Consultant - General Medicicine and MoE 223055 PM

NHS National Services Scotland; Livingston; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Livingston seeks a Consultant in General Medicine to manage inpatient frailty care and provide undergraduate teaching. This full-time position offers the chance to engage in clinical duties across the medical unit while contributing to education and quality improvement initiatives. Ideal candidates will have full GMC registration and experience in General Medicine. Competitive salary and supportive work environment provided.

Qualifications

• Applicants must have full GMC Registration.
• Candidates need to be eligible for the GMC Specialist Register.
• Experience with inpatient frailty care is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Manage GP referrals and ambulatory patients.
• Conduct undergraduate teaching at St John’s Hospital.
• Engage in quality improvement and research activities.

Skills

Full GMC Registration

Eligibility for GMC Specialist Register

Experience in General Medicine

Teaching Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Higher Specialist Training leading to CCT

Medical Degree

Job description

CONSULTANT – GENERAL MEDICINE AND MOE
ST JOHNS HOSPITAL

Reference - 223055

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 St John’s Hospital.

The postholder will work across General Medicine and Medicine of the Elderly, joining a team of enthusiastic and motivated consultant physicians within a unit recognised for its innovation and passion for improvement. The unit has a strong emphasis on medical education and training as well as close links with the Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit, input from all the medical specialties, an established Frailty screening and intervention service, as well as an award-winning Hospital at Home team.

This job comprises 10 PAs (9 DCC + 1 SPA). Additional SPA time may be available on discussion at job planning with the successful appointee.

General Medicine duties will involve Front Door duties for Medicine at St John’s Hospital, based in the Emergency Medical Assessment (EMA) where GP referrals and ambulatory patients are managed. There is a Level 1 High Dependency Care area adjacent to the Medical Admissions Unit.

Medicine of the Elderly duties involve inpatient frailty care (Wards 8 & 9) and rehabilitation (Ward 14). There is also opportunity for an outpatient clinic in a specialist area of interest, or Hospital at Home depending on the interests of the successful appointee.

As well as clinical duties, this post will have a commitment to the delivery of undergraduate teaching at St John’s Hospital, in particular teaching within a clinical environment. Other non-clinical interests are encouraged, for example management, postgraduate education, quality improvement, and research. A large number of trainee doctors rotate through the medical unit and the successful applicant may wish to have a role in educational supervision.

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 Donald Noble, Clinical Director, Medicine
[e-mail]

Dr Latana Munang, Consultant Geriatrician
[e-mail]

If viewing from an external site, please visit https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk for a job pack detailing the minimum requirements for this post and details of how to apply.

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 Date: 20/08/2025

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

Interview Date: 27/08/2025