Locum Consultant Nephrologist

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

The shift pattern for this post is oncall.

This is a 12 month Locum Consultant post (fixed-term or secondment).

This is based at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our friendly team of consultant nephrologists at the NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Renal and Transplant Unit. Based at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow you will work within a team of consultants providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient nephrology, transplant follow up and dialysis services to the Greater Glasgow and Clyde Region. This is a 10 session post available from April 2026.

The Acute Services Division of NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde is the largest group of adult acute hospitals in Scotland. The Division provides Renal Services for Greater Glasgow & Clyde and Forth Valley Health Boards along with Renal Transplant Services for the West of Scotland. The Glasgow Renal and Transplant Unit has 65 inpatient beds at QEUH and currently supports approximately 600 haemodialysis patients, 50 peritoneal dialysis patients, over 1000 renal transplant patients and more than 200 patients per year with acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy. Around 130 new renal transplants were performed last year.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.

Contact details

For an informal discussion, please contact:

Mr John Asher Consultant Transplant & General Surgeon
(PA)

or

Dr Emily McQuarrie Consultant Nephrologist

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process: Information for candidates

This post may close early to the volume of response. Please submit your application form as soon as possible.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) recognises the importance of work-life balance and is committed to offering a range of flexible working options where service needs allow. For roles where less than full-time hours can be accommodated, and where the tenure is listed as "various", we encourage applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements. Flexible working will be included as a topic for discussion during the recruitment process.

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