Clinical Development Fellow - General Surgery

Scottish Borders

Clinical Development Fellow (StR LAS)

Full-time salary inclusive of out of hours allowance is £1660.22 - £1828.56 per week (salary placement dependent on previous experience)

Full Time available part time or job share applications also welcome

One year fixed term from 7 August 2024

OUR VALUES IN ACTION

Care and Compassion Quality and Teamwork Dignity and Respect Openness, honesty and responsibility

Why work for us?

Patients are at the centre of everything we do in our daily working lives at NHS Borders ensuring they are safe, cared for efficiently, effectively by suitably experienced and qualified staff driving quality at the heart of patient care. We are a dynamic and forward thinking team with a wealth of clinical and leadership experience.  We aim for an open and honest culture and believe in nurturing future stars in NHS

Our service caters for a stable population in a tranquil and beautiful rural area only 36 miles from s vibrant capital, . We have excellent leisure facilities and a quality of life second to none.   A relocation package / assistance with temporary accommodation (including on-site accommodation if desired) or excess travel costs is available for the successful candidates.

The Role

This post is aimed at post foundation doctors at ST2 or ST3 level who have completed a foundation medical training programme and preferably basic surgical training (or have gained equivalent additional clinical experience similar to BST).   You may be seeking a one year opportunity, post FY2 or CST, to further develop and evidence your clinical and professional competence to assist your future career in surgery.  This post is not a recognised training grade but may be the right opportunity for you to develop and evidence clinical and professional competence to assist overall CV development.

You will work under supervision with the surgical teams to develop skills in acute and elective General Surgery including basic Urology.  Some sub specialty experience is available outwith core duties (e.g. colorectal, breast, endoscopy, ERCP, endocrine surgery if this should support your career direction).   

As part of the service component you will provide a proportion of out of hours service (evenings, nights, 24 hour non resident on-call and weekends). You would gain wide experience in dealing with a broad range of acute surgical emergencies, orthopaedic emergencies and trauma.

In combination with the clinical component, the development component of this post is flexible according to your specific needs, level of experience and career interest.  An educational supervisor (a senior clinician within the unit) will be appointed to support you to formulate a Personal Development Plan and a paper-based portfolio mapped to an appropriate curriculum (CST or higher surgical training).  Opportunities will exist for experience in (specifically in Simulation), Management and Leadership, Clinical Skills and Quality Improvement. This would equate to approximately 1 day per week.

Informal enquiries and to arrange visit, contact Mr Martin Berlansky, Consultant Surgeon ).

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.