Senior Clinical Fellow in Remote and Rural Anaesthesia

NHS Scotland • Contract • Isle of Lewis, GB • 1d ago

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.

Senior Clinical Fellow in Remote and Rural Anaesthesia

Band will be reflective of stage of training plus on call supplement

Plus Distant Islands Allowance of £1,461 per annum

Full time or LTFT applications welcome

Fixed Term Contract for 6 months

We welcome applications for the post of Remote and Rural Anaesthesia Senior clinical fellow. The post is supported by NES and daytime training component will be funded as such. It is expected that the successful applicant will achieve key learning outcomes of Stage 3 Special Interest Area of Anaesthesia in resource poor environment.

The post is supported by both Western Isles Health board, and Shetland, with opportunity to spend 6 months in one or other centre, or to potentially split the post as 3 months in each. We would welcome any combination of this at the discussion of the successful candidate.

As a member of a small team of anaesthetists in a remote and rural setting we would expect there to be ample opportunity in both elective and emergency working, for adults and children alike. We would expect experience appropriate skills in the acute management of critical care patients, and the processes involved in their retrieval to mainland centres.

The Western Isles Hospital is base in Stornoway, serving a population of 26,500 spread across 11 islands, some of which are reachable only by air or sea. The Hospital is a modern and well equipped centre, with 82 acute beds including Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics and Day Surgery.

For more information on living and working in the Western Isles, visit the website http://www.wihb.scot.nhs.uk/wihrr.pdf.

For further information and an informal chat regarding this post, please contact Dr Lizzie Beattie, Consultant Anaesthetist and Associate Medical Director Elizabeth.Beattie@nhs.scot.

The successful applicant will be required to register with the PVG Scheme (Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme). This post is not eligible for relocation expenses.

All NHS Western Isles vacancies appear on the NHS Scotland website: apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk, along with a job description.

Any further queries, please contact Tel: 01851 762027.

CLOSING DATE: 20/05/2026

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