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BORDERS GENERAL HOSPITAL
CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT FELLOWS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE
£69,604 - £76,662 per annum inclusive of out of hours allowance (ST1 OR ST2 level)
£76,662 per annum inclusive of out of hours allowance (ST3+ level)
Available for 6 months February 2020 (longer appointments negotiable)
Full Time or Part Time
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.
Our service caters for a stable population in a tranquil and beautiful rural area only 36 miles from Scotland’s vibrant capital, Edinburgh. There is affordable housing in the local area and a relocation package / assistance with temporary accommodation is available for the successful candidate(s). After an absence of almost 50 years, the Borders Railway has now opened, with train services to central Edinburgh running every thirty minutes (journey time 50 minutes approx) to Tweedbank Station. On opening the railway Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth said "The Borders railway brings so much promise for sharing and invigorating this most beautiful countryside as a place to work, live and enjoy”.
Recently MELROSE has taken the title of the best place to live in Scotland in a new national ranking - https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/borders-town-of-melrose-named-best-place-to-live-in-scotland/
The Role
Based in the Emergency Department of Borders General Hospital, Melrose, posts are available on a fixed term basis initially, full time or part time. The Borders General Hospital is a 284-bedded district general that serves the Scottish Borders Region. The Emergency Department sees 23,000 annual new attendances and is co-located with the Borders Emergency Care Service (BECS), which is the Primary Care out-of-hours service for the Borders Region. Currently the ED is staffed by Consultants in Emergency Medicine, orthopaedic trainees, ED general practitioners and has several GP / Specialty Doctors already in post as well as CDFs.
The posts are aimed at post foundation doctors at ST1-ST2-ST3 level who have completed a foundation medical training programme, can demonstrate foundation competencies (or equivalent) and have some previous experience in emergency medicine. You may be seeking further experience of emergency medicine in which you have a longer term interest (e.g. future entry into specialty training / GPST 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 a range of emergency medicine and if you wish other acute specialties (e.g. intensive care medicine, acute medicine, orthopaedics) that may support your career intention. You will work under appropriate supervision within the clinical team to develop your skills.
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 team) will be appointed to support you to formulate a Personal Development Plan and a paper-based portfolio mapped to an appropriate curriculum. Opportunities exist for experience in (specifically in Simulation), Management and Leadership, Clinical Skills and Quality Improvement. This protected development time equates to approximately one day per week.
Want to know more about why you should work for NHS Borders? – your future colleagues can tell you - see the videos at our microsite http://www.nhsborders.scot.nhs.uk/recruitment-fair.
Full GMC registration and a licence to practice is essential.
For informal discussion or to arrange a pre visit contact Sandra Jeffs or Morag McCormick - 01896 826195