Dr Helen Liddicoat and Dr Caroline Scally discuss preparing for and becoming a consultant with Dr Hannah Preston, a senior doctor-in-training. They cover searching for and securing a consultant job and reflect on starting out as a new consultant and the 'what I wish I knew'. Listen from the start until 30:23 for 'Preparing for a Consultant Job' and from 30:23 to the end for 'Becoming a Consultant'. Dr Helen Liddicoat and Dr Caroline Scally are Co-Chairs of RCPE's Recently Appointed Consultants' Committee (RAC). Dr Liddicoat is a Consultant in Respiratory Medicine in NHS Tayside. Dr Scally is a Consultant Cardiologist in NHS Lothian. Dr Hannah Preston is Co-Chair of RCPE Trainees and Members' Committee (T&MC) and a Renal Registrar in NHS Lothian. -- Links -- Job Planning - How to do it and why it matters [Consultant Conversations podcast episode] https://podcasts.rcpe.ac.uk/show/consultant-conversations/job-planning-how-to-do-it-and-why-it-matters-7-dec-2023/ RCPE's 'Enhance: Mentoring for Medics' https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/careers-training/enhance-mentoring-medics RCPE's Recently Appointed Consultants' Committee (RAC) https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/careers-training/recently-appointed-consultants Recording date: 16 October 2023 -- Follow us -- https://twitter.com/RCPEdin -- Upcoming RCPE Events -- https://events.rcpe.ac.uk/ -- Become a Member -- https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/membership/join-college Feedback: cme@rcpe.ac.uk The edited music used in this podcast, 'Corporate' by ProLuxeStudio (available on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/proluxestudio/corporate-free-download), is licensed as CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0).