An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant in Palliative Medicine to join the Fife Specialist Palliative Care team. You will join a highly motivated and supportive team who are committed to providing high quality palliative care to the people of Fife.
The role is Fife-wide with the opportunity to work within the specialist in-patient hospice, community and acute hospital settings. If you feel that you have the skills and the enthusiasm to support the provision of palliative care in Fife and to the continuing development of the Fife Specialist Palliative Care Service, further information is available by requesting an Information Pack and/or informal enquiries (details below).
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 28th October 2025
For informal enquiries, please contact:
Dr Steinunn Boyce – Consultant in Palliative Medicine
Tel: 01592 648072 ext 28588 or 21863
Email: steinunn.boyce@nhs.net
Dr Joanna Bowden – Consultant in Palliative Medicine
Tel: 01592 648072 ext 28588 or 21863
Email: Joanna.Bowden@nhs.scot
Dr Stephen Fenning – Consultant in Palliative Medicine
Tel: 01592 648072 ext 28588 or 21863
Email: Stephen.Fenning3@nhs.scot
Nicola Harkins - Clinical Services Manager
Email: Nicola.harkins@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.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
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.
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.
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.
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.