NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde West of Scotland Medical Staff Bank

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is the Medical Staff Bank Hub Board for:

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

NHS Ayrshire and Arran

NHS Dumfries and Galloway

NHS Forth Valley

NHS Golden Jubilee Foundation

NHS Lanarkshire

This application link is open to individuals who are not currently employed by any of the above health boards.

Great healthcare from great people

The West of Scotland Medical Staff Bank is an integrated Medical Staff Bank service providing temporary medical staffing cover across all grades and medical specialities to the NHS Boards in the West of Scotland. Joining the Medical Bank offers a great way if you would like to work additional hours either exclusively at the NHS Board you are employed or you can also gain access to additional hours at any of the other West of Scotland NHS Boards.

As a Bank doctor you will become part of a great team of Bank doctors who supply flexible staffing options to maintain patient safety, quality and service requirements. Bank doctors can work on a temporary/ad hoc basis to fit around their substantive posts.

Whatever your preferred option, we will arrange for you to have first access to available bank shifts at any of the West of Scotland NHS Boards where you want to work additional hours.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is the Hub Board coordinating the West of Scotland Medical Staff Bank on behalf of the West of Scotland Boards and is able to fast track the registration process to join the West of Scotland Medical Staff Bank.

We aim to ensure the registration process is fair, consistently applied, and that the compliance check standards ensures that doctors who are cleared to join the West of Scotland Medical Staff Bank are of the highest quality and the level of patient care they provide will be of the highest standard.

What are the benefits:

• Quality: Help us offer patients the best quality care using NHSGGC approved medical staff.
• Flexibility: Access rewarding, relevant Medical Bank placements across NHSGGC reflecting the type and level of work you want to do.
• Experience: Gain the experience you want in the specialty of your choice.
• Weekly pay: You will receive your Medical Bank payments weekly.
• Priority to all available vacant shifts requiring cover.
• Paid accrued annual leave.

Joining the Medical Staff Bank is easy.

Just complete the application form by clicking 'Apply for a job' on this advert.

On receipt of your application, a representative from GGC Medical Staff Bank team will:

• Verify the recruitment status of your application by completing a number of compliance checks before clearing your suitability to undertake bank work.
• Your information and preference will then be checked to confirm the Board(s) and specialities where you wish to do your bank work.

Please provide all required information in full so as not to delay the processing of your application.

• For NHS GGC and West of Scotland Doctors: The fast track process will aim to get you through the registration process as quickly as possible.
• For non-GGC/West Scotland Doctors: The full pre-employment checks must be completed. If you are FY2 and above, please submit a copy of your CV to ggc.medicalstaffbank@nhs.scot (file name must be CV- First name- Last Name)

Please note:

• Doctors who have not practised within the United Kingdom cannot be guaranteed supervision (a condition of your GMC registration) and are therefore ineligible to apply to join the Medical Staff Bank at this time. Please consider applying for a substantive post which are available at https://jobs.scot.nhs.uk/
• Under the conditions of the Skilled worker visa- Healthcare worker visa, the maximum number of hours you can work as a bank Doctor is 20 hours per week. Any bank work undertaken must also be equal to your current post i.e. same grade and speciality.

Key specialities will be prioritised based on service need and operational priorities. We will be in touch in due course as requirements arise within each speciality.

For any issues with the candidate application portal, please contact the https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/tickets/new

For any queries re the West of Scotland Medical Bank, please email the team on the mailbox noted above.