Specialty Doctor in Palliative Medicine

SPECIALTY DOCTOR IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINETayside Specialist Palliative Care Services Based in Cornhill Macmillan Centre, Perth Royal Infirmary
7.5 PA (includes 1.5PA and 5% availability supplement for on call)
From 1 September 2026

Tayside Specialist Palliative Care Services welcomes applications for a substantive Specialty Doctor post in Palliative Medicine. The post is based at Cornhill Macmillan Centre, Perth Royal Infirmary and offers a broad experience of Specialist Palliative Care delivery across specialist inpatient, acute hospital and community settings. The successful applicant will join an experienced multidisciplinary team, which includes 3 consultants, 2 specialty doctors, 1 clinical fellow and various trainees (Palliative Medicine, FY, GP and IMT trainees).

NHS TAYSIDE

This post is 6PA plus 1.5PA and 5% availability supplement for ‘2 on call’ for the Tayside Specialist Palliative Care Service, with a 1 in 7 frequency which includes weeknights and weekends.

NHS Tayside has a Tayside-Wide Specialist Palliative Medicine Service which supports patients and staff in all health care settings including: home, nursing homes, community hospitals, two specialist palliative care units and two University teaching hospitals.

Applicants must have full registration with the GMC and at least 4 years, full time, post graduate training (or its equivalent on a part time basis). This must include some experience in Palliative Medicine or a closely allied specialty such as Oncology.

• Dr Alana Brown-Kerr, Consultant in Palliative Medicine on / email or;
• Dr Ruth Isherwood, Consultant in Palliative Medicine on / email or;
• Dr Claire Douglas, Consultant in Palliative Medicine on / email or;
• Dr Katharine Thompson, Consultant in Palliative Medicine and Clinical Lead for Palliative Medicine on or via email:

Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

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.