Locum Consultant in General Surgery

Job details

• Job reference: 250398
• Salary: Locum Consultant (£111,430 - £148,064)
• Job closing date: 17/06/2026
• Job Type: Medical and Dental
• Location: Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
• Employment type: Fixed-term
• Hours Per Week: 40
• Job posted date: 03/06/2026
• Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
• Department: General 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.MEDICAL

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 Fixed Term, full time (40 hours per week) post based in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Hospital.

This is a 1-year fixed term post supporting the General Surgery Directorate. This post will comprise emergency duties and elective sessions at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE). There may be outreach elective general surgical sessions at other hospitals in Lothian which is shared with other upper gastro-intestinal (UGI) colleagues. This post will be part of a 1 in 17 on call Emergency Team (ET) rota providing 24/7 elective and emergency general and UGI services to the population of Lothian. Emergency surgical admissions to the Royal Infirmary are managed by a consultant of the week who has no elective sessions and full support of consultant, middle grade and foundation doctors.

The elective commitment of these posts will be as part of a team who provide specialist upper GI services that include treatment of benign oesophago-gastric surgery, benign biliary surgery, bariatric surgery, complex hernia surgery and endocrine surgery as well as contributing to the overall general surgery workload of the department. After discussion, there may be potential for involvement in other services, for example, trauma, benign upper GI or complex hernia 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.

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:

Sarah Thomasset

Email:sarah.thomasset@nhs.scot

or

Callum Bottom

Email:callum.bottom@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***

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.MEDICAL

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 Fixed Term, full time (40 hours per week) post based in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Hospital.

This is a 1-year fixed term post supporting the General Surgery Directorate. This post will comprise emergency duties and elective sessions at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE). There may be outreach elective general surgical sessions at other hospitals in Lothian which is shared with other upper gastro-intestinal (UGI) colleagues. This post will be part of a 1 in 17 on call Emergency Team (ET) rota providing 24/7 elective and emergency general and UGI services to the population of Lothian. Emergency surgical admissions to the Royal Infirmary are managed by a consultant of the week who has no elective sessions and full support of consultant, middle grade and foundation doctors.

The elective commitment of these posts will be as part of a team who provide specialist upper GI services that include treatment of benign oesophago-gastric surgery, benign biliary surgery, bariatric surgery, complex hernia surgery and endocrine surgery as well as contributing to the overall general surgery workload of the department. After discussion, there may be potential for involvement in other services, for example, trauma, benign upper GI or complex hernia 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.

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:

Sarah Thomasset

Email:sarah.thomasset@nhs.scot

or

Callum Bottom

Email:callum.bottom@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***