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Hours: 10PAs / 40 hours per week Medical Consultant
37 hours per week Agenda for Change
Salary Scale: Medical Consultant (£107,144 - £142,369 per annum) or
Agenda for Change Band 8D (£99,634 - £103,795 per annum)
Available for immediate start to work to September 2025.

NHS Highland is offering an exciting opportunity to take up a locum consultant appointment in its Public Health Team to fill a gap between retirement and substantive recruitment. This post has a remit across the team, including a focus on tackling health inequalities. There is a specific focus on screening and on marginalised groups together with public health on-call. You will work in a friendly Public Health department and will have close links to department colleagues working in Health Improvement, Health Services and Health Protection.

The successful candidate will bring the skills and drive to build on a successful track record of health intelligence, disease prevention and service organisation. You will take the lead on screening for breast and cervical cancer and lead the public health input for prison health and refugees and asylum seekers.

NHS Highland serves a total population of around 325,000. You can be based in Inverness, but some remote working will also be possible.

Contact: Dr Tim Allison, Director of Public Health, would welcome an informal discussion with all interested individuals on 07929 840900 or at ...@nhs.scot.

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.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider
• Industries
• Hospitals and Health Care