Consultant Psychiatrist in the Psychiatry of Old Age

Consultant Psychiatrist in the Psychiatry of Old Age

• Sligo, Ireland
• Temporary, Full time

Who We Are

Community Healthcare Services focus on keeping you well so that you can continue to live at home or close to home through our health promotion, disease screening, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation programs.

Description

The Psychiatry of Old Age (POA) service is a specialist mental health service providing care to clients over 65 who develop functional psychiatric illness for the first time and those people with dementia who develop behavioural/psychiatric problems requiring specialist input. The service provides a range of Community and Acute Care for patients referred from Sligo, Leitrim, West Cavan, and South Donegal.

This Consultant post delivers a Psychiatry of Old Age Service in Sligo University Hospital, Community Hospitals, and Nursing Homes in the Sligo/Leitrim, West Cavan, and South Donegal area with input to the Memory Assessment and Support Services (MASS).

Applicants must be registered as a specialist in the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council in Ireland in the Specialty of Psychiatry of Old Age.

The appointment will be to Sligo/Leitrim Mental Health Services under the Public Only Consultant Contract 2023. HSE Medical Manpower Donegal is an Equal Opportunity Employer.