KM250375 - Consultant in Forensic Psychiatry

Applications are invited for the Full Time post in Consultant in Forensic Psychiatry based with NHS Grampian and Hosted MH services (Aberdeen City HSCP). Become an important part of our team, at the heart of delivering high quality, patient-centred care for the half-million people who live in Grampian.

You will be based predominantly within the Blair Unit, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen and HMP Grampian. The successful candidate will be joining an established Forensic Psychiatry multidisciplinary team which includes Nursing, Clinical Psychology and Occupational Therapy. The work will include out-patient and in-patient (including Intensive Psychiatric Care IPCU) elements, with a component of Prison based work at HMP Grampian.

Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry on the GMC Specialist Register from date of interview.

CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) or Portfolio Pathway route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive Consultant post once CESR or Portfolio Pathway specialist registration is awarded. Those with an International Recognised Specialist Qualification approved by GMC should have a confirmed entry on the GMC Specialist Register.

Applications from doctors with appropriate specialist training and experience who are not listed on the GMC Specialist Register can be considered for a Locum Consultant post (up to 12 months) if no substantive Consultant appointment is made. Whilst in locum employment, an application to obtain a CESR or Portfolio Pathway Specialist Registration can be made to the GMC. .

Full registration with a licence to practise with the GMC is required. (licence to practise must be in place prior to starting in post). For more information visit

Please review the supporting documents for this vacancy and for any further information about this post contact:
Dr Daniel Bennett, Clinical Lead for Forensic Services/ Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist,  Dr Matthew Colyer, Unit Clinical Director, Specialisms, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen on

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NHS Grampian forms one of the fourteen regional health boards of NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing health and social care services to a population of over 500,000 people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.

As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values.