Job requirements
Essential
22 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Teaching
Evidence of formal or informal teaching, training and supervision of junior medical staff, medical students and other clinical staff.
- Teaching
Experience of providing supervision and / or mentorship.
- Management
Awareness of the principles and core practices involved in service management, project management and effective meetings.
- Qualifications
FRCEM or equivalent higher qualification (currently held or expected within 6 months of the date of interview)
- Qualifications
UK trained candidates must be on the specialist register or within 6 months of an approved CCT at the date of interview
- Qualifications
Non UK candidates must have confirmation from the GMC that CESR has been awarded at the date of application
- Qualifications
Full registration with the GMC and a License to Practice.
- General Attributes
Able to work in a team with colleagues in own and other disciplines.
- General Attributes
Able to organise time efficiently and effectively.
- General Attributes
Good communication skills.
- General Attributes
Open to new ideas.
- General Attributes
Commitment to CPD.
- General Attributes
Complement the existing team of consultants.
- Research and Publication
Awareness of the principles of research with an ability to critically analyse medical literature.
- Clinical Skills and Experience
Wide clinical experience and competency in UK Emergency Medicine as per the RCEM curriculum.
- Clinical Skills and Experience
Recent and relevant experience and personal qualities to work in a busy unit dealing with high turnover of unscheduled and scheduled presentations.
- Clinical Skills and Experience
Able to supervise the clinical work of doctors in training and relevant staff in other disciplines.
- Clinical Skills and Experience
Confidence in indirect supervision of varying grades if doctors in training.
- Clinical Skills and Experience
Provider status in ATLS, ALS & APLS (or equivalent)
- Quality Improvement, Audit and Governance
Understanding the principles of quality improvement.
- Quality Improvement, Audit and Governance
Evidence of contribution to audit at least at local level.
- Quality Improvement, Audit and Governance
Awareness of the importance of clinical governance
Desirable
16 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Teaching
Interest in and commitment to teaching and training.
- Teaching
Instructor status for any one of ALS, ATLS or APLS.
- Teaching
Evidence to support GMC recognition of trainers or formal training in educational / clinical supervision and Level 2 (or above) award in Clinical Educator Programme.
- Teaching
Experience of organising teaching programmes.
- Management
Desire to develop services for patients.
- Management
Involvement in service re-design and project delivery.
- Management
Involvement in NHS-related meetings.
- Management
Proven experience in helping to manage an EM service.
- Qualifications
Diploma or other further studies in Medical Education or leadership, higher degree or other diploma.
- Research and Publication
Publication in peer-reviewed journals.
- Research and Publication
Presentations at national meetings relevant to EM.
- Clinical Skills and Experience
Well-developed subspecialty interest e.g. paediatrics; ultrasound; education.
- Clinical Skills and Experience
Experience in observation medicine.
- Clinical Skills and Experience
Administrative / management experience.
- Quality Improvement, Audit and Governance
Evidence of effective quality improvement project.
- Quality Improvement, Audit and Governance
Experience of governance processes e.g. M&M, significant event review
Job details
- Job reference: 255506
- Salary: Please see advert -
- Job closing date: 07/10/2026
- Job Type: Medical and Dental
- Location: Victoria Hospital
- Employment type: Permanent
- Hours Per Week: 40
- Job posted date: 09/09/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Fife
- Department: Accident and Emergency
Salary - £115,331 - 153,247 per annum
We are looking to welcome new colleagues to join an enthusiastic, motivated and supportive team of 23 Consultant Emergency Physicians (19 WTE) dedicated to providing care that is patient-centred, safe and clinically effective.
You will work in the Emergency Department at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, which opened in 2012. The department has an annual attendance of 72000 with approximately 25% paediatrics.
There is a 24-hour middle grade rota filled with a mixture of Trainees from the South-East and East of Scotland rotations, specialty doctors and senior fellows.
We have an excellent relationship and collaborate closely with all in-patient teams. As a department we are committed to teaching and providing a positive experience of EM to our junior doctors. Our trainees rate their experiences in Fife highly and this is recognised regionally and in GMC surveys.
NHS Fife welcomes applications from both newly qualified and established Consultants in Emergency Medicine to join and expand our motivated, enthusiastic and dedicated team. They will be encouraged to develop a specialist interest relevant to Emergency medicine so complementing current Consultants’ interests.
Applicants who wish to arrange job plans to accommodate other professional interests are encouraged to apply.
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 to Non-UK Applicants must demonstrate that they have the knowledge, skills and experience required for practising as an eligible specialist in the UK.
Interview Date: 28/10/2026
For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please contact:
Dr Kate Searle, Consultant & Clinical Lead in Emergency Medicine
Email: kate.searle@nhs.scot
Dr Melvin Carew, Consultant & Deputy Clinical Lead in Emergency Medicine
Email: melvin.carew@nhs.scot
Dr Cristina Sifiringa, Consultant & Deputy Clinical Lead in Emergency Medicine
Email: cristina.sifiringa1@nhs.scot
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
Please note the salary is pro rata for part time hours.
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This advert is for Emergency Medicine Consultant (LW) with NHS Fife in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Emergency Medicine role. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 07 Oct 2026.
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