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Hours: Part Time, 1 PA (4 hours per week)
Duration: Fixed Term / Secondment for 36 months*
Foundation Programme Director posts - FY1 & FY2 West Region W11
Hours: Part Time, 1 PA (4 hours per week)
Duration: Fixed Term / Secondment for 36 months
Flexible Location: NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office, remote and hybrid working (within the UK). We’re happy to talk about how you want to work.
Salary: Consultant, Associate Adviser or other appropriate pay scale
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is the national health board with statutory responsibilities to effect sustainable change through workforce development, education and training across the health and social care system in Scotland, while working at UK level with partner organisations.
This will be across 1 PA of time (1PA = 4 hours)
The Scotland Deanery is responsible for postgraduate medical education.
The Foundation Programme Director will be responsible for managing a Foundation Programme and the education and training needs of each individual on the programme, approximately 30 residents, based in the following hospitals: Inverclyde Royal Hospital and Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley.
This is a replacement FPD post. Preference will be for clinicians based locally to the post, across the West of Scotland. Applications are invited from permanent trained staff (Consultant, GP or SAS doctor) in the West region of Scotland who are currently in substantive NHS or University posts.
Applicants will be expected to have Recognition of Trainer status and will contribute, in partnership with the existing FPDs to the formal Foundation teaching programme.
They are accountable to the Postgraduate Dean or Associate Postgraduate Dean, he or she may also combine the role with that of an educational and/or clinical supervisor.
All applicants must confirm prior to interview that their employer would support a Service Level Agreement for this role within their job plan.
Informal enquiries are welcome. Please contact:-
Dr Caroline Whitton, Associate Postgraduate Dean, West region Caroline.Whitton@nhs.scot or Dr Shona McLellan, Associate Postgraduate Dean, West region
Fixed Term for 3 years in the first instance.
Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59hrs on the closing date.
CVs will not be accepted.
Closing Date: 15th December 2025
Interview Date: 8th January 2025
- Please be advised that if you are successful in being offered the role following the recruitment process, you will be expected to attend the office prior to your start date to complete face-to-face pre-employment checks. If you require any adjustments to support this, please let us know.
- To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
If you have any queries regarding the NHS Scotland National Recruitment Portal or the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to contact our recruitment partners, the East Region Recruitment Service, at: EoS.ERRS@nhs.scot