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Job requirements
Essential
20 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Ability
Ability to take full responsibility for independent management of patients
- Ability
Ability to communicate effectively and clearly with patients and other team members
- Ability
Ability to manage challenging clinical scenarios.
- Experience
Experience in psychiatry
- Motivation
Evidence of commitment to: patient-focused care
- Motivation
continuous professional development and life-long learning
- Motivation
effective and efficient use of resources
- Team Working
Ability to work in a team with colleagues in own and other disciplines
- Team Working
Ability to organise time efficiently and effectively
- Team Working
Reliability
- Team Working
Excellent communication skills
- Team Working
Ability to recognise other professionals' perspectives or different views and incorporate these into holistic care plans for patients.
- Teaching and Audit
Evidence of commitment to: clinical audit
- Teaching and Audit
formal and informal teaching and training of trainee doctors, medical students and other clinical staff
- Teaching and Audit
learning and continuing professional development
- Circumstances of Job
May be required to work at any of NHS Edinburgh and the Lothian's sites
- Qualifications and Training
GMC registered medical practitioner
- Qualifications and Training
Licence to practice
- Qualifications and Training
Previous training and experience in primary care or psychiatry
- Qualifications and Training
MRCPsych
Desirable
16 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Ability
Ability to manage problems in multiple domains
- Ability
Recovery focused
- Experience
Experience of working in a substance misuse service
- Experience
Experience of substitute prescribing
- Motivation
Desire to develop services for patients
- Team Working
Ability to motivate colleagues
- Team Working
Evidence of previous leadership training and experience
- Team Working
Reflective of own practice and open to constructive feedback.
- Teaching and Audit
Experience of designing and completing audits / QI projects
- Teaching and Audit
Experience of simulation training
- Teaching and Audit
Evidence of training in clinical and / or educational supervision
- Academic Achievements
Evidence of research and publications in peer reviewed journals
- Academic Achievements
Evidence of research activity and presentations
- Academic Achievements
Evidence of poster or oral presentations at national or international meetings
- Qualifications and Training
Additional post-graduate qualifications
- Qualifications and Training
Additional sub-specialty training and experience in addictions
Job details
- Job reference: 259758
- Salary: Specialty Doctor - 2022 (£64,158 - £99,975)
- Job closing date: 30/09/2026
- Job Type: Medical and Dental
- Location: Royal Edinburgh Hospital
- Employment type: Fixed-term
- Hours Per Week: 32
- Job posted date: 15/09/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
- Department: ADDICTIONS
NHS Lothian
Reference : 259758
Specialty Doctor in Addictions
Closing : 30/09/2026
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.
A doctor appointed to this grade:shall have full registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council (GMC);
And
- shall have completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a less than full-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme or specialty registrar locum appointment for training (LAT);
Or
- shall have equivalent training, experience or competencies, either in the UK or overseas.
Applications are welcome for the above Fixed Term, part time (32 hours per week) post based in Royal Edinburgh Hospital.
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:
Drs Rachael Sibbett or Rebecca Lawrence
Ritson Clinic
Royal Edinburgh Hospital
0131 537 6444
Rachael.sibbett@nhs.scot
Rebecca.lawrence@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 Specialty Doctor in Addictions with NHS Lothian in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £64,158 - £99,975. The contract type is Fixed-term. The application deadline is 30 Sep 2026.
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