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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.
The role:
Applications are invited for the above post at the Royal Hospital for Children at the South Glasgow Hospitals campus. The post is for a period of four months in the first instance to cover a rota gap, but may be extended depending on aspiration and service need. This post is at the level of Foundation Year One Training.
This post is aimed at individuals interested at foundation level who are interested in gaining exposure to, and experience in a tertiary paediatric centre. This post would be most suitable for doctors who have not yet matched to a foundation programme or who may be considering a career in emergency medicine, paediatrics, paediatric surgery, orthopaedic surgery, urology or plastic surgery, and have not yet secured a place in a core or specialty surgical training programme.
Whilst this post is not currently an accredited training post, the successful candidate will join the same rota as our current foundation year one doctors and will be awarded the same supervision.
Post holders will be encouraged to teach medical students, to participate fully in the educational activities of the department or associated specialties and will have access to the departmental surgical teaching programme. However, as the posts are not formal training posts, there will be no funding for courses or meetings and leave for this purpose will be by mutual negotiation.
Duration, Location, and Working Pattern:
This is a fixed-term post for 4 months. Full-time post of 48 hours per week.
This post is based solely at the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow.
Key responsibilities:
Please see attached Job Description below.
Knowledge, training, qualifications and/or experience required to do the job:
Please see attached Job Description below.
What we offer:
When you work with NHSGGC, you will have access to an attractive benefits package with training and support to expand your skills and progress your career. For roles which demand it, we also offer pay enhancements on top of your basic salary for out-of-hours, shift and overtime working.
We also offer comprehensive maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes with benefits in excess of the statutory schemes. We recognise that many employees have caring responsibilities outside of work and that from time to time, emergency leave may be required. We offer a number of schemes to help staff combine work and home life. Colleagues within NHSGGC are currently taking advantage of a large range of flexible working opportunities, including part-time working, job sharing, compressed hours, unpaid employment breaks and flexible working.
Visit the NHSGGC Staff Benefits website for more information on what is on offer.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.
For an informal discussion, please contact: Dr M Steven, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon 0141 451 6530 Mairi.steven@nhs.scot
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process: Information for candidates
This post may close early to the volume of response. Please submit your application form as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications that we receive, we will not be able to provide shortlisting feedback.
Clinical Fellows post
Applicants who have not undertaken a UK foundation programme within 3.5 years of the advertised post start date, may be asked to submit a Certificate of Readiness to Enter Specialty Training (CREST). The CREST form must be completed by a consultant who has worked with you for a minimum continuous period of three months whole-time equivalent wholly within the 3.5 years prior to the advertised post start date for which you are applying.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) recognises the importance of work-life balance and is committed to offering a range of flexible working options where service needs allow. For roles where less than full-time hours can be accommodated, and where the tenure is listed as “various”, we encourage applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements. Flexible working will be included as a topic for discussion during the recruitment process.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion and are proud of the diverse workforce we employ.
By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC has pledged its commitment to being a Forces Friendly Employer. We welcome applications from across the Armed Forces Community and recognise military skills, experience and qualifications throughout the recruitment and selection process.
Candidates must provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools or other third-party assistance to generate, draft or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the recruitment process.
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