Consultant in Critical Care Medicine - 213965 PM

CONSULTANT IN CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL

Reference - 213965

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 the Western General Hospital.

It is expected that applicants will have a CCT in Anaesthesia or other relevant specialty and Intensive Care Medicine as recognised by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (or equivalent) and be on, or be eligible for inclusion on, the GMC Specialist Register.

The successful candidate will be expected to rotate periodically between the Western General Hospital and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) ICUs. The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh provides a range of tertiary and quaternary services including the regional trauma centre, interventional cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, upper GI and hepato-biliary surgery, Neurology/neurosurgery, Scottish Liver Transplant Unit, Kidney and Pancreatic Transplant and the Scottish Centre for Thoraco-abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair. The Western General Hospital provides for most specialties and is the centre for Haematology, Medical and Radiation Oncology, Regional Infectious Diseases, Colorectal and Urology Surgery, Lower GI Medicine and Rheumatology.

The post holder will help to provide consultant sessions to critical care services which underpin the emergency and elective workload of this busy University hospital.

The appointment is for 10 PAs. This is an 9 Direct Clinical Care appointment with 1 Supporting Professional Activity. Should the successful candidate wish to take on other activities (to include for example undergraduate teaching, educational/clinical supervision and appraisal) an additional SPA session can be offered.

This job can be configured for Anaesthesia or other specialty interest or for full time critical care for suitable applicants.

This is an Exposure Prone Procedure Post

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 Kallirroi Kefala, Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine. Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA

0131 242 3194 (23194) Kallirroi.Kefala@nhslothian.scot.nhs.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: 24^th May 2025

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

Interview Date: 5^th June 2025