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Specialty Doctor in Palliative Care (LW)

NHS Scotland
Kirkcaldy
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6 PAs plus 1\.5 PA on call

An opportunity has arisen for a Specialty Doctor in Palliative Medicine to join the Fife Specialist Palliative Care team. The successful candidate will join a highly motivated and supportive medical team of 5 Consultants, 1 Associate Specialist and 4 other SAS doctors. The medical team are supported by a large multi\-disciplinary team and are co\-located within the hospice.

The post would initially be based within the hospice in\-patient unit but with opportunity for experience in community and acute hospital settings. If you feel that you have the skills, experience and the enthusiasm to support the provision of palliative care in Fife and the continuing development of the Fife Specialist Palliative Care Service please contact Dr Boyce.

For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Steinunn Boyce Consultant in Palliative Medicine on 01592 634455, ext. 28588 or 21863 Email: steinunn.boyce@nhs.scot

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

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.

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.

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