About the Role
The North of Scotland Clinical Genetics Team seeks a new Consultant colleague (1.0 WTE) following the recent retirement of a long‑serving colleague.
The post holder will work with the existing Clinical Genetics Multidisciplinary Team to provide professionally driven, high‑quality genetic care to patients and families with inherited disorders across the North of Scotland. The service covers five health board regions – Grampian, Highland, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles – and serves a population of around 906,000.
The Clinical Genetics Department comprises a clinical team and the genomics laboratory, based at the Foresterhill Campus in Aberdeen. The laboratory is part of the NHS Scotland Strategic Network for Genomic Medicine and links with children’s services, maternity services and medical‑surgical services across the region.
Key responsibilities:
* Deliver genetic services across five health board regions, including regional hubs.
* Contribute to service improvement, audit, teaching, training, continuous professional development and ongoing research.
Qualifications & Appointments
Full registration with a licence to practice with the GMC is required. (Licence must be in place prior to starting).
To qualify for a substantive consultant post:
* Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry on the GMC Specialist Register from the date of interview.
* Doctors on the CESR or Portfolio pathway are only eligible to apply for a substantive post once specialist registration is awarded.
* Those with an International Recognised Specialist Qualification approved by the GMC should have confirmed entry on the GMC Specialist Register.
* Doctors not listed on the GMC Specialist Register with appropriate training may be considered for a locum consultant post up to 12 months if no substantive appointment is made.
Additional Information
Please note – if this post operates within the Aberdeen City Low Emission Zone, you will be responsible for all costs associated with entering. NHS Grampian forms one of the fourteen regional health boards of NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing health and social care services to a population of over 500,000 people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.
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