NHS Ayrshire & Arran
Consultant in Spinal Surgery (SJM)
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Consultant Post in Spinal Surgery
Requirements
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.
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Job Details
Applications are welcome for the above Permanent, full time (40 hours per week) post based in Royal Hospital for Children and Young people.
This new post is for a full time, substantive Consultant post in Spinal Surgery at this nationally designated centre and the post is available from 1st August 2026. This post is an expansion to the current consultant complement and is designed to enhance our 2 consultant per case model of care. The post requires training in paediatric and adult spinal deformity surgery. The surgical activity is based at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh with some outpatient activity at Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, and planned expansion to further satellite areas in Scotland.
More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.
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Contact for Informal Discussion
- Alistair Baxter
- Email: Alistair.Baxter@nhs.scot
- Paul Leonard
- Email: paul.leonard@nhs.scot
If viewing from an external site, please visit https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk for a job pack detailing the minimum requirements for this post and details of how to apply.
Application Instructions
- We cannot accept CV’s as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted.
- Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing.
- The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally.
- PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early
Interview Date
13 August 2026
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