Locum Consultant - Acute and General Medicine - 225640 PM

Locum Consultant - Acute and General Medicine
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Reference - 225640

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 /Fixed Term, part time (20 hours per week) post based in The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

To provide consultant-supervised, safe, high-quality care with rapid, real-time assessment, alongside close supervision, and education of junior staff. It is expected that the on-take consultant maintains a highly visible presence at the front door with real-time facilitation of management plans, discharge and specialty referrals.

Each consultant also provides an additional weekend (09:00 - 12:00) cover to the General Medicine wards to facilitate weekend discharges.

There is also a 1 in 24 out of hours availability commitment when on for Acute Medicine, which attracts an availability supplement.

The successful applicant will have a commitment to support interface medicine, and provide ongoing care to patients admitted to General Medicine on outlying wards in the RIE (204 and 206 only).

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:
Dr Jo Simpson, Clinical Director Acute Medicine

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We cannot accept CV's 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

Closing Date: 13/09/2025