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- Job reference: 257435
- Salary: Locum Consultant (£111,430 - £148,064)
- Job closing date: 03/09/2026
- Job Type: Medical and Dental
- Location: Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
- Employment type: Fixed-term
- Hours Per Week: 40
- Job posted date: 20/08/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
- Department: Orthopaedics
NHS Lothian
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 Fixed Term, full time/ (40 hours per week) post based in Royal Infirmary Of Edinburgh
You will also be required to work at any of NHS Lothian sites.
Post Summary: This 12-month fixed term post is within the Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics based at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. The post has been established in order to increase scheduled care capacity and reduce the number of long waiting new outpatients and those patients long-waiting for arthroplasty inpatient and daycase surgery.
Elective operating will focus on long waiting arthroplasty orthopaedic surgical practice.
On-call will be based at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Little France, contributing to the Arthroplasty on-call rota.
The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh has hosted the Major Trauma Centre in Lothian, part of the South-East of Scotland Major Trauma since 2021, and is a tertiary referral service for the adjacent regions of Fife and the Borders.
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:
Wendy Parkinson
Email:wendy.parkinson@nhs.scot
Or
John McKinley
Email:john.mckinley@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***
Person specification
Ability
Essential
- Ability to take full responsibility for independent management of patients
- Ability to communicate effectively and clearly with patients and other team members
Desirable
- Evidence of close working with and understanding of needs of other departments
- Able to organise time efficiently and effectively
Experience
Essential
- Experience and subspecialist interest in arthroplasty
Motivation
Essential
- Evidence of commitment to patient-focused care
- Evidence of commitment to continuous professional development and life-long learning
- Evidence of commitment to effective and efficient use of resources
Desirable
- Desire to develop services for patients
Team Working
Essential
- Ability to work in a team with colleagues in own and other disciplines
- Ability to organise time efficiently and effectively
- Reliability
- Enthusiastic, excellent communication skills
- Committed to flexible working
- Maturity, openness and flexibility
- Subscribes to NHS Lothian values
Desirable
- Ability to motivate colleagues
- Evidence of previous managerial training and experience
Teaching and Audit
Essential
- Evidence of commitment to clinical audit
- Evidence of commitment to formal and informal teaching and training of trainee doctors, medical students and other clinical staff
- Evidence of commitment to learning and continuing professional development
Desirable
- Experience of designing audits
- Evidence of training in clinical practice and / or educational supervision
Circumstances of Job
Essential
- Will be required to work at any of NHS Edinburgh and the Lothian’s sites
Academic Achievements
Essential
- Evidence of research activity and presentations in trauma and orthopaedic surgery
Desirable
- Evidence of research and publications in the field of orthopaedics & trauma in peer reviewed journals
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- GMC registered medical practitioner
- Licence to practise
- On the Trauma and Orthopaedic Specialist Register
Desirable
- Additional post-graduate qualifications, e.g. MD/ PhD
- Additional sub-specialty training
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This advert is for Locum Elective Orthopaedic Consultant with NHS Lothian in Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, GB. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery role. The advertised salary is £111,430 - £148,064. The contract type is Fixed-term. The application deadline is 03 Sep 2026.
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