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- Job reference: 253366
- Salary: Consultant (£111,430 - £148,064)
- Job closing date: 10/08/2026
- Job Type: Medical and Dental
- Location: St John's Hospital
- Employment type: Permanent
- Hours Per Week: 40
- Job posted date: 15/07/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
- Department: Old Age Psychiatry
Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry 10 Sessions or part thereof – applicants for less than full-time working are welcome to apply
Old Age Psychiatry – St John’s Hospital, Livingston
OPD5, St. John’s Hospital, Livingston. You may also be required to work at any of NHS Lothian sites.
NHS Lothian 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 Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.Applicants must have full GMC Registration, a license to practise and eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. Portfolio Pathway (formerly known as CESR - Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive consultant post once it has been awarded. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
Applications are welcome for the above Permanent full time (40 hours per week) post based in St. Johns Hospital.
You will be expected to undertake the duties of an Old Age Consultant Psychiatrist, caring for patients from a GP catchment area in clinic and on an assessment ward. You will also be responsible for two HBCCC dementia care wards.
More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.
Closing Date 10/08/2026
For an informal discussion please contact:
Dr Louise Mowatt
Consultant Psychiatrist/Clinical Director
St John’s Hospital
Howden Road West
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 6PP
TEL: 01506 523771
Email: louise.mowatt@nhs.scot
Dr Amy Lindsay
Consultant Psychiatrist in Old Age Psychiatry
St John’s Hospital
Howden Road West
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 6PP
Tel: 01506 523759
Email: amy.lindsay@nhs.scot
If viewing from an external site, please visit https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk for a job pack detailing the minimum requirements for this post and details of how to apply.
We cannot accept CV’s as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted. Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally.
***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***
Interview Date: 31/08/2026
Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry 10 Sessions or part thereof – applicants for less than full-time working are welcome to apply
Old Age Psychiatry – St John’s Hospital, Livingston
OPD5, St. John’s Hospital, Livingston. You may also be required to work at any of NHS Lothian sites.
NHS Lothian 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 Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.Applicants must have full GMC Registration, a license to practise and eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. Portfolio Pathway (formerly known as CESR - Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive consultant post once it has been awarded. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
Applications are welcome for the above Permanent full time (40 hours per week) post based in St. Johns Hospital.
You will be expected to undertake the duties of an Old Age Consultant Psychiatrist, caring for patients from a GP catchment area in clinic and on an assessment ward. You will also be responsible for two HBCCC dementia care wards.
More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.
Closing Date 10/08/2026
For an informal discussion please contact:
Dr Louise Mowatt
Consultant Psychiatrist/Clinical Director
St John’s Hospital
Howden Road West
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 6PP
TEL: 01506 523771
Email: louise.mowatt@nhs.scot
Dr Amy Lindsay
Consultant Psychiatrist in Old Age Psychiatry
St John’s Hospital
Howden Road West
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 6PP
Tel: 01506 523759
Email: amy.lindsay@nhs.scot
If viewing from an external site, please visit https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk for a job pack detailing the minimum requirements for this post and details of how to apply.
We cannot accept CV’s as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted. Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally.
***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***
Interview Date: 31/08/2026
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