UUID vs serial and currval('sequence_id')

When doing an insert with a serial primary key we can refer to currval('sequence_name') in subsequent inserts and we also return it for later processing.

Example:

CREATE TABLE contact (
    contactid serial not null primary key, -- creates sequence 'contact_contactid_seq'
    firstname text not null,
    lastname text
);
CREATE TABLE contactinterests(
    contactid int not null references contact(contactid), 
    interest text
);

-- insert statement as single transaction
INSERT INTO contact(

    firstname, lastname)
  VALUES('John', 'Smith');
INSERT INTO contactinterests(
    contactid, interest)
  VALUES (currval('contact_contactid_seq'),'Fishing');

--insert statement as single transaction returning contactid

INSERT INTO contact(
    firstname, lastname)
  VALUES('John', 'Smith');
INSERT INTO contactinterests(
    contactid, interest)
  VALUES (currval('contact_contactid_seq'),'Fishing') 

returning currval('contact_contactid_seq');

Which is very nice as it gives us back the contactid.

Is it possible to get similar functionality using gen_random_uuid() or uuid-ossp?

Thanks

Robert