Locum Specialty Doctor in Anaesthesia

OUR VALUES IN ACTION

Care and Compassion, Quality and Teamwork, Dignity and Respect, Openness, honesty and responsibility

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A FIXED-TERM POST FOR 6 MONTHS

Patients are at the centre of everything we do in our daily working lives at NHS Borders ensuring they are safe, cared for efficiently, effectively by suitably experienced and qualified staff driving quality at the heart of patient care. We are a dynamic and forward thinking team with a wealth of clinical and leadership experience. We aim for an open and honest culture and believe in nurturing future stars in NHS.

Our service caters for a stable population in a tranquil and beautiful rural area only 36 miles from our vibrant capital. We have excellent local schools and leisure facilities and a quality of life second to none. There is affordable housing in the local area and a relocation package assistance with temporary accommodation is available for the successful candidate.

This is an opportunity to join the Anaesthetics Department in a modern well-equipped and experience the excellent quality of life of the beautiful and rural Borders area in South East Scotland. You would exercise an intermediate level of accountability and the post will have flexible daytime Theatre / ITU responsibilities and out of hours commitments each week. It may be possible to re‑organise some of these activities to accommodate specialist interests.

Appropriate time is provided for pre and post‑operative care, emergency cover for unseen occasions, audit, administration, teaching and other commitments outside the operating theatre. This includes departmental, educational and service commitments.

You must have full registration with the GMC with a licence to practice with adequate postgraduate training and/or Anaesthetic specialty training programme experience (or equivalent), including adequate experience in Obstetric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, to deal with the on‑call requirements. FRCA or equivalent is also desirable.

Out of hours commitments are on a 1 in 7 basis shared with senior trainees, specialty doctors and associate specialist colleagues.

Dr Jonathan Aldridge:
Email: jonathan.

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