The successful applicant will contribute to the provision of intensive care medicine as well as general anaesthesia within the main theatre and day surgery unit. Out of hours’ work will be intensive care medicine on the resident medical rota. NHS Lanarkshire is Scotland’s third largest health board and has 3 Acute Hospitals – University Hospital Hairmyres, University Hospital Wishaw and University Hospital Monklands. All services are currently working to design and realise new models of care for the replacement University Hospital Monklands which will be Scotland’s flagship digital hospital, to be built by 2031. University Hospital Monklands is a district general hospital allowing a varied practice. It has a modern 10 bedded critical care unit housing level 3 and surgical level 2 patients. There are approximately 600 admissions per year, 55% of which are surgical. University Hospital Monklands also hosts all major ENT, head and neck, and urology cases for NHS Lanarkshire as well as general surgery, vascular access, and dental services. OMFS services for NHSL are based in University Hospital Monklands. Currently the service is undergoing reconfiguration as we move to joint working with NHS Forth Valley to provide long term resilience. Elective sessions will be provided by consultant working in both Health Boards and by specialty dentists. The hospital also houses the regional renal unit, haematology/oncology unit, and infectious diseases unit. There is a busy Emergency Department receiving adult and paediatric patients. The regional level 2 trauma centre is in University Hospital Wishaw, and the level 1 trauma unit is the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. Situated in West Central Scotland, University Hospital Monklands is readily accessed from a wide area, allowing commuting from city, suburban and rural locales. Proposals for additional SPA time from applicants are encouraged. In addition to the 1 PA for Non-DCC/SPA activities, the Board is supportive of applications for additional SPA time from individuals with well-developed ideas for improving services who are able to demonstrate a commitment to quality improvement, patient safety (including human factors training), Medical Education, Research & Development, acting as an Appraiser, etc. Applicants who are able to demonstrate a commitment to any of the above or other areas and wishing to commence on more than 1 PA for SPA duties should discuss proposals with the identified Recruitment Lead and/or Service Manager (provide contacts) who will consider the request in line with the successful candidate’s professional and service requirements. Informal enquiries regarding this post will be welcomed by: Sanjiv Chohan, Clinical Director, Gordon Cowan, Depute Clinical Director on 01236 748748. For any application queries, please email Medical.dentalconsultant@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk Interview date: TBC Please follow the link below should you wish any further information on NHS Lanarkshire Recruitment | NHS Lanarkshire (scot.nhs.uk) Click here to view: NHS Lanarkshire Recruitment Pack - Specialist in Critical Care and Anaesthesia Additional Information for Applicants NHS Lanarkshire are happy to consider requests for this publication to be in another accessible format i.e. large print, braille, etc. Please contact us via either of the undernoted methods clearly stating which format is required: ‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another. *Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parent’s/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’ NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information on the UK Border Agency’s new points based system that now governs the way individuals from outside the EEA can work in the UK at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk