# Locum Consultant in Perinatal Psychiatry > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Lothian. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-perinatal-psychiatry/9f18f4bf-c499-4d7d-af0d-748c6e70bd59 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-perinatal-psychiatry/9f18f4bf-c499-4d7d-af0d-748c6e70bd59.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Lothian - **Town:** Edinburgh - **Region:** East of Scotland - **Country:** Scotland - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £111,430 - £148,064 - **Contract type:** Fixed-term - **Employment type:** Full time - **Closing date:** 2026-06-06T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T14:52:16.431Z - **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=259847 - **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=259847 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhslothian.scot ## Job Content Locum Consultant in Perinatal PsychiatrySt Johns Hospital Reference - 249443 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 Fixed Term, part time (36 hours per week) post based in St Johns Hospital. This is a part time (9 Programmed Activities) 12 month locum position working alongside a consultant colleague, a specialty and a trainee doctor providing a specialist inpatient perinatal psychiatry service to the patients of NHS Lothian, NHS Borders, NHS Fife, NHS Tayside and NHS Highlands. There are no associated on-call duties. Additional activities can be explored to make the post full-time if that is preferable. The post will be based at St. Johns’ Hospital, Livingston. The post holder will be the clinical lead for the regional mother and baby unit and its thriving multidisciplinary team. Together with colleagues, the postholder will provide Maternity Liaison Psychiatry input to women delivering at St.John’s Hospital. The post holder will be responsible clinical lead for the Mother and Baby Unit, Dr Vikki Argent Consultant Psychiatrist is psychiatric lead for Maternity liaison and the Community Perinatal Mental Health Team. More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below. For an informal discussion please contact:Dr Wojtek Wojcik, Clinical Director for REAS Specialist Services0131 242 1398 or Wojtek.wojcik@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*** Closing Date: 06/06/2026 ## Job Details Locum Consultant in Perinatal PsychiatrySt Johns Hospital Reference - 249443 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 Fixed Term, part time (36 hours per week) post based in St Johns Hospital. This is a part time (9 Programmed Activities) 12 month locum position working alongside a consultant colleague, a specialty and a trainee doctor providing a specialist inpatient perinatal psychiatry service to the patients of NHS Lothian, NHS Borders, NHS Fife, NHS Tayside and NHS Highlands. There are no associated on-call duties. Additional activities can be explored to make the post full-time if that is preferable. The post will be based at St. Johns’ Hospital, Livingston. The post holder will be the clinical lead for the regional mother and baby unit and its thriving multidisciplinary team. Together with colleagues, the postholder will provide Maternity Liaison Psychiatry input to women delivering at St.John’s Hospital. The post holder will be responsible clinical lead for the Mother and Baby Unit, Dr Vikki Argent Consultant Psychiatrist is psychiatric lead for Maternity liaison and the Community Perinatal Mental Health Team. More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below. For an informal discussion please contact:Dr Wojtek Wojcik, Clinical Director for REAS Specialist Services0131 242 1398 or Wojtek.wojcik@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*** Closing Date: 06/06/2026 ## Person Specification ### Ability **Essential** - Ability to take full responsibility for independent management of patients. - Ability to communicate effectively and clearly with patients and team members **Desirable** - Evidence of complex perinatal mental health case management ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working in perinatal psychiatry **Desirable** - Experience of working in a leadership role. - Experience of infant mental health ### Motivation **Essential** - Evidence of commitment to: Patient-focused care - Continuous professional development and life-long learning - Effective and efficient use of resources **Desirable** - Experience of involvement in service development projects - Clear commitment to developing role in relation to community services ### Team Working **Essential** - Ability to work in a team with colleagues in own and other disciplines - Ability to organise time efficiently and effectively - Reliability - Excellent communication skills **Desirable** - Ability to motivate colleagues - Leadership training - Good liaison and negotiation skills ### Teaching and Audit **Essential** - Evidence of commitment to: Clinical audit - Formal and informal teaching and training of trainee doctors, medical students and other clinical staff. - Learning and continuing professional development **Desirable** - Experience of designing audits - Evidence of training in clinical and / or educational supervision - Completed audit leading to change in practice ### Circumstances of Job **Essential** - May be required to work at any of NHS Edinburgh and the Lothian’s sites ### Academic Achievements **Essential** - Supportive of research activity **Desirable** - Evidence of research and publications in peer reviewed journals ### Qualifications and Training **Essential** - GMC registered medical practitioner. - Licence to practice - Applicants must be on the GMC Specialist Register for General adult Psychiatry or within 6 months of the anticipated award of a CCT or CESR in General Adult Psychiatry at the time of interview for the post - Eligible for recognition as Approved Medical Practitioner under the MH (C&T)(S) Act 2003 **Desirable** - Additional post-graduate qualifications, e.g. MD/ PhD/MSc - Completed a training post and/or special interest sessions in perinatal psychiatry ## Documents - [249443 - Locum Cons Perinatal Psych (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1154177&JobId=259847) ## 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.