Locum Consultant in Medicine of Elderly & Stroke Medicine PM

Job Title: Locum Consultant in Medicine for the Elderly & Stroke Medicine

Department: Medicine for the Elderly & Stroke

Base: Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

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.

Consultant only if applicable: 

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 Fixed Term, full time (40 hours per week) post based in Western General Hospital 

The successful applicant will join an enthusiastic, supportive and motivated team of geriatricians and stroke physicians. Clinical activity will include in-patient care for patients within the stroke unit, hospital based stroke out - reach, contribution to the assessment and management of older people in the acute assessment frailty unit, and contribution to the weekday (Monday Thursday) and weekend consultant on call rota for Medicine for the Elderly at the Western General Hospital. There is opportunity to have a dedicated stroke outpatient clinic. There is some flexibility within job plan which can be tailored to the interest of applicants. For newly appointment consultants there is the opportunity of mentorship offered by existing experienced and supportive consultant geriatricians. Within the Western General site there is a passion for education, training, quality improvement and clinical research, therefore non-clinical interests will be encouraged. The successful candidate will have opportunities in the delivery of undergraduate teaching; supervision of junior doctors; clinical governance and quality improvement. The post is for a fixed term locum Consultant in Medicine for the Elderly & Stroke Medicine and will be for up to 9 PAs, of which 1PAs will be to support the out of hours rota. This is a less than full-time post; and we welcome applications from all interested candidate.

More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below. 

For an informal discussion please contact:

Contact : Dr Elizabeth Keane

Email : Elizabeth.keane@nhs.scot

Contact : Dr Sarah Keir

Email : sarah.keir@nhs.scot

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We cannot accept CVs as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted.  Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally. 

***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***