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CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT FELLOW AND CLINICAL FELLOW POSTS
Clinical Development Fellow - Fixed term for 12 months from 5th August 2020
Salary £32,961 to £43,607 per annum plus banding supplement
Variable opportunities available based at locations throughout NHS Highland, NHS Orkney, NHS Western Isles & NHS Shetland
Clinical Fellow – Fixed term for a period of four, six or twelve months from 5th August 2020
Salary ranges are –
Clinical Fellow FY1 £24,991 to £28,111 per annum plus banding
Clinical Fellow FY2 £30,998 to £35,052 per annum plus banding
Clinical Fellow STR £32,961 to £43,607 per annum plus banding
Variable opportunities available based at locations throughout NHS Highland
Are you undecided about your career choices? Want to gain more clinical experience? Or develop an interest in education, research or management? Then a clinical development fellow post or clinical fellow post might be for you. An opportunity to grow in confidence as a doctor whilst still gaining supported experience
Applications are invited for the above posts of Clinical Development Fellow and Clinical Fellow.
Clinical Development Fellow posts
The Clinical Development Fellow posts are available from 5th August 2020 for a period of 12 months at various locations throughout NHS Highland, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland and NHS Western Isles (Inverness, Wick, Fort William, Oban, Kirkwall, Lerwick and Stornoway). These posts are aimed at those doctors who have recently completed the foundation programme or core training, and clinical post and development opportunity can be tailored to individual experience and seniority where appropriate.
These posts will afford successful applicants the opportunity to experience a range of specialties across the three health boards with protected and mentored development time. Development time can be used to develop experience in quality improvement projects, medical education, research and management skills. There are opportunities to join a number of research projects based with the respiratory team at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, which might ideally suit candidates who have completed core medical training, or are keen to develop a research interest. For candidates with an interest in information technology there are exciting opportunities to contribute to the leadership of quality improvement projects related to electronic prescribing.
Successful candidates will be contracted for up to 48 hours per week - 36 hours per week including out-of-hours commitment on average undertaking clinical activities; 8-12 hours per week on average will be protected for developmental activities. The post holder will be paid at ST level based on their previous experience. A banding supplement relevant to the OOH component of their rotas will be paid in addition to the basic salary for 40 hours.
Clinical Fellow posts
The Clinical Fellow posts are available from 5th August 2020 to cover FY1, FY2 and Specialty Registrar grade gaps across NHS Highland in various specialties. These posts will not attract training recognition from the Post Graduate Dean; however, you will work alongside and receive similar experience to those on the training programme.
Your appointment will be subject to the Terms and Conditions of Service of Hospital Medical and Dental Staff and Doctors and Dentists in Public Health Medicine and the Community Health Service (Scotland).
About NHS Highland: NHS Highland is a forward thinking health and care provider whose aim is to provide the best care, by employing the best people and nurturing staff to be the best they can be.
The Highland Health and Social Care Partnership is responsible for providing a wide range of acute care, emergency care, primary care and community based health and social care services. These services are provided to around 232,950 people across 25,656 sq km (during the summer months the number of people in the area increases significantly due to an influx of tourists).
The Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership manages acute, primary, community health and mental health services across the region. Much of the acute and more specialist services are provided from neighbouring NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde. These services are purchased by the Operational Unit through formal contracts.
About NHS Orkney: The smallest health board in Scotland NHS Orkney delivers top quality patient care; NHS Orkney is proud to deliver a wide range of health services to the people of Orkney, supplemented by specialist services provided by mainland health boards such as NHS Grampian and NHS Highland. We are in the process of actively investing in service repatriation and have already installed a new CT scanner and established consultant led services in anaesthesia, medicine, surgery and obstetrics and gynaecology.
About NHS Western Isles: responsible for providing healthcare to the population of the Western Isles, made up of approximately 26,500 people and employs around 1030 staff. There are three hospitals run by NHS Western Isles, the largest is Western Isles Hospital, a rural general hospital located in Stornoway.
The Western Isles is a remarkable place – big skies, beautiful beaches, spectacular starry nights and, at times, exhilarating winter storms. Living here is both challenging and fulfilling. We were, after all, recently voted as being the happiest place to stay in the UK, one of the best places to bring up a family and the best island in Europe
NHS Western Isles works alongside mainland Health Boards and other local organisations, including the local authority and third sector (voluntary) organisations, to provide a wide range of healthcare services to the local population. Where possible, services are provided locally, in the Western Isles, but for specific procedures and more specialties services, we work with mainland partners to provide services in other areas.
About NHS Shetland : the most northerly Health Board in the country and a unique setting in which to develop your career. We are a small organisation with around 550 staff looking after the health needs of some 23,000 people. However, what we lack in size, we more than make up for by way of the tight-knit, highly professional ethos that characterises every aspect of our operations throughout the islands.
Local Hospital and Community Services are provided from the Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick. The hospital is a 3-storey building, opened in 1961, with an extension opened in 1991 and a modern Outpatients Department completed in 2008. The hospital has up to 75 beds and includes a maternity service and Day Surgery. In addition, visiting consultants from NHS Grampian provide out-patient clinics as well as in-patient and day-case surgery to supplement the service provided by our locally-based Consultants in General Medicine, General Surgery, Anaesthetics and Psychiatry.
Shetland is a wonderful place to live and work. Shetland offers great leisure facilities, unique wildlife and amazing scenery, whilst still only a short flight away from the UK mainland. To find out more about living and working in Shetland go to www.shetland.org
Reference no: MS12020868
Closing date: Wednesday 13th May 2020
For useful information please see: www.enterprisinghighland.com` www.visitororkney.com www.thewesternisles.co.uk www.ed.ac.uk/global-health/citizenship
A job pack for this post can be accessed at https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/