Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine

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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.

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, full time/part time post based in Royal Hospital for Children and Young People.

This is a substantive consultant post in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine, based at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People. It is a replacement post.

The post will be available from 1st April 2026.

As a consultant in a National Service with a Scotland wide referral practice, the post holder may be required to work outside Lothian.

There will potentially be sessions available in the successful applicant’s base specialty.

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:

NAME: Dr Jillian McFadzean
E-MAIL: [email protected]

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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***

Interview Date: 26/05/2026