Locum Elective Orthopaedic Consultant
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- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 40
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 03/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a 12-month fixed-term Locum Consultant post in Trauma and Orthopaedics at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. The role focuses on increasing scheduled care capacity, reducing long waiting lists for outpatients and arthroplasty surgery. The successful candidate will primarily perform elective arthroplasty orthopaedic surgical practice and contribute to the Arthroplasty on-call rota.
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Job reference:
257435
Salary:
Locum Consultant (£111,430 - £148,064)
Job closing date:
03/09/2026
Job Type:
Medical and Dental
Location:
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Employment type:
Fixed-term
Hours Per Week:
40
Job posted date:
20/08/2026
Employer (NHS Board):
NHS Lothian
Department:
Orthopaedics
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NHS Lothian
NHS Lothian 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 Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
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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 fo
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