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Job reference: 057209
Salary: Clinical Development Fellow - (£33,884- £53,280)
Job closing date: 27/06/2021
Job Type: Medical and Dental
Location: Forth Valley Royal Hospital
Employment type: Fixed-term
Hours Per Week: 40
Job posted date: 14/06/2021
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Forth Valley
Department: Care of the Elderly

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Clinical Development Fellowships (CDFs)

Full time

Salary scale - £33,884 - £53,280 per annum


Internal Medicine – Care of the Elderly with Perioperative Care and Frailty

Internal Medicine – Infectious Diseases

Internal Medicine – Respiratory Medicine


Come and join our Medicine team as a Clinical Development Fellow and enjoy:


  • Work life balance
  • Protected quality improvement and development time of averaged one day per week.
  • Financial support from the Health Board of up to £1500 for attendance at courses or conferences, or to help with costs for specific Diplomas etc.
  • Consultant supervision and consistent support for clinical and development work.
  • Opportunity to train in the Scottish Centre for Simulation and Clinical Human Factors.


NHS Forth Valley is seeking to appoint enthusiastic individuals for the posts detailed above. Applications are invited from trainee doctors having recently completed or due to complete UK Foundation Programmes or Core Medical Training (July 2021) to apply for the Clinical Development Fellowships (CDFs).


These exciting posts are available from 4th August 2021 to 2nd August 2022, working within a Medical Specialty at Forth Valley Royal Hospital. Please contact Medical Workforce team at fv.medicalworkforcerecruitment@nhs.scot if you encounter any issues downloading the job descriptions.


NHS Forth Valley provides acute services for a population of 310,000 people in Central Scotland. Forth Valley Royal Hospital is one of the most modern and well equipped hospitals in the country. It is situated in Larbert with excellent road and rail links to Stirling, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee.


On the back of a successful Clinical Development Fellow (CDF) programme, we have a variety of CDF placements with developmental opportunities in quality improvement work, management and leadership, undergraduate teaching and the Scottish Centre for Simulation and Clinical Human Factors. The trainees from the current cohort of CDFs have led with roles such as chief resident and demonstrated a phenomenal amount of quality improvement work, establishment of undergraduate teaching programme with recurrent positive feedback and some have laid solid foundations for future NHS leadership. They have or will be displaying and presenting their Quality Improvement work at national conferences and that will be the expectation for you. There is now an established QI forum that you will be part of where you will not only learn the techniques of QI work but also get an opportunity to present.


The CDF programme was created to supplement the existing trainees to support safe clinical care as well as facilitating training opportunities for all.  Trainees in the CDF programme have been able to maintain skills in unselected medical receiving while providing excellent continuity for their base teams. Though most clinical time is spent during day time, banding supplement is awarded for evenings and weekends.


Whatever your choice of sub-specialty or development projects, you will become part of a Consultant-led team with appropriate supervision for your development work.


To apply for this post, please visit the job posting on the NHS Scotland Job Train website. Applicants should have full GMC registration and a licence to practise at time of application


You are welcome to contact existing CDFs for more information: Dr Neil McInnes neil.mcinnes@nhs.scot, Dr. Patrick Timmons patrick.timmons2@nhs.scot and Dr Nicola Waddell nicola.waddell2@nhs.scot


For more information please contact:


Dr Sarah Henderson, Consultant in Geriatric Medicine sarah.henderson1@nhs.scot Tel: 01324 567557

Dr. Iain Morrison, Consultant Gastroenterologist, iain.morrison@nhs.scot Tel: 01324 566841


Please quote reference number 057209 on all correspondence.


Closing date: 27th June 2021

Interview date: To be determined


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