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Consultant Forensic Pathologist (2 posts)
The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Reference: CG2576
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.
Applications are welcome for the above Permanent, full time (40 hours per week) posts based in Forensic Pathology Department, Nine Edinburgh Bioquarter, 9 Little France Road, Edinburgh EH16 4UX.
This appointment is for two substantive Consultant vacancies in Forensic Pathology, available from March 1st 2023, offering the successful candidates the opportunity to work within the Forensic Pathology Department in one of the leading Departments of Pathology in the United Kingdom.
The core service work is forensic autopsies currently carried out at the City Mortuary of Edinburgh, at the request of East SFIU (COPFS). Reports on autopsies, histology, toxicological and other ancillary investigations have to be prepared, with provisional and final reports issued to COPFS within contractually-agreed timescales. There are also occasional meetings with Procurators Fiscal and next-of-kin, which have to be attended as well as crime scenes on request by the Homicide Unit, SFIU. Each consultant has to provide cover for leave of colleagues. On-call duties comprise attendance at scenes of death, and possibly urgent post mortems (including out-of-hours). Applicants are required to be on, or to be eligible for inclusion on, the GMC Specialist Register as either Histopathology (Forensic) or Forensic Pathology.
All consultants are expected to be involved in direct clinical care, CPD and audit, and to be available for teaching and involved in research as appropriate. Multidisciplinary meetings are a key part of direct clinical care.
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 Rob Ainsworth, Head of Specialty - Forensic Pathology, Nine Edinburgh Bioquarter, 9 Little France Road, Edinburgh EH16 4UX
e-mail: robert.ainsworth@ed.ac.uk
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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.
Closing Date: 03/02/2023
***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***
Interview Date: 10/02/2023