Applications are invited for this substantive 5 session post of Consultant Paediatrician with special interest in Epilepsy & Neurology to join an existing epilepsy/neurology service consisting of 2 consultants and specialty nurses.
You will join an established team of senior clinicians providing input to the paediatric services across NHS Fife. This appointment represents an opportunity for the appropriate candidate to become a member of a close-knit, hard working and proactive integrated clinical team.
You will contribute to the existing team of Paediatricians in both community and acute settings. At the present time the paediatric service attaches particular importance to enhancing training opportunities and teaching for our junior medical team and maintaining a high quality of teaching for attached medical students.
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 to Non-UK Applicants must demonstrate that they have the knowledge, skills and experience required for practising as an eligible specialist in the UK.
Informal enquiries and visits are welcome and should initially be made to either or both:-
Dr Kirsten Healy and Dr Helen Sheridan, joint Clinical Lead(s) for Paediatrics, via paediatric secretary (01592 728828)
Dr John Morrice, Associate Medical Director for Women and Children Services, via Secretary (01592 728828)
Interviews will be held on 13/08/2026
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As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.
We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
Please note the salary is pro rata for part time hours.
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