Consultant In Emergency Medicine

Overview

CONSULTANT IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE (3 posts) – 10 PAs (8:2). Applications are invited to work within NHS Tayside’s Emergency Medicine service which sees 85,000 new patients per annum across Tayside and North East Fife.

NHS Tayside has developed an Unscheduled Care system that proactively manages unscheduled ED attendance thereby minimising surges in demand and maintaining good patient flow. This is supported by a system of direct admissions by GP referred patients to acute medical and surgical receiving areas; therefore this group do not stop in the ED unless requiring resuscitation. The consultant team play an active role in resuscitating, reviewing and redirection of appropriate patients.

The department is known for its interest in pre-hospital primary retrieval work via the Tayside Trauma Team and Ninewells Hospital is the location of the East Region Major Trauma Centre of the four major trauma centre Scottish Trauma Network. The Emergency Medicine service delivers high quality undergraduate education with the University Of Dundee Medical School and has an active interest in postgraduate education, audit, research and Quality Improvement.

The appointee will join a dynamic and proactive team of 22 (20 WTE) Emergency Medicine Consultants. The post holder will be based in Ninewells Hospital, Dundee and Perth Royal Infirmary.

• Resuscitating, reviewing and redirecting appropriate patients within the Emergency Medicine service.
• Participation in pre-hospital primary retrieval work via the Tayside Trauma Team.
• Support for unscheduled care system processes to maintain patient flow.
• Active involvement in undergraduate education with the University Of Dundee Medical School.
• Postgraduate education, audit, research and Quality Improvement activities.

• Applicants must be on the Specialist Register or be within 6 months of the anticipated award of CCT or already in possession of CESR at date of interview.

Interested applicants are encouraged to contact Dr Andrew Kinnon and Dr Kirsty Tonge;
Co-Clinical Leads in Emergency Medicine, Ninewells Hospital, telephone ext 54341 or email.

Closing date: 18 February 2026

Interview date: 4 March 2026

NHS Tayside is committed to equality & diversity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community. 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.