Speciality Doctor

Priory Hospital Glasgow
Salary: Up to £75,000 FTE
Hours: Part-time – 30 hours per week

Priory Hospital Glasgow has an exciting opportunity for a Speciality 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 salary range for the 30 hours is £60,000 - £62,000 DOE

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.

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.

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.

You can find additional information in the attached job description.

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

Essential for the role

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