# Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-addiction-psychiatrist/abf59fff-811e-4185-aff1-8b4d2975561b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-addiction-psychiatrist/abf59fff-811e-4185-aff1-8b4d2975561b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde - **Location:** Possilpark Health and Care Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £111,430 - £148,064 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - **Closing date:** 2026-09-20T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-27T23:05:18.004Z - **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=268236 - **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=268236 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhsggc.scot ## Job Content ### Job details - Job reference: 257825 - Salary: Consultant (£111,430 - £148,064) - Job closing date: 13/09/2026 - Job Type: Medical and Dental - Location: Possilpark Health and Care Centre - Employment type: Permanent - Hours Per Week: 40 - Job posted date: 27/08/2026 - Employer (NHS Board): NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde - Department: ADRS NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included. ### The shift pattern for this post is 9-5, Monday to Friday. ### Please note the salary is Pro Rata for part time hours. Do you want an opportunity to work with the biggest NHS Alcohol and Drugs Service in the UK, whilst continuing your CPD with protected time, and with the opportunity to enhance your CV?NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde addiction services are responsible for the delivery of addiction treatment and care services for currently over 10,000 clients. The services range from local Community Alcohol and Drug Teams through to specialist day and inpatient care, together with liaison provision for both general psychiatry and a wider Recovery Orientated System of Care. Our multidisciplinary structure includes professionals from the fields of medicine, nursing, social care, psychology, occupational therapy, dietetics and pharmacy. HSCP Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services also commission third sector partners to collectively deliver a recovery orientated system of care.We are seeking an enthusiastic specialist to work with two of our clinical team. The post is based in Possilpark Health and Care Centre (Northwest Glasgow) and Kirkintilloch Health and Care Centre (East Dunbartonshire) and relates to the Northwest Glasgow and East Dun, catchment areas. You would participate in all aspects of patient care, and multidisciplinary meetings providing consultant leadership and expertise. The services primarily receives referrals for opiate and alcohol dependency.Full registration with the GMC, MRCPsych or FRCPsych or equivalent and a CCST are essential. You must be eligible for approval under the Scottish Mental Health Act as an AMP.The posts combine the satisfaction of participating in an innovative and developing clinical service to a client group with high levels of morbidity for alcohol, drugs and mental health problems, together with the opportunity to become involved in further developing our recovery orientated system of care as well as a number of research projects and teaching initiatives. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCST or eligibility for specialist registration (CESR) or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from date of Interview. ### Interested? If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you. For an informal discussion, please contact: Dr Saket Priyadarshi, Assoc. Med. Director, saket.priyadarshi@nhs.scotDetails on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process: Information for candidates This post may close early to the volume of response. Please submit your application form as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications that we receive, we will not be able to provide shortlisting feedback. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) recognises the importance of work-life balance and is committed to offering a range of flexible working options where service needs allow. For roles where less than full-time hours can be accommodated, and where the tenure is listed as “various”, we encourage applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements. Flexible working will be included as a topic for discussion during the recruitment process. 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For application portal or log-in issues, please contact the Jobtrain Support Hub in the first instance. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of delivering a mental health service for people with substance misuse - Experience of leading a multidisciplinary team - Evidence of participation in clinical governance activities, including medical audit. **Desirable** - Experience in full-time clinical research - Experience of working in more than one model of health service for people with substance misuse - Experience of leading a clinical governance activity - Publications - Presentations ### Motivation **Essential** - Commitment to addiction psychiatry - Commitment to evidence-based practice - Commitment to lifelong learning. - Commitment to clinical governance - Ability to organise own learning and time. **Desirable** - Enthusiasm - Punctuality. - Initiative (for example, evidence of initiative in a clinical governance project) ### Qualifications **Essential** - Medical degree (MBChB or equivalent) - Registered with GMC - MRCPsych or FRCPsych (equivalent only acceptable if confirmed by RCPsych) - Listed on GMC specialist register (or Certificate of Completion of Training achieved by the time of commencing in post) - CCT endorsement in addiction training. - Able to be approved by Health Board under s20 of the mental health act. **Desirable** - Additional relevant qualification such as MSc, MPhil, MD or PhD ### Abilities & skills **Essential** - Ability to apply knowledge to clinical practice and service development - Ability to diagnose and treat mental illness in people with substance misuse. - Ability to apply service procedures (such as Care Programme Approach) and mental health law. - Ability to make good medical notes - Ability to communicate effectively with other professionals. - Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team. - Ability to teach and coach junior medical staff, medical students and other disciplines - Computer literacy (basic word processing, email and internet use) **Desirable** - Advanced skills in clinical assessment and treatment of patients with substance misuse - Competence in application of specialist treatment methods with people with substance misuse, such as pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, substitute prescribing, etc. - Excellence in communication - Analytical approach to problems - Evidence of potential to develop specialty skills - Advanced computer skills (statistics package, database, spreadsheet) ### Other requirements **Essential** - Satisfactory fitness for employment **Desirable** - Independently mobile (car driver) ### Personality & attitudes **Essential** - Honesty - Reliability - Flexibility - Ability to undertake responsibility - Ability to cope calmly with stressful situations - Ability to work with other consultants in the service - Demonstrates leadership ### Knowledge & understanding **Essential** - Extensive knowledge about mental disorders and substance misuse / addictions. - Good knowledge of service organisation - Up to date awareness of government policy on alcohol and drug misuse and its implications. - Understanding of principles of clinical governance. **Desirable** - Knowledge of range of service systems and their relative merits - Advanced knowledge of a relevant aspect of the specialty ## Documents - [GGC 257825 Job Description (DOC, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1189697&JobId=268236) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.