# Salaried GP with an interest in Eating Disorders in Psychiatry Part Time

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** NHS Lanarkshire
- **Location:** Buchanan Centre
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** General Practitioner
- **Grade:** General practitioner
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-30T23:59:59.999Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-02T07:49:33.287Z
- **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=265920
- **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=265920
- **Employer website:** https://www.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job details

- Job reference: 255511
- Salary: Sessional GP
- Job closing date: 30/10/2026
- Job Type: Medical and Dental
- Location: Buchanan Centre
- Employment type: Permanent
- Hours Per Week: 12
- Job posted date: 02/10/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lanarkshire
- Department: Tertiary Eating Disorder Specialist Service (TESS)

### NHS Lanarkshire

### General Practitioner with Special interest in Eating Disorders (Tertiary Eating Disorder Service)

Want to join an enthusiastic and motivated team providing high quality care?

NHS Lanarkshire is ambitious for the population it serves and its staff. We offer flexible and innovative ways of working.

Due to a reconfiguration in the service, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a GP with an interest in Eating Disorders to join our established and highly specialised Lanarkshire wide team. Both experienced GPs and GPs with little or no previous experience of working with patients who have Eating Disorders are welcome to apply for this post and the successful applicant will have an opportunity to develop their skills and knowledge through regular CPD and supervision.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity further please contact Dr Richard Taylor, Clinical Director on 01698 754435. For any application queries, please contact Iain Crosby - HR Assistant on 01698 754353 or by email to medical.dentalrecruitment@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.

Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information on the UK Border Agency’s new points based system that now governs the way individuals from outside the EEA can work in the UK at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Please visit www.medicaljobs.scot.nhs.uk for details on how to apply.

Please follow the link below should you wish any further information on NHS Lanarkshire

Recruitment | NHS Lanarkshire (scot.nhs.uk)

## Person Specification

### Other

**Essential**

- Satisfactory medical clearance by NHS Lanarkshire Occupational Health Service.
- Satisfactory PVG Check.
- Fluent in medical English and evidence of ability to communicate in stressful situations.
- Current full driving licence.

### Teaching

**Essential**

- Interest in teaching and training.

### Training

**Essential**

- Specialist Training in General Practice

**Desirable**

- Additional experience of working in Psychiatry.

### Experience

**Essential**

- A wide range of experience is welcomed relevant to the candidate’s medical career, with evidence of working with patients with mental health problems using a biopsychosocial approach.
- An understanding of eating disorders, including the physical risks and psychological factors common in this group of patients.

### Disposition

**Essential**

- Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
- A flexible approach to duties, which satisfies the needs of the Service in a changing environment.
- Good time management and organisation.

### Publications

**Essential**

- Not essential

**Desirable**

- Audit presentation or involvement in research projects.

### Audit/Research

**Essential**

- Understanding of the principles of medical audit and clinical improvement. Aware of application of research to medical practice.

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- MBChB or equivalent
- Full GMC registration with current license to Practice and inclusion on the General Practitioner Register
- Membership of the Royal College of General Practice.
- Must be included on the NHS Lanarkshire GP performers list at time of starting post.

**Desirable**

- Further educational certificates, diplomas, etc.

### Knowledge and Skills

**Essential**

- Post registration experience.
- Good IT skills.

## Documents

- [Working for Lanarkshire (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1204684&JobId=265920)
- [Salaried GP Eating Disorders Job Pack  (DOCX, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1204681&JobId=265920)

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