrant, rapidly developing, and supportive psychiatry service, these posts offer the opportunity to develop clinical and professional competence in a purposeful and supervised manner.
These posts are aimed at CT3+ level and open to Drs who are about to or have recently completed a core training programme or have equivalent relevant experience.
In addition, the clinical development will be combined with supervised and directed opportunity linked to an area of mutual professional interest including clinical teaching and simulation, quality improvement and safety, and clinical leadership development.
More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.
For An Informal Discussion Please Contact
Guy Whitehead, General Manager for Learning Disability, Mental Health and Addiction Services
Dr Meroe Grove, Consultant Psychiatrist
Closing Date 13/10/2025
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