Job Description

Specialty Doctor

Department: Medical and Psychiatry

Employment Type: Permanent - Part Time

Location: Priory Hospital Glasgow

Compensation: £75,000 / year

Description

Priory Hospital Glasgow

Salary: £75,000–£78,625 per annum FTE (pro-rata salary of £60,000–£62,900 for 0.8 FTE)

Contract: Part-time – 30 hours per week (0.8 FTE)

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.

Priory Hospital Glasgow, Glasgow is a specialist inpatient treatment centre providing support for mental health conditions and addictions, including depression treatment, alcohol and drug rehabilitation, and private autism assessments for adults. It is accessible by public transport, with local train stations nearby and easy access from Glasgow city centre, as well as motorway links.

What you'll be doing

As part of our medical team, you 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.

Join Priory as a Specialty Doctor and make a meaningful contribution to patients' care and recovery. Working alongside Consultant Psychiatrists, you will provide psychiatric and medical input across one or two adult psychiatric wards (Eating Disorders ward and Private General/Addictions ward), supporting assessment, treatment and ongoing clinical management.

• 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.

You can find further information in the attached job description.

For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Pradeep Pasupuleti, Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Director via email: pradeeppasupuleti@priorygroup.com

What you'll bring to the role

Essential requirements

• You will hold an MBBS or equivalent recognised medical qualification, with full registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC). You must remain in good standing with the GMC and demonstrate a commitment to the professional standards expected of doctors working in psychiatric services.
• You will 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 are essential.

Desirable experience and qualifications

• Experience in acute adult psychiatry, inpatient psychiatry, Eating Disorders or Addictions.
• Approved Medical Practitioner (AMP) status and/or MRCPsych.

What we will give you in return

We want you to succeed at Priory and thrive in your role. You will be well supported with regular career conversations. We also offer full training and numerous pathways into leadership and qualified clinical positions to help you shape your career with us.

• Enhanced maternity pay
• Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra days 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

Shortlisting may begin upon receipt of applications, and the Recruiting Manager may close the vacancy early if enough suitable candidates are identified.