Consultant in Spinal Surgery (SJM)

Job details

• Job reference: 252721
• Salary: Consultant (£111,430 - £148,064)
• Job closing date: 03/08/2026
• Job Type: Medical and Dental
• Location: Royal Hospital for Children and Young People
• Employment type: Permanent
• Hours Per Week: 40
• Job posted date: 13/07/2026
• Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
• Department: Surgery

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.

Consultant only if applicable: remove if not applicableMEDICAL

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 Royal Hospital for Children and Young people

This new post is for a full time, substantive Consultant post in Spinal Surgery at this nationally designated centre and the post is available from 1st August 2026. This post is an expansion to the current consultant complement and is designed to enhance our 2 consultant per case model of care. The post requires training in paediatric and adult spinal deformity surgery. The surgical activity is based at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh with some outpatient activity at Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, and planned expansion to further satellite areas in Scotland.

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:

Alistair Baxter

email@ Alistair.Baxter@nhs.scot

or

Paul Leonard

email@paul.leonard @nhs.scot

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.

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

Interview Date: 13 August 2026

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.

Consultant only if applicable: remove if not applicableMEDICAL

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 Royal Hospital for Children and Young people

This new post is for a full time, substantive Consultant post in Spinal Surgery at this nationally designated centre and the post is available from 1st August 2026. This post is an expansion to the current consultant complement and is designed to enhance our 2 consultant per case model of care. The post requires training in paediatric and adult spinal deformity surgery. The surgical activity is based at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh with some outpatient activity at Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, and planned expansion to further satellite areas in Scotland.

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:

Alistair Baxter

email@ Alistair.Baxter@nhs.scot

or

Paul Leonard

email@paul.leonard @nhs.scot

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.

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

Interview Date: 13 August 2026