215223 Consultant in Anaesthetics (

NHS National Services Scotland; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Consultant Anaesthetist to join their team at a prominent hospital in Edinburgh. This full-time position offers the chance to work in a supportive environment, focusing on elective cancer surgeries and emergency care. The role provides opportunities for subspecialty interests and professional development within a collaborative team of experienced consultants. If you are passionate about improving patient outcomes and thrive in a dynamic healthcare setting, this position could be your next career step.

Benefits

Annual leave and study leave

Office accommodation

Full-time secretarial support

Access to public transport

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration and license to practice required.
• Evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Support elective cancer surgery services at the Western General Hospital.
• Work within a cohesive team of consultant anaesthetists.

Skills

GMC Registration

Higher Specialist Training

Perioperative Medicine

Difficult Vascular Access

Education

Medical Degree

CCT or equivalent

Job description

Consultant Anaesthetist

Department of Anaesthesia, Western General Hospital

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 Western General Hospital

We are looking to appoint a full time consultant anaesthetist to work in NHS Lothian. The post is based at the Western General Hospital (WGH). The opportunity for this post has arisen due to retirement from the existing workforce. The post is designed to support the elective cancer surgery services at the Western General Hospital, and the associated emergency care. The WGH provides regional colorectal, breast, and urology surgical services, in addition to multispecialty major complex pelvic surgery.

The successful applicant will work within a cohesive team of approximately twenty consultant anaesthetists, with trainees rotating as part of the South East Scotland training scheme. Subspecialty interests in QI, simulation based teaching, perioperative medicine, difficult vascular access and preoperative assessment could be accommodated, and would be considered advantageous.

All posts are offered according to the Terms & Conditions of the 2003 Consultant Contract (Scotland) including all subsequent modifications to this. General Whitley Council Terms & Conditions shall apply to all posts. The posts are subject to the provisions of the European Working Time Directive. The posts require the successful applicants to be registered with the GMC with a license to practice and to be on the specialist register by the time of taking up the post. The successful applicants will be allocated an appraiser and will be expected to participate in annual appraisal and job planning and to revalidate as required by the GMC.

Annual leave and study leave are as per the above T&Cs. In addition the consultants in the anaesthetic department have agreed to work the two bank holidays which are no longer bank holidays for the Agenda for Change staff in return for three additional days of annual leave.

Office accommodation is available with an expectation of sharing IT equipment. The allocation of desk space is overseen by the clinical director. The Western General Hospital has a consultant with administrative responsibility who manages the day to day running of the anaesthetic rota and the department has full-time secretarial support.

Because of Edinburgh Council’s policy on promoting the use of public transport there is limited car parking at the Western General Hospital and an even more limited supply of parking permits. The provision of bicycle racks is improving. There are excellent bus links to the Western General Hospital.

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

Enquiries should be made to: Dr. Matthew Royds, Clinical Director, Anaesthesia & Theatres, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

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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***

Interview Date: 25 June 2025