We require an enthusiastic Consultant Dermatologist to join our team of Dermatologists working between the Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline. The appointee will join seven Consultant Dermatologists 5.2 Whole time equivalents in providing the skin cancer service, general dermatology clinics and head and neck surgery. Skin Cancer and Dermatological Surgery are established within two dedicated treatment centres with phototherapy facilities staffed by Dermatology Nurses at each site. Specialist clinics include Paediatric, Atopic Dermatitis, Contact Dermatitis, Hair and Nail disorders, Psoriasis, Transplant Surveillance and Female Dermatoses. Additional Nurse led services include Skin Surgery, Isotretinoin and Biologic treatment monitoring, Iontophoresis, Botox, Cryotherapy, Skin cancer support, Hair and nail, Leg ulcer and Chronic Skin Disease Management clinics. Two dermatology ANPs work across the Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy sites. The department is supported by a Specialist Registrar from the Edinburgh rotation, a GP trainee and 2 Speciality Doctor sessions. Close working relationships exist with Maxillofacial Surgery and Plastic Surgery. Monthly meetings are held with the local Histopathologists. There is excellent support from the Fife R&D department with a dedicated senior research nurse attached to the department. The department has strong links with the Academic Department of Dermatology in Edinburgh contributing to the weekly postgraduate afternoon.
NHS Fife serve a population of 370,000, 280,000 excluding NE Fife. Further information on NHS Fife can be obtained via our website www.show.scot.nhs.uk. Fife offers excellent quality of life opportunities with extensive cultural and environmental attractions only 15 miles from Edinburgh with excellent road, rail and air transport links. High quality education, affordable housing and a wide variety of sporting and leisure opportunities are available throughout the region.
We would be happy to consider applications on a part-time or job share basis and NHS Fife has a number of Family Friendly Policies
Interviews will be held on 17/06/2026
Prospective applicants wishing to visit the department or desiring further information should contact Dr Alastair Mitchell, Clinical Lead and Consultant Dermatologist on 01383 623623 ext. 22215 Dermatology secretary or e-mail alastair.mitchell@nhs.scot
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 to Non-UK Applicants must demonstrate that they have the knowledge, skills and experience required for practising as an eligible specialist in the UK.
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As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.
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We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
Please note the salary is pro rata for part time hours.
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