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Job details
- Job reference: 245228
- Salary: Clinical Fellow (£45,504 - £71,550)
- Job closing date: 09/06/2026
- Job Type: Medical and Dental
- Location: Victoria Hospital
- Employment type: Fixed-term
- Hours Per Week: 40
- Job posted date: 26/05/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Fife
- Department: General Surgery
You will join the General Surgical Team in the Acute Services Division of NHS Fife, working under the supervision of our General Surgical Consultants. You will take part in the junior middle-grade rota (currently 1:9) covering emergency admissions in General Surgery and Urology for both days and nights. You will also have the opportunity to get appropriate training in elective general surgery (operating, outpatients, endoscopy, multidisciplinary team working) alongside our Core Trainee doctors.
You will be based at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, where inpatient surgical wards and theatres are located in a new facility that opened early in 2012. All inpatient activity occurs at the Victoria Hospital, whilst Endoscopy, Day Surgery and Outpatient Clinics also take place in Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline, the Adamson Hospital in Cupar, and St Andrews Community Hospital. The general surgical teams perform a wide range of laparoscopic and endoscopic procedures and have excellent support from interventional radiology and gastroenterology teams.
For informal enquiries, please contact
Mr Stephen Bennett (Consultant Surgeon/Admin Lead)Email: stephen.bennett2@nhs.scot
or
Mr Geert Koffeman (Consultant Surgeon/Clinical Lead)Email: geert.koffeman@nhs.scot
NHS Scotland 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 Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
You will join the General Surgical Team in the Acute Services Division of NHS Fife, working under the supervision of our General Surgical Consultants. You will take part in the junior middle-grade rota (currently 1:9) covering emergency admissions in General Surgery and Urology for both days and nights. You will also have the opportunity to get appropriate training in elective general surgery (operating, outpatients, endoscopy, multidisciplinary team working) alongside our Core Trainee doctors.
You will be based at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, where inpatient surgical wards and theatres are located in a new facility that opened early in 2012. All inpatient activity occurs at the Victoria Hospital, whilst Endoscopy, Day Surgery and Outpatient Clinics also take place in Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline, the Adamson Hospital in Cupar, and St Andrews Community Hospital. The general surgical teams perform a wide range of laparoscopic and endoscopic procedures and have excellent support from interventional radiology and gastroenterology teams.
For informal enquiries, please contact
Mr Stephen Bennett (Consultant Surgeon/Admin Lead)Email: stephen.bennett2@nhs.scot
or
Mr Geert Koffeman (Consultant Surgeon/Clinical Lead)Email: geert.koffeman@nhs.scot
NHS Scotland 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 Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
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This advert is for Clinical Fellow in General Surgery (FY2, FY3, CT1, CT2 level) with NHS Fife in Kirkcaldy, East of Scotland, Scotland. It is listed as a Junior Medical doctor General Surgery role. The advertised salary is £45,504 - £71,550. The contract type is Fixed-term. The application deadline is 09 Jun 2026.
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