Locum Appointment for Training (LAT) in Renal Medicine

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Fixed-term appointment available from February 2027 to August 2027.

Fixed-term appointment available from February 2027 to Feb 2028

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.

Applications are welcome for the above Fixed Term, full time & part time various hours per week) post based in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

This is a full-time training post within the Department of Renal Medicine, NHS Lothian, designed to provide higher specialty training experience in Nephrology for doctors at ST4 level or above. The successful candidate will gain experience across the breadth of modern nephrology including acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, dialysis, transplantation and glomerular disease.

Clinical duties will include participation in inpatient and outpatient nephrology services, multidisciplinary team working and management of patients requiring haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh provides renal services to Lothian & Borders and kidney transplantation to the North, East and South-East of Scotland, and kidney-pancreas transplantation for the whole of Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The post holder will be based mainly in the Department of Renal Medicine at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and would participate in the renal registrar on call rota

GMC registered medical practitioner. License to practice Completed core medical training or equivalent MRCP or equivalent

The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh provides general nephrology and dialysis services for Lothian and Borders, kidney transplantation to the North, East and South-East of Scotland, and kidney-pancreas, liver and islet transplantation for the whole of Scotland.

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

Dr Iain MacIntyre

Email: iain.macintyre@nhs.scot

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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***