Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
38 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Evidence of active involvement in clinical audit
- Experience
Evidence of involvement in planning and developing services
- Experience
Evidence of QI work and implementation
- QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants should have full GMC registration, a licence to practise, MRCP or equivalent and eligibility for inclusion on the Specialist Register.
- Personal Skills
Commitment to team working and good professional relationships.
- Personal Skills
Ability to provide clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team.
- Personal Skills
Enthusiasm and ability to work under pressure.
- Personal Skills
Supportive and tolerant
- Personal Skills
Caring attitude to patients
- Personal Skills
Commitment to continuing professional development.
- OTHER ATTRIBUTES
Ability to work in a team.
- OTHER ATTRIBUTES
Good interpersonal skills.
- OTHER ATTRIBUTES
Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nursing staff and other relevant parties.
- OTHER ATTRIBUTES
Commitment to the requirements of clinical governance.
- CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in General Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
- CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of rheumatological problems.
- CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
- TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Experience of supervising medical trainees.
- TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Ability to teach clinical skills.
- Clinical Specialty Skills
Can provide an expert opinion in a full range of presentations to Rheumatology.
- Clinical Specialty Skills
Independently competent in Imaging with recognised training documentation
- Clinical Specialty Skills
Demonstrates competence in managing critically unwell patients, including when transfer to a tertiary centre is necessary.
- Clinical Specialty Skills
Demonstrates competence in management of broad range of acute medical inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Qualifications and training
MB ChB, MBBS or equivalent
- Qualifications and training
MRCP or equivalent
- Qualifications and training
Completed specialist training in Rheumatology +/- General Internal Medicine. Other specialties will be considered.
- Qualifications and training
Applicants must have full GMC registration and a licence to practise.
- Qualifications and training
Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or eligibility for specialist registration (CESR) or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from date of Interview.
- Qualifications and training
Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
- Skills, knowledge and aptitude
Evidence of working well within a multi-disciplinary team with a 'can do' attitude.
- Skills, knowledge and aptitude
Ability to organise and prioritise complex demands.
- Skills, knowledge and aptitude
Evidence of teaching and training skills for junior doctors
- Skills, knowledge and aptitude
Effective communication skills
- Skills, knowledge and aptitude
Ability to use research outcomes in clinical practice.
- MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Ability to advise on the efficient and smooth running of the GI service.
- MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Ability to organise and manage ward patients and outpatient priorities.
- MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Experience of audit management.
- MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Ability and willingness to work within NHS GG&C and NHS Scotland performance framework and access targets.
Desirable
15 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Evidence of participation in relevant research, including publications and abstract presentations
- Experience
Evidence of innovative service developments
- Experience
Experience of teaching medical students
- CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Sub-specialty interest.
- TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Experience of MMC assessment tools.
- Qualifications and training
PhD
- Qualifications and training
Evidence of interest and participation in research
- Qualifications and training
Up to date for Good clinical practise
- Qualifications and training
Recognition of Trainer achieved with GMC
- Skills, knowledge and aptitude
Applicants have experience in teaching on ALS, ILS or IMPACT course.
- Skills, knowledge and aptitude
Formal training in teaching skills
- Skills, knowledge and aptitude
Computer literate
- Skills, knowledge and aptitude
Engagement in Civility saves lives program or similar.
- Skills, knowledge and aptitude
Experience of peer support or colleague debriefing
- MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Attendance at management course for clinicians.
Job details
- Job reference: 259424
- Salary: Please see advert
- Job closing date: 03/10/2026
- Job Type: Medical and Dental
- Location: Inverclyde Royal Hospital
- Employment type: Fixed-term
- Hours Per Week: 40
- Job posted date: 16/09/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
- Department: Medicine
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
The shift pattern for this post is Monday to Friday, on-call.
This is a Fixed term post for 12 months.
Applications are welcome for a Locum Rheumatology and General Medicine Consultant or a specialist doctor in Rheumatology within the department of Rheumatology Medicine based within Inverclyde Royal Hospital ( IRH). The department is closely linked to the wider Rheumatology team based across the Clyde Sector (including The Royal Alexandra and The Vale of Leven Hospitals). The Clyde Sector team provides a general Rheumatology Service as well as access to a number of sub-specialties.
The post will be for a period of 12 months to support delivery of inpatient care and has arisen due to special leave within the existing consultant workforce. The successful applicant will join an extensive team of Acute and General Physicians.
Applicants must have full GMC registration and a licence to practise. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT in General (Internal) Medicine or eligibility for specialist registration (CESR) or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from date of Interview. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training. For further information regarding NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and its hospitals, please visit our website www.nhs.ggc.org.uk
This is an exciting opportunity to join our friendly and dedicated team at IRH and to steer and influence the future design and direction of the service. This is a 10 programmed activity (10 PA) Consultant post. There is a degree of flexibility in this role in relation to specialist interests, including clinicians who are seeking to integrate academic or research opportunities within the PA sessions
Essential
Consultant applicants -The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the IRH consultant medical receiving rota.
Applicants must have full GMC Registration, a license to practice, FRCA (or equivalent) 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. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
Desirable
The job plan is designed for a full-time post, however there may be the opportunity to negotiate job plans. The Consultant team strongly advocates team working and support to ensure a healthy work-life balance.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.
For an informal discussion, please contact:
Fiona Barrie, CSM, 0141 314 9504/07816531052, Fiona.Barrie@nhs.scot
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process: Information for candidates
This post may close early to the volume of response. Please submit your application form as soon as possible.
SPECIALIST DOCTOR must meet the following criteria:
- shall have full registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council; and
- shall have completed a minimum of 10 years’ medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification of which a minimum of six years should have been in a relevant specialty in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades. Equivalent years’ experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted;
- shall meet the criteria set out in the Specialist grade generic capabilities framework.
The successful candidate may, where appropriate to their specialty and service requirements, contribute to the Interface Directorate. This may include supporting patient pathways, providing clinical advice, cross-site working or appropriate virtual clinical activity. Any involvement will be discussed and agreed, reflecting clinical governance, post requirements and wider service needs across NHSGGC
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) recognises the importance of work-life balance and is committed to offering a range of flexible working options where service needs allow. For roles where less than full-time hours can be accommodated, and where the tenure is listed as “various”, we encourage applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements. Flexible working will be included as a topic for discussion during the recruitment process.
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