NHS TAYSIDE
TAYSIDE CANCER CENTRE
NINEWELLS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL SCHOOL
CONSULTANT POST IN MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
Melanoma, Immunotherapy, Skin Cancer SACT and Secondary Tumour Site (8 Programmed Activities)
NHS Tayside are seeking to recruit a Medical Oncologist to expand our friendly and evolving service. The successful candidate will provide leadership and specialist expertise in melanoma and skin cancer systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT), working within an established multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality cancer care.
The successful candidate will join an established and supportive oncology team with the potential to scope and negotiate a post to suit your preferences in career development, for example, teaching, quality improvement, digital development and academic research. This is a part time (8PA) post, but adjustments to this can considered. For more information on what we have to offer please use the link below:
NHS Tayside
Tayside is a beautiful part of Scotland, with many cultural and leisure activities and an excellent quality of life. Dundee has superb road and rail links with Edinburgh and Glasgow, each only an hour away. Dundee Airport provides easy access to London.
The Tayside Cancer Centre in Ninewells Hospital consists of a 15 bedded in-patient ward; a chemotherapy day unit; a radiotherapy department and an out-patient department. At Perth Royal Infirmary there is a combined Oncology and Haematology Day Patient Area. Radiotherapy services deliver specialist treatments including brachytherapy and SABR, and houses three Varian linear accelerators, one Canon Aquillion Wide Bore CT scanner, full mould room facilities, HDR brachytherapy facilities, and Raystation Version 9B treatment planning system.
The University of Dundee Medical School is integrated into the Ninewells Hospital campus and has an international reputation for excellence in teaching and high impact clinical research. We were ranked 1st in the UK for medicine in the Complete University Guide 2021 and the Guardian University Guide 2021.
ull registration with a licence to practise with the GMC is required. For more information visit www.gmc-uk.org
If you have trained in the UK, you should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry on the GMC Specialist Register from date of interview. Alternatively, you should possess a CESR/CESR (CP).
If you have appropriate specialist training and experience but are not listed on the GMC Specialist Register, you can be considered for a Locum Consultant post (up to 12 months) if no substantive Consultant appointment is made. Whilst in locum employment, you can apply to obtain a CESR / CESR (CP) and enter onto the Specialist Register.
If you are interested in this post, please contact Dr Chris Merrick our Clinical Lead (Secretary, Fiona Smith: 01382 435543; [email protected] and / or Dr William Anderson, Clinical Care Group Director (PA, Lynn McKenzie: 01382 740448; [email protected]).
Closing Date for Applications: 27th August 2026
Interview Date: 11th September 2026
NHS Scotland 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 Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
