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BORDERS GENERAL HOSPITAL
Consultant Physician - Medicine for the Elderly & General Internal Medicine
Basic Salary: £107, 144 - £142, 369 per annum
Fixed term from 1st June to 31st October 2025
Full Time (10 P.A.s)
Why work for us?
Patients are at the centre of everything we do in our daily working lives at NHS Borders ensuring they are safe, cared for efficiently, effectively by suitably experienced and qualified staff driving quality at the heart of patient care. We are a dynamic and forward thinking team with a wealth of clinical and leadership experience. We aim for an open and honest culture and believe in nurturing future stars in NHS.
Borders General Hospital is a modern and well-equipped 284 bed DGH serving the rural Borders area in South East Scotland, approximately 36 miles from Edinburgh.
The Role
We are seeking a consultant physician / geriatrician to join our team of consultant physicians.
The Department of Medicine for the Elderly (DME), within the Borders General Hospital, has a team of Consultants covering both general and specialist areas in care of the elderly medicine. The successful applicant will be responsible, along with their colleagues, for the general care of patients in the Department of Medicine for the Elderly and, through close liaison with GPs and the primary health care team, the integrated management of elderly patients. They will also be expected to act as leads in the development and support of identified specialist services, according to their particular interests and the needs of the service. They will be expected to assist the moves towards integrated care for the Scottish Borders.
All candidates must possess full GMC Registration and will already be on the Specialist Register for both Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine, or within six months of receiving their Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent at the time of the interview.
Informal enquiries and visits are welcome.
***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***
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.
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