Jobs in Scotland

Opportunity: A great opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine to  join a small but punchy hospital group in North East Scotland for a period of up to 12 months Relatively small hospital, with 185 beds serving a catchment population of about 132,000. This particular hospital is the Smallest District General Hospital in Scotland and therefore offers the benefits of an experience aligned to Rural Medicine in a small friendly setting and the opportunity to work across specialties The current bed complement is divided between General Surgery, Orthopaedic, Ophthalmology, General Medicine, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Acute Medical Assessment Unit, a Stroke Rehabilitation Ward and a Day Case Ward. There is also a Consultant Led Psychiatric Service. The hospital has recently been redeveloped, with modern equipment and user-friendly facilities throughout and there is a library and a Postgraduate Medical Centre with 24/7 access and videoconferencing facilities. The post holder will spend much of their time with other clinicians, staff, and medical students. In collaboration with the successful applicant and Clinical Leads, it may well be possible to experience a second clinical specialty or hospital base in the 12-month period What’s on offer for you? Salary scale between £36,472 - £57,349 Clinical experience and practical skills are often gained where these would be hard to achieve in a larger teaching hospital environment. Direct Consultant supervision, support, and training Breadth of experience in ED with the potential to work in different specialties/settings Further enhancement of your CV by incorporating this expanded role Generously funded study leave is available The following incentives may be offered: Neonatal life support training Opportunity to attend local training programmes About the Trust: The hospital has 35 consultants working in the acute sector and provides a consultant-based service with a small hospital atmosphere of friendly cooperation and closely supervised training experience. There is a good rapport with local General Practitioners and the out-of-hours service is based at the hospital. A trust which supports, listens, and develops its staff helping create a positive and constructive organisational culture across the board. The nearest beaches and forest trails are within ten minutes drive and the ski resorts of Cairngorm and the Lecht are within one hour’s drive. The local rail station links to Aberdeen and Inverness and mainline rail services to Edinburgh and Glasgow. Aberdeen airport is approximately 90 minutes away, and Inverness 40 minutes, with domestic, island and international flight destinations. Essential criteria Full GMC Registration Successful completion of the UK Foundation Programme, Core Medical Training or Core Surgical Training in August 2019 or August 2020, or equivalent Recent development in areas of acute care and a medical specialty e.g. ED, General Surgery and Acute Medicine Evidence of achievement of postgraduate medical training in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice Eligibility to work in the UK Desirable Criteria Previous NHS OR HSE Ireland experience Postgraduate training ALS/ATLS/CRISP Instructor. Experience in person-centred quality initiatives   Please get in touch with a copy of your CV or simply email  stuart@headmedical.com  for more information. We would love to hear from you.

Opportunity: A great opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled, enthusiastic and motivated, newly qualified or established Consultant to join an Emergency Department (ED) team in the North of Scotland with dual-site work in both a specialised tertiary center and a district general hospital. You'll play a key role in the continuing development of the Departments of Emergency Medicine in the region’s three acute hospitals, serving a total population of approximately 500,000 with in excess of 100,000 ED attendances per annum. Committed to providing a healthy work-life balance and promoting an environment that will attract and retain high-quality colleagues, interested candidates can enjoy the prospect of a choice of country or city living in beautiful surroundings.   The current bed complement in one of the district hospitals is divided between General Surgery, Orthopaedic, Ophthalmology, General Medicine, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, an Acute Medical Assessment Unit, a Stroke Rehabilitation Ward, and a Day Case Ward. There is also a Consultant Led Psychiatric Service. This hospital has recently been redeveloped, with modern equipment and user-friendly facilities throughout and there is a library and a Postgraduate Medical Centre with 24/7 access and videoconferencing facilities. Applications from doctors with appropriate specialist training and experience who are not listed on the GMC Specialist Register can be considered for a Locum Consultant post (up to 12 months) if no substantive Consultant appointment is made.  Whilst in locum employment, an application to obtain a CESR / CESR (CP) and entry onto the Specialist Register can be made Depending on the Consultant’s clinical commitment across both sites we expect successful applicants to participate in the on-call rotas.  On-call rota will be limited to a maximum of 1: 6 on-call and 1: 6 weekend working combined. Looking for Emergency Medicine Consultants to work up to a 10PA contract on a flexible annualised basis.  A detailed job plan will be negotiable upon successful application and interview. What’s on offer for you? Salary scale between (£91,474 - £121,548) Comprehensive relocation package policy Full range of both adult and paediatric cases, including trauma as part of the North of Scotland Major Trauma Network to providing critical care to patients being retrieved to an ICU in a tertiary receiving centre. Emergency medicine covers a wide variety of presentations in a compact but well-equipped unit with adjacent imaging, lab diagnostics and supporting specialties, giving a Consultant the flexibility to demonstrate their wider clinical expertise.  Breadth of experience in ED with the potential to work in different specialties/settings Further enhancement of your CV by incorporating this expanded role Generously funded study leave is available   About the Trust: Across all sites they have a modern teaching capacity with further educational and conference facilities located in centres available to all successful candidates. At the major trust hospital, the Emergency Department is based in the Emergency Care Centre (ECC), a modern purpose-designed facility to support integrated Unscheduled Care Service and Emergency Medicine. It includes dedicated areas for major and minor presentations, a resuscitation room, dedicated diagnostics, assessment and observation facilities, and is physically linked to the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital whose Emergency Department for paediatric presentations is covered clinically by the same body of Consultants as the adult department. A trust which supports, listens, and develops its staff helping create a positive and constructive organisational culture across the board. The nearest beaches and forest trails are within ten minute's drive and the ski resorts of Cairngorm and the Lecht are within one hour’s drive. The local rail station links to Aberdeen and Inverness and mainline rail services to Edinburgh and Glasgow. Aberdeen airport is approximately 90 minutes away, and Inverness 40 minutes, with domestic, island and international flight destinations. Essential criteria FRCEM or equivalent GMC registered medical practitioner ALS/APLS/(ATLS/ETC) Provider or Equivalent Evidence of achievement of postgraduate medical training in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice Eligibility to work in the UK Evidence of formal and informal teaching and training of junior medical staff and medical students, and nursing staff. Experience of clinical audit. Desirable Criteria Previous NHS OR HSE Irish experience at consulant level Specialist GMC registration Postgraduate training Experience in person-centred quality initiatives Please get in touch with a copy of your CV or simply email  stuart@headmedical.com  for more information. We would love to hear from you.

Are you a GP with A&E Experience looking for an interesting experience and available over the festive period?    I have an Island on Guernsey looking for 24/7 on call GP locum cover ...   Wednesday 13 th working from 14 th December until departure Sunday 31 st December   This is a lovely island is just off the French coast 1.5 miles x 3.0 miles with a population of aprox 2,314 people . They have a GP who covers the daytime practice and a 24/7 on call GP. The 24/7 GP covers the cottage hospital (doing a ward round in the mornings) and has the phone OOH for emergencies. The cottage Hospital has 22 beds in total. 14 long stay (for geriatrics) and some Acute beds. Any emergencies get taken from the island to the mainland Southampton. ** Family Accommodation available for the duration**  ** Enhanced rates for the Festive  Bank Holidays ***  There are direct flights from Southampton would be a surgery car you would use while there. You will need to be Fully GMC Registered and on the English , Welsh or Scottish Performers lists to be considered .. (you will need to join Guernseys Performers list but this is a quick process) You will also ideally have BASICS or ALS or be able to show A&E Experience.  Good daily rates - * Paid Gross*     if you are free and interested, please apply! 

We are recruiting a self-motivated Technical Support Specialist who will be responsible for providing a high level of technical support to the large network of Peak customers, distributors and OEMs across EMEA. Managing the technical support workload ensuring that emails and phone calls are prioritised in order of urgency and responded to within agreed Service Level Agreement (SLA). Please note that this is not an IT related role, we're looking for someone with an electro-mechanical background.  Duties include: Providing technical support (electrical/mechanical) in conjunction with the service management system (SMS) Responding to all incoming technical enquiries (telephone and email) in a professional, prompt and efficient manner to ensure total customer satisfaction In conjunction with Service Managers, ensuring all phone calls resulting in Field Service Engineer (FSE) on site assistance are responded to and organised within SLA of 2 hours Using SMS, ensuring all relevant field visit data is captured by FSEs with system generated visit reports being promptly sent to customers Working closely with the FSE’s, ensuring cost effective and efficient planning of the monthly workload ensuring that any breakdown visit meets the customer response time SLA This role would suit someone who is customer driven with an interest in Technical support or experience of mechanical/ electrical fault diagnosis. You will have exceptional communication skills and proficiency in German or French would be preferential, but proficiency in Spanish or Italian would also be advantageous. In addition, you will possess: Self-motivation and the ability to work with minimal supervision Able to interface comfortably with customers at all levels both internally and externally Ability to work under pressure against tight deadlines Good organisational skills Our values are structured around our colleagues, our customers and our service, and while our approach and atmosphere within the business is fun, friendly and informal, our priority is always on delivering successful outcomes for our customers. These company values are what inform and protect our unique culture, which in turn shapes our brand and differentiates us in the eyes of our partners around the world. At the heart of Peak is a focus on ‘doing the right thing’, it’s an informal approach but one which is well-known and understood throughout our business. Established over 20 years, Peak Scientific is a leading innovator in the design, manufacture and support of high performance gas generators for analytical laboratories, with direct operations in every continent around the world. This success is a result of a continual focus on manufacturing cutting-edge products and in directly supporting customers across the world with industry-leading service and maintenance. With over 20 overseas offices across every continent and over 600 staff globally, Peak is one of Scotland’s manufacturing success stories of the past decade. This is a rare opportunity to be a part of that, as we move into the next phase of growth, consolidation and global expansion with plans to establish new manufacturing and distribution capacity, both in the UK and internationally. Now is a great time to join us!  This role will be challenging and fast-paced, but rewarding and engaging.  On offer in return is a fantastic work life and fun balance, a great work environment, plus the chance to make a real contribution to the future growth and success of a global business.  If you like the sound of our brand and culture please click APPLY! Peak Scientific is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of their religion and beliefs, race, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, disability or any other protected classification.