Consultant in Acute & General Medicine
with an interest in Undergraduate Education with an interest in Undergraduate Education
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 Permanent, full time (40 hours per week) post based in Western General Hospital.
This post is based in the Department of Acute and General Medicine at the Western General Hospital Edinburgh although up to 3 specialty sessions may be negotiated. The focus of non-clinical time will be to work with colleagues to expand and develop the undergraduate teaching programme within the department and support ongoing medical education.
There will be a contribution to:
-the general medicine acute take
-the acute care of general medical patients in our front door assessment areas
-downstream care of general medical patients in the general medical wards
Medical specialties on site include Medicine of the Elderly, Respiratory Medicine, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases, Stroke Medicine, Rheumatology, Gastroenterology, Cardiology, Rheumatology and Dermatology. Further medical specialties are hosted at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and St John’s Hospital Livingston.
You would be predominantly based at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh but may also be required to work at any of the Lothian’s sites.
Applications for less than full time working are welcome.
More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.
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