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- Job reference: 259922
- Salary: Locum Consultant (£111,430 - £148,064)
- Job closing date: 29/09/2026
- Job Type: Medical and Dental
- Location: Western General Hospital
- Employment type: Fixed-term
- Hours Per Week: 40
- Job posted date: 16/09/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
- Department: Acute & General Medicine
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
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/Fixed Term, full time (40 hours per week) post based in Hospital.
This post is based in the Western General hospital Edinburgh and combines General Medicine activity with specialty sessions in Diabetes and Endocrinology and includes;
-general medicine receiving activity
-downstream care of general medical patients in the general medical wards
-general diabetes and endocrinology clinics, with opportunities to contribute to a subspeciality clinic depending on candidate's interests (to a total of 4PA of specialty time WTE).
-potential for sessions in the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) department or in the Emergency Medical Assessment Unit (MAUE).
This post will be predominantly based at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh. You may also be required to work at any of NHS Edinburgh and the Lothian’s sites. Annualised contributions to the out of hours aspect of the acute medical receiving rota have a reciprocal amount of non clinical time. This would be calculated and agreed with the Clinical Director. Part time working is welcome.
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 Jenni Crane
Email:Jenni.crane@nhs.scot
Or
Dr Marcus Lyall
Email:marcus.lyall@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***
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This advert is for Locum Consultant in Acute & General Medicine with interest in Diabetes/ with NHS Lothian in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Acute Medicine role. The advertised salary is £111,430 - £148,064. The contract type is Fixed-term. The application deadline is 29 Sep 2026.
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