# Emergency Medicine Consultant (LW) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Fife. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/emergency-medicine-consultant-lw/20c4cc27-aacf-4dbb-bc0b-fb52034e0294 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/emergency-medicine-consultant-lw/20c4cc27-aacf-4dbb-bc0b-fb52034e0294.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Fife - **Location:** Victoria Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Emergency Medicine - **Grade:** Consultant - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - **Closing date:** 2026-10-07T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-09T09:54:28.358Z - **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=265915 - **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=265915 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhsfife.org ## Job Content ### 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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We want to understand you—not an AI tool. ## Person Specification ### Teaching **Essential** - Evidence of formal or informal teaching, training and supervision of junior medical staff, medical students and other clinical staff. - Experience of providing supervision and / or mentorship. **Desirable** - Interest in and commitment to teaching and training. - Instructor status for any one of ALS, ATLS or APLS. - Evidence to support GMC recognition of trainers or formal training in educational / clinical supervision and Level 2 (or above) award in Clinical Educator Programme. - Experience of organising teaching programmes. ### Management **Essential** - Awareness of the principles and core practices involved in service management, project management and effective meetings. **Desirable** - Desire to develop services for patients. - Involvement in service re-design and project delivery. - Involvement in NHS-related meetings. - Proven experience in helping to manage an EM service. ### Qualifications **Essential** - FRCEM or equivalent higher qualification (currently held or expected within 6 months of the date of interview) - UK trained candidates must be on the specialist register or within 6 months of an approved CCT at the date of interview - Non UK candidates must have confirmation from the GMC that CESR has been awarded at the date of application - Full registration with the GMC and a License to Practice. **Desirable** - Diploma or other further studies in Medical Education or leadership, higher degree or other diploma. ### General Attributes **Essential** - Able to work in a team with colleagues in own and other disciplines. - Able to organise time efficiently and effectively. - Good communication skills. - Open to new ideas. - Commitment to CPD. - Complement the existing team of consultants. ### Research and Publication **Essential** - Awareness of the principles of research with an ability to critically analyse medical literature. **Desirable** - Publication in peer-reviewed journals. - Presentations at national meetings relevant to EM. ### Clinical Skills and Experience **Essential** - Wide clinical experience and competency in UK Emergency Medicine as per the RCEM curriculum. - Recent and relevant experience and personal qualities to work in a busy unit dealing with high turnover of unscheduled and scheduled presentations. - Able to supervise the clinical work of doctors in training and relevant staff in other disciplines. - Confidence in indirect supervision of varying grades if doctors in training. - Provider status in ATLS, ALS & APLS (or equivalent) **Desirable** - Well-developed subspecialty interest e.g. paediatrics; ultrasound; education. - Experience in observation medicine. - Administrative / management experience. ### Quality Improvement, Audit and Governance **Essential** - Understanding the principles of quality improvement. - Evidence of contribution to audit at least at local level. - Awareness of the importance of clinical governance **Desirable** - Evidence of effective quality improvement project. - Experience of governance processes e.g. M&M, significant event review ## Documents - [NHS Fife - Fife Information Pack (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1195944&JobId=265915) - [NHS Fife - Consultant Terms and Conditions 2026 (DOCX, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1195943&JobId=265915) - [F - 255506 - Emergency Medicine Consultant - Job Pack (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1195941&JobId=265915) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.