Job Overview

You will join the General Surgical Team in the Acute Services Division of NHS Fife, working under the supervision of our General Surgical Consultants.

You will take part in the junior middle-grade rota (currently 1:9) covering emergency admissions in General Surgery and Urology for both days and nights. You will also have the opportunity to receive appropriate training in elective general surgery – operating, outpatients, endoscopy, and multidisciplinary team working – alongside our Core Trainee doctors.

Location and Facilities

You will be based at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, where inpatient surgical wards and theatres are located in a new facility that opened early in 2012. All inpatient activity occurs at Victoria Hospital, whilst endoscopy, day surgery and outpatient clinics also take place in Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline, Adamson Hospital in Cupar, and St Andrews Community Hospital.

The general surgical te...