Clinical Development Fellow - General & Acute Medicine, Medicine for the Elderly

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Scottish Borders

Clinical Development Fellow (StR LAS Higher)

General & Acute Medicine, Medicine for the Elderly

Full-time salary inclusive of out of hours allowance is £1706.66 per week (pro rata if applicable). 

Full Time available part time or job share applications also welcome

Fixed term from December 2024 August 2025 8 months (opportunity for extension)

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 Scotlands vibrant capital, Edinburgh. We have excellent leisure facilities and a quality of life second to none.   A relocation package / excess travel allowances from Edinburgh is available for the successful candidates.  Train services to central Edinburgh run every thirty minutes (journey time 50 minutes approx) to nearby Tweedbank Station. 

MELROSE has taken the title of the best place to live in Scotland in a national ranking - https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/borders-town-of-melrose-named-best-place-to-live-in-scotland/

An Estate agency (Rightmove) has named Galashiels as Scotlands happiest place to live.  More than 22,000 people across the UK took part in the survey, The happiest place to live in Scotland is Galashiels - Scottish Field

The Role

Posts are aimed at post foundation doctors at ST3 or equivalent level who have completed a foundation medical training programme and preferably core medical training or equivalent or have gained additional clinical experience after completing foundation training   You must be sufficiently competent (with appropriate support) and experienced to act at registrar level e.g. on-site Hospital at Night Team Leader, senior trainee on MAU, lead ward doctor supervising GPST./FY2s/FY1s. Possession of MRCP or equivalent is desirable. You may be seeking further experience of acute or general medicine in which you have a longer term interest (e.g. future entry into specialty training), or to provide a professional development supplement to support other career options longer term.   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 have the opportunity to experience over the 12 months a range of acute and general internal medicine (including sub specialties) and Medicine for the Elderly that may support your career intention.    You will work under appropriate supervision within the clinical teams to develop your skills.  You will provide a proportion of out of hours activity including as a Team Leader on the Hospital at Night Team rota, evenings (1 in 12 approx) and weekends (1 in 6 approx). 

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 medical unit) will be appointed to support you to formulate a Personal Development Plan and a paper-based portfolio mapped to an appropriate curriculum.  Opportunities will exist for experience in
(specifically in Simulation), Management and Leadership, Clinical Skills and Quality Improvement. This should equate to approximately 1 day per week for 8 weeks of a 12 week rota.

Arrangements can be made for an informal discussion / visit to the Hospital by contacting Dr Jonathan Manning Jonathan.manning@borders.scot.nhs.uk or Dr Rachel Stewart rachel.stewart@nhs.scot 

PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early