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Consultant Psychiatrist in Older Adult Mental Health, Cupar
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Client:
NHS Fife
Location:
Cupar, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
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Job Reference:
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Job Views:
36
Posted:
22.06.2025
Expiry Date:
06.08.2025
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Job Description:
CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST IN OLD AGE PSYCHIATRY based at Stratheden Hospital Cupar – Split In-patient and Community Mental Health Service (1 post) Permanent appointment – Full time (10 PAs)
This is an exciting opportunity for a committed clinician to join our dedicated team within NHS Fife working in old age psychiatry split community and in-patient service covering West Fife. This is a full time post (10 sessions) with close working relationships older adult mental health colleagues across NHS Fife.
You must be able to work in a collaborative way with other professionals and agencies. This post is full time however consideration will be given to the candidates to work flexible.
You will be supported by a cohesive and collegiate group of clinicians, and will participate in CPD and peer supervision. Consultant peer groups meet regularly and there are regular educational events organised as part of our in-house programme.
We are always striving to improve our service and we seek an enthusiastic, dynamic and committed individual to lead and manage change. An area of particular focus over the next couple of years will be the development of the non medical workforce given the medical staffing challenges across the United Kingdom. A keen interest in supporting multi-disciplinary team colleagues’ professional development would be invaluable.
We welcome discussions around proposed job descriptions to ensure roles match our Consultants interests, experience and talents - please don’t hesitate to ask about alternative ways of working. Our ambition is to have right person doing the right things at the right time, allowing us to provide a high quality service to the Older People of Fife.
Applicants who are fully registered medical practitioners with MRCPsych or equivalent, and an appropriate CCT (or be eligible for inclusion within 6 months of the interview date) are invited to make enquiries. We also encourage candidates who wish to pursue specialist registration through the CESR process to get in touch and specific support to acquire this is available.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 29th July 2025
Applicants who are fully registered medical practitioners with MRCPsych or equivalent, and an appropriate CCT (or be eligible for inclusion within 6 months of the interview date) are invited to make enquiries. We also encourage candidates who wish to pursue specialist registration through the CESR process to get in touch and specific support to acquire this is available.
This post may be eligible for Tier 2 sponsorship if required.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application. 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 Fife welcomes applications from all sections of society.
We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
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