Contents
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Section 1:
Introduction to Appointment
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Section 2:
NHS Lothian
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Section 3:
Main Duties and Responsibilities
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Title
Section
of post4:Consultant
Department
Psychiatrist,
and Specialty
General
Information
Adult Psychiatry
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Closing
date:
Section
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Job Plan
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Section 6:
Person Specification
13 – 14
Section 7
Contact Information
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Section 8
Terms and Conditions of Employment
15 – 17
Contents
Section
Page
Section 1:
Introduction to Appointment
3
Section 2:
NHS Lothian
3-4
Section 3:
Main Duties and Responsibilities
4-6
Section 4:
Department and Specialty Information
6 – 10
Section 5:
Job Plan
11 - 12
Section 6:
Person Specification
13 – 14
Section 7
Contact Information
14
Section 8
Terms and Conditions of Employment
15 – 17
1.
Introduction
Job Title:
Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry
Department: Mental Health Services, St John’s Hospital
St John’s Hospital
You may also be required to work at any of NHS Lothian’s sites
Base:
NHS Lothian is seeking to appoint a full-time Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry
to join a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward thinking team.
The Mental Health Services in West Lothian are integral to the Lothian Mental Health
and Wellbeing Strategy. Inpatient Mental Illness services, including an Intensive
Psychiatric Care Unit, and Care of the Elderly with Mental Disorders beds are in St
John’s Hospital, Livingston. There are also two regional inpatient services covering
the South East of Scotland, a Perinatal Psychiatry Mother and Baby unit and an
Eating Disorders Ward. There is a wide range of out-patient clinics, both hospital
and primary care based.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a first class team in an active and progressive
teaching hospital environment based in Edinburgh and the Lothian’s.
2.
NHS Lothian
NHS Lothian is an integrated NHS Board in Scotland providing primary, community,
mental health and hospital services. Mr Tim Davison is the Chief Executive and Dr
David Farquharson is the Medical Director.
The NHS Board determines strategy, allocates resources and provides governance
across the health system. Services are delivered by Lothian University Hospitals
Services (LUHS), the Royal Edinburgh Hospital and associated mental health
services, 4 community health (and social care partnerships (CH(C)Ps) in Edinburgh,
West Lothian, East Lothian and Midlothian, and a Public Health directorate.
NHS Lothian provides services for the second largest residential population in
Scotland – circa 800,000 people. We employ approximately 24,000 staff.
Further
information
about
NHS
Lothian
can
be
http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/Ourorganisation/Pages/defalt.aspx
found
at
Location
Edinburgh and the Lothian’s are on the eastern side of Scotland’s central belt in the
heart of the country. Four main areas make up Edinburgh and the Lothian’s Edinburgh, East, Mid and West Lothian.
Lothian is a place of exceptional beauty and contrast, from Edinburgh’s historic
skyline to the scenic countryside and coastline that surround it. Edinburgh is famous
for its castle, military tattoo, fringe and international festival.
Edinburgh and the Lothian’s is home to top-ranking state and private schools and
world class universities and colleges. Edinburgh offers a rich diversity of parks and
gardens, restaurants, clubs and theatres to spend time relaxing with friends and
family. Whether you want to buy or rent the Lothian’s also offers a diversity of
accommodation ranging from city centre based flats, waterfront living, Victorian or
Georgian villas to more rural farm houses or costal homes.
Local and wider transport networks are excellent. Glasgow is less than 50 minutes
away by train. The Scottish highlands are accessible in a few hours. While national
and international transport links make it easy to keep in touch with friends and family.
London is a short one hour flight away and flight connections with London,
Amsterdam and Paris offer a variety of international flight opportunities.
3.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
This is full time position of a Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry (10 sessions).
This is a chance to be part of a well-established team at a time of positive
development. The post holder will deliver care and promote a multi-disciplinary and
multi-agency approach to a catchment area defined by a number of local general
practices.
Clinical
 To work jointly with consultant colleagues to lead and shape the provision of
Psychiatry Services within West Lothian
 To promote a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency approach
 To be responsible clinically for the provision of inpatient and outpatient care to
a population of patients defined by their registration with a group of local
general practices. This will include planned and unscheduled care and
consultant responsibility for relevant patients under the care of the Acute Care
and Support Team (ACAST).
 To participate in the consultant rotas for day time duty consultant and out of
hours on-call.
 To cover for colleagues annual, study and short term sick leave.
 To be an Approved Medical Practitioner in terms of the Mental Health (Care
and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 and the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland)
Act 2000 and undertake the required duties in relation to this
 To provide psychiatric court reports as requested by the local legal authorities
and reports in conjunction with aspects of incapacity legislation
Location
 It is anticipated the principal base of work will be St John’s Hospital but as
part of your role you may be required to work at any of NHS Lothian’s sites.
On-call
 The post holder will be required to participate in the psychiatric consultant oncall rota for the West Lothian psychiatric service out of hours, on a 1:9 rota,
covering old age psychiatry, mother and baby unit, eating disorder unit and
general psychiatry.
CPD
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NHS Lothian is committed to provide Consultants with time and resources for
their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements. There is a
local establish CPD peer group for West Lothian Consultants, which meets
monthly, in addition to weekly journal clubs during term time.
To participate in CPD, annual appraisal and revalidation
Provide High Quality Care to patients
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Maintain GMC specialist registration in relation to the role and hold a licence
to practice
Develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties of the
post
Promote NHS Lothian values and ensure patients are involved in decisions
about their care and respond to their views.
Research, Teaching and Training
 Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to
enhance NHS Lothian’s research portfolio, at all times meeting the full
requirements of Research Governance.
 To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of
other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director.
 Participate in the local post-graduate programme
Revalidation Performance Management
 Comply with revalidation and appraisal process. Revalidation commenced on
3rd December 2012 and is the process by which licensed doctors are required
to demonstrate on a regular basiis that they are up to date and fit to practice.
Licensed doctors have to revalidate, usually every 5 years, by having regular
appraisals with their employer. You are required to ensure:
o You make NHS Lothian your Designated Body using the GMC website
o Know your revalidation date
o Attend regular appraisals
o Enroll in the Scottish Online Appraisal Resource (SOAR)
Medical Staff Management
 To work with colleagues to ensure junior doctors’ hours are compliant in line
with EWTD and New Deal.
 To ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and
monitor leave for junior medical staff and to ensure that there is appropriate
cover within the clinical areas, including on-call commitments.
 To participate in the recruitment of junior medical staff as and when required.
 To participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning
process.
 To be responsible for the annual appraisal of non-consultant grades as
delegated by the Clinical Director
Governance
 Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure
resulting actions are implemented
 Ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by doctors in training
and updated on a regular basis
 Keep fully informed about best practice in the specialty areas and ensure
implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director
 Role model good practice for infection control to all members of the
multidisciplinary team.
Strategy and Business Planning
 To participate in the clinical and non-clinical objective setting process for the
directorate.
Leadership and Team Working
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4.
To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual
performance, clinical teams and NHS Lothian and when participating in
national or local initiatives.
To work collaboratively with all members of the team
To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion,
involving appropriate parties.
Adhere to NHS Lothian and departmental guidelines on leave including
reporting absence.
To participate in cross cover arrangements for other colleagues during
periods of annual leave study leave and short-term sick leave
Departmental and Specialty Information
The Mental Health Services in West Lothian are managed by the local Community
Health and Care Partnership. However they form part of the Lothian wide services
and are integral to the Lothian Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy. All psychiatric
consultants working at St John’s Hospital are expected to engage in regional
planning for their particular specialty and relevant continuing professional
development activities.
In-patient Mental Illness services, including an Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit, and
Care of the Elderly with Mental Disorder beds are in St John’s Hospital, Livingston.
There are two regional inpatient services covering the South East of Scotland, a
Perinatal Psychiatry Mother and Baby unit and an Eating Disorders Ward.
Day patient services are provided at a Day Hospital for the Elderly with Mental
Disorder, at St John’s Hospital, and 5 Community-based Rehabilitation Day Hospitals
[including depot and Clozapine clinics]. A peripatetic service provides day care for
the Elderly with Mental Disorder at a range of community resources. Clinical
Psychology, Occupational Therapy and Psychiatric Nurses run a range of
psychotherapeutic groups in St John’s Hospital.
There is a wide range of out-patient clinics, both hospital and primary care based.
With Clinical Psychology Services and Community Psychiatric Nursing also based
within Health Centres, this offers the opportunity for close networking and liaison with
General Practitioners and other community staff. A community outreach team
comprised of Consultant Psychiatrists, Community Psychiatric Nurses and Social
Work staff provides a service to patients with a severe and enduring illness.
There is a dedicated team for Mental Health Social Work, and another for Mental
Health Officers and Adults with Incapacity.
The Clinical Psychology Department is also part of the CHCP. The department
offers dedicated sessions to Care of the Elderly with Mental Disorder, Child and
Family Psychiatry, in addition to 8 primary care based clinics.
Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Services are provided from within St
John’s Hospital by the respective departments. The Occupational Therapy service is
especially active in Mental Health.
Staffing
West Lothian Health and Care Partnership currently employ 12 Consultant
Psychiatrists, including 2.6 wte in the Care of the Elderly with Mental Disorder; 0.8
wte in Perinatal Psychiatry and 0.5 wte in Eating Disorders. Forthcoming
appointments will increase the consultant establishment with an additional post in
Care of the elderly with Mental Disorder.
Supporting Medical Staff
There are 2 Specialist Trainee posts based in West Lothian that are part of the South
East of Scotland Psychiatric Rotation. These posts offer training in Care of the
Elderly with Mental Disorder and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. There is 1 core
trainee post. 3 General Practice Vocational Training posts and 3 Foundation Year 2
posts, providing experience in General Psychiatry and Care of the Elderly. There is a
Foundation Year 1 post in Liaison Psychiatry.
Specialty Trainee Registrar attachments are currently available in General
Psychiatry, Liaison Psychiatry, Rehabilitation, Care of the Elderly with Mental
Disorder and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Organisation of Psychiatric Services
Adult Psychiatry including Rehabilitation
The model of general psychiatric care and the organisation of West Lothian services
was last reviewed in 2009. Clients with the most complex ongoing needs are cared
for by 1.4 wte Consultant in Rehabilitation Psychiatry, using services like the
Community Outreach Team and Day Services.
4.0 Consultants in General Adult Psychiatry are responsible for the acute care of
other patient groups and for a sessional commitment to locality based service
supporting primary care
Care of the Elderly with Mental Disorder
Two Consultants are currently identified as having a special responsibility for the
Care of the Elderly with Mental Disorder. They share responsibility for the 24 bedded
Assessment Unit within St John’s Hospital, the day-care services and a total 60
community based old age psychiatry beds for patients with dementia and challenging
behaviour. An additional post has recently been developed.
Liaison Psychiatry
A service is provided for St John’s Hospital at Howden by a Consultant Liaison
Psychiatrist. This includes the assessment of patients presenting after deliberate
self-harm.
Forensic Psychiatry
One Consultant is responsible for the running of the Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit
at St John’s Hospital. A supra-regional in-patient Forensic Unit is on the Royal
Edinburgh Hospital campus.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry service based at St John’s Hospital is part of
the Lothian CAMHS service. A regional inpatient unit is part of the Royal Edinburgh
Hospital campus. A day patient unit operates in Livingston and an outpatient service
is offered at St John’s Hospital.
Substance Abuse Services
There is a regional service for people with Drug and Alcohol Problems which includes
a Consultant Psychiatrist. This provides dedicated community services in West
Lothian and in-patient alcohol services are provided at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital.
Perinatal Psychiatry
The East of Scotland Mother and Baby Unit is in St John’s Hospital. The out of hours
on-call rota for West Lothian will provide cover for this.
Eating Disorder Services
A new inpatient Eating Disorder Unit was opened at St John’s Hospital in 2012. The
out of hours on-call rota for West Lothian will provide psychiatric cover for this.
Learning Disability Services
These services are provided across Lothian, and West Lothian is served by a
community team with input from a Consultant Psychiatrist.
Population and Services
Catchment Area, Bed Numbers and Staffing
West Lothian has a total population of 180,000. The General Adult Psychiatry
Service covers all patients between the ages of 19 and 64 years, although there will
be continuing responsibility for some patients with functional illness over the age of
65. Patients under the age of 65 with possible dementia are generally initially
assessed by general psychiatry, who will usually initiate diagnostic investigations
before transferring to the old age service for follow up.
There is one in-patient general psychiatry ward in St John’s Hospital with 24 beds.
The responsibility for patients admitted to this ward falls on 4 general adult
psychiatrists. The consultants are responsible for patients admitted from their own
catchment area and they are allocated responsibility for patients admitted from out
with West Lothian on a rota basis.
There are separate in-patient wards for Intensive Psychiatric Care and Rehabilitation
that have their own consultants.
Acute Care and Support Team (ACAST)
This is a nursing team that are based in St John’s Hospital and who work with junior
medical staff in the urgent assessment of patients presenting to the Accident and
Emergency Department. ACAST also provide time-limited intensive home treatment
for patients with acute or relapsing psychiatric illness. General Adult Consultants
remain clinically responsible for patients from their catchment area, who are under
the care of ACAST
Outpatient Clinics
General Adult Psychiatry outpatient clinics are held at St John’s Hospital and at a
number of community bases including some GP surgeries. All non-urgent GP
referrals are discussed at primary care based triage meetings held fortnightly.
Research Audit and Teaching
Undergraduate medical students from Edinburgh University are attached to the Old
Age Psychiatry Department on a regular basis, for a period of 2 weeks.
The Mental Health Directorate has an active multi-disciplinary clinical audit group. All
medical staff within the hospital are expected to participate in Medical Audit, both by
their involvement in ongoing projects and by initiating review of their own work
practices.
The Consultant will be expected within his or her NHS responsibilities to undertake
research and to participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching as required.
As stated in the advertisement, the Consultant may be offered an appropriate
honorary appointment by the University of Edinburgh.
In certain circumstances, where the Consultant concerned has responsibilities for
organising teaching in a particular discipline or has a research interest which extends
beyond the duties of his/her NHS post, the Trust and the University may agree that a
Consultant be offered a part-time Senior Lecturer appointment with specific sessional
allocation. Such appointments will be subject to reconsideration by the Trust, the
University and the Consultant at intervals of not less than three years, and, in the
event of the contract being modified by the reduction or elimination of academic
sessions, the Consultant would be entitled to continue in the same number of total
sessions, all of which would then be devoted to Health Service work.
If the successful candidate wished to be considered for a part time Senior Lecturer
post, it would be necessary for the appointee to make special application to the
Division giving full details of the work to be undertaken.
There is an active psychiatric postgraduate programme at St John’s Hospital every
Tuesday from lunchtime during academic terms. Consultants and other members of
the teams present cases, journal clubs and there are also external speakers. There
are also regular CPD sessions.
5.
Job Plan and Conditions of Service
The job plan will be agreed with the successful candidate and approved by the
Associate Medical Director.
This is a 10 Programmed Activities post, with 9.0 sessions of Direct Clinical Care and
1.0 session of Supporting Professional Activities. The one SPA minimum will reflect
activity such as appraisal, personal audit and professional development occurring
outside study leave time. Once the candidate has been appointed more SPA time
may be agreed for activities such as undergraduate and postgraduate medical
training which takes place outside direct clinical care, as well as research and/or
management. These activities must be specifically and clearly identified and be
agreed with the candidate and desired by the department.
An appraisal system for reviewing personal development and job planning will be
undertaken annually.
The following is a draft illustration job plan:
Timetable of activities which have a specific location and time
DAY
Monday
From/to
HOSPITAL/LOCATION
TYPE OF WORK
9am – 1.30pm St John’s Inpatient
assessment/Urgent
Hospital
community reviews
Tuesday
From/to
1.30pm – 5pm Mental Outpatients/primary
Health Resource Centre
Services
9am – 12.30pm St John’s Outpatient Clinic
Hospital
12.30pm – 1.30pm
Care
Locality
Journal Club
1.30pm – 5pm St John’s Involvement in Service Planning and
Hospital
Audit
Wednesday 9am – 1pm
From/to
Hospital
St
John’s Ward Round
1pm – 5pm
Hospital
St
Mental
Health
John’s Assessments/Tribunals/Clinical
Administration
Thursday
From/to
9am – 2pm Mental Health Outpatients/Primary
Resource Centre
Service
2pm – 5pm
Hospital
Friday
From/to
St
Care
Act
Locality
John’s Inpatient reviews
9am – 11am St John’s Junior staff supervision
Hospital
11am – 2pm
2pm – 5pm
Hospital
Patient related administration
St
John’s Acute Care
Reviews
and
Support
Team
Activities which are not undertaken at special locations or times
One week in 6 the post holder will work exclusively on the assessment and care
planning of patients admitted to the adult acute wards and providing urgent reviews
of patients referred from within the Mental Health Services, including Mental Health
Act (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) work.
The post holder will work with colleagues to support a community acute care and
support team outreaching from the adult admission wards.
The post holder will also have to complete work of an unpredictable nature in
relation to current patients detained under the Mental Health Act. This will include
completion of documentation and regular attendance at Mental Health Act
Tribunals.
Activities during Premium Rate Hours of Work eg hours out with 8am – 8pm Monday
to Friday
The post holder will provide out of hours consultant cover on a 1:10 rota.
He/she will be available to carry out urgent assessment of patients at St John’s
Hospital and Livingston Police Station if required.
At weekends, the on-call consultant will assess all patients admitted under
emergency detention orders at the earliest opportunity.
A formal Job Plan will be agreed between the appointee and their Clinical Director,
on behalf of the respective medical management structures within NHS Lothian. The
job plan will be based on the provisional timetable shown. The Job Plan will be
reviewed annually, following the appraisal meeting. The Job Plan will be a
prospective agreement that sets out a consultant’s duties, responsibilities and
objectives for the coming year. It should cover all aspects of a consultant’s
professional practice including clinic work, teaching, research, education and
managerial responsibilities. It should include personal objectives, including details of
their link to the wider service objectives and details of the support required by the
consultant to full the job plan and objectives.
6.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Job Title and Grade: Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry
Location: St John’s Hospital, Livingston
Post Ref No:
REQUIREMENTS
Qualifications and
Training
ESSENTIAL
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GMC registered medical
practitioner MRCPsych or
equivalent
Licence to practice
Be on, or be eligible for
inclusion on, the GMC
Specialist Register
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Experience within
community mental
health teams
Evidence of
previous
experience in
research desirable
Evidence of
previous
experience of
teaching and
designing and
effecting audit
programmes
Evidence of
development of
services for
patients
Experience
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Experience in primary care
liaison
Ability
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Ability to take full responsibility
for independent management
of patients
Ability to communicate
effectively and clearly with
patients and other team
members
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DESIRABLE
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Academic
Achievements
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Commitment to research,
publications and
presentations
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Teaching and Audit
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Committed to formal and
informal teaching and training
of SpRs, junior doctors and
medical students.
Participation in audit projects
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Motivation
Personal Attributes
Committed to:
 Patient focused care,
 Learning and continuous
professional development,
 Effective and efficient use of
resources
 Able to work in a team with
colleagues in own and other
disciplines
 Able to organise time
efficiently and effectively
 Clear, fluent and articulate in
communication in English
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Additional postgraduate
qualifications, MSc
Diploma in CBT or
other form of
psychotherapy
Able to motivate
colleagues
Previous
managerial
training and
experience
7.
Contact Details and Visits
All shortlisted candidates are invited to visit the department and NHS Lothian’s
Hospitals. If you would like to arrange a visit or if you have an informal enquiry
please contact:
Dr James Hendry
Consultant Psychiatrist and Acting Assoc Med Director
St John’s Hospital
Howden Road West
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 6PP
E-mail james.hendry@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
8.
Terms and Conditions of Service
TYPE
CONTRACT
GRADE
SALARY
OF Permanent/Fixed Term (Delete as appropriate)
AND Consultant
£75,249 to £101,451 per annum (pro rata)
New entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the minimum
point of the salary scale, (dependent on qualifications and
experience). Salary is paid monthly by Bank Credit Transfer.
HOURS OF WORK
Fulll Time 40.00
SUPERANNUATION
New entrants to NHS Lothian who are aged sixteen but under
seventy five will be enrolled automatically into membership of the
NHS Pension Scheme. Should you choose to "opt out" arrangements
can be made to do this via: www.sppa.gov.uk
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
You will be expected to work with local managers and professional
colleagues in the efficient running of services and will share with
Consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management.
Subject to the provision of the Terms and Conditions, you are
expected to observe the organisations agreed policies and
procedures and to follow the standing orders and financial instruction
of NHS Lothian, in particular, where you manage employees of the
organisation, you will be expected to follow the local and national
employment and personnel policies and procedures. You will be
expected to make sure that there are adequate arrangements for
hospital staff involved in the care of your patients to be able to contact
you when necessary.
REMOVAL
EXPENSES
Assistance with removal and associated expenses may be awarded.
To obtain copy NHS Lothian’s Relocation Policy please email
HR.Enquiries@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk stating your name and grade of
post you are applying for.
EXPENSES
OF Candidates who are requested to attend an interview will be given
CANDIDATES FOR assistance with appropriate travelling expenses. Re-imbursement
APPOINTMENT
shall not normally be made to employees who withdraw their
application, refuse an offer of appointment. Non NHS employees are
not normally awarded travel expenses.
TOBACCO POLICY
NHS Lothian operate a No Smoking Policy in all premises and
grounds.
DISCLOSURE
SCOTLAND
This post is considered to be in the category of “Regulated Work” and
therefore requires a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable
Groups Scheme (PVG) Membership. You are also required to advise
us if you are charged or cautioned within the course of your
employment.
CONFIRMATION OF NHS Lothian has a legal obligation to ensure that it’s employees, both
ELIGIBILITY
TO EEA and non EEA nationals, are legally entitled to work in the United
WORK IN THE UK
Kingdom. Before any person can commence employment within
NHS Lothian they will need to provide documentation to prove that
they are eligible to work in the UK. Non EEA nationals will be
required to show evidence that either Entry Clearance or Leave to
Remain in the UK has been granted for the work which they are
applying to do. Where an individual is subject to immigration control
under no circumstances will they be allowed to commence until the
right to work in the UK has been verified.
.
REHABILITATION
The rehabilitation of Offenders act 1974 allows people who have
OF
OFFENDERS been convicted of certain criminal offences to regard their convictions
ACT 1974
as “spent” after the lapse of a period of years. However, due to the
nature of work for which you are applying this post is exempt from the
provisions of Section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by
virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Orders
1975 and 1986). Therefore, applicants are required to disclose
information about convictions which for other purposes are “spent”
under the provision of the act in the event of employment, failure to
disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary
action by NHS Lothian. Any information given will be completely
confidential.
DISABLED
APPLICANTS
A disability or health problems does not preclude full consideration for
the job and applications from people with disabilities are welcome. All
information will be treated as confidential. NHS Lothian guarantees
to interview all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum
criteria for the post. You will note on our application form that we ask
for relevant information with regard to your disability. This is simply to
ensure that we can assist you, if you are called for interview, to have
every opportunity to present your application in full. We may call you
to discuss your needs in more detail if you are selected for interview.
MEDICAL
NEGLIGENCE
In terms of NHS Circular 1989 (PCS) 32 dealing with Medical
Negligence the Health Board does not require you to subscribe to a
Medical Defence Organisation. Health Board indemnity will cover
only Health Board responsibilities. It may, however, be in your interest
to subscribe to a defence organisation in order to ensure you are
covered for any work, which does not fall within the scope of the
indemnity scheme.
NOTICE
PRINCIPAL
OF WORK
SOCIAL
POLICY
Employment is subject to three months’ notice on either side, subject
to appeal against dismissal.
BASE You may be required to work at any of NHS Lothian’s sites as part of
your role.
MEDIDA You are required to adhere to NHS Lothian’s Social Media policy
which highlights the importance of confidentiality, professionalism and
acceptable behaviours when using social media. It sets out the
organisation’s expectations to safeguard staff in their use of social
media.