Clinical Development Fellowships (CDFs) in Surgery or Trauma + Orthopaedics

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Clinical Development Fellowships (CDF)

General Surgery, Trauma + Orthopaedics and Surgical Specialties

Fixed term from 7^th August 2024 for 12 months

Full time 40 hours per week

Salary Scale - £40,995 - £64,461 per annum

Looking for a new and exciting challenge? Then think about working in NHS Forth Valley in the heart of Scotland.

Applications are invited from trainee doctors having recently completed or about to finish either UK Foundation Programmes or Core Surgical Training to apply for the position of Clinical Development Fellow (CDF) in Surgery, Trauma + Orthopaedics, and surgical specialties.

These exciting posts will work in the surgical specialties including General Surgery and Orthopaedics at Forth Valley Royal Hospital. In addition, as a CDF, you will have 6 protected hours per week of protected personal development time and 2 hours of in-house training. The remaining period will be distributed between clinical work in General Surgery or Trauma and Orthopaedics on the wards, in clinic, theatre and acute receiving, both in and out hours. Out of hours cover will include cross-covering all surgical subspecialties within Forth Valley including; General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Urology, Maxillofacial, Breast and ENT surgery. There may be an opportunity to gain additional experience in another speciality of choice following negotiation with base team and destination team.

The appointment will be on a fixed term and full-time basis (40 hrs). Remuneration will be determined by the pay and conditions of hospital medical and dental staff (NHS Circular: PCS (DD) 2023/01).

The surgical specialties in Forth Valley Royal Hospital provide acute services covering general surgery (including breast surgery), trauma and orthopaedics, urology, ENT, OMFS and ophthalmology.

The General Surgery and Trauma and Orthopaedic departments each function as a highly integrated multi-disciplinary team.  All members contribute to patient care, and this appointment will play an important role in the continuing development and redesign of clinical pathways and service redesign of the surgical service.

You can look forward to a warm welcome and strong support from colleagues.  Our hospital is situated in the heart of Scotland, nestled against the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, and close to vibrant towns that are richly endowed with excellent cultural and sporting facilities, offering good transport links to Edinburgh and Glasgow.

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.

Informal enquiries should be directed to Mr Michael Wilson, Consultant General Surgeon, michael.wilson3@nhs.scot or Mr Turab Syed, Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic surgeon, turab.syed@nhs.scot       

Closing date: 28^th April 2024

Interview date: To be confirmed

Please quote reference number 183993 on all correspondence.