NHS LOTHIAN

Clinical Fellow (LAS) in Acute & General Medicine

Western General Hospital

Reference: TG1707

NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Applications are welcome for the above fixed term, full time (40 hours per week) post based in Western General Hospital.

This post will offer the successful applicant the opportunity to develop their clinical and professional competence in a purposeful and supervised manner as an assist to overall career development. Successful applicants will be based in the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Unit which is a subsidiary of the Acute and General Medicine Unit at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh. The post will include time spent in SDEC providing the immediate assessment of a selected and scheduled medical ‘take’.

The post is aimed at FY2+ level i.e. those Doctors having recently completed the UK Foundation programme and having being assessed as "acute take safe" under supervision, looking for some experience of acute care specialties in which they may have a longer term interest, or to provide a professional development adjunct to any future clinical activity if interested in another non-acute specialty in the longer term. The Western General has the benefit of highly collegiate working practices between medical specialties with Respiratory, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases, Stroke Medicine, Medicine of the Elderly, Cardiology and Gastrointestinal physicians all working closely with Acute Medicine at the front door.

Clinical development will be supported in the post and application for a JRCPTB portfolio to assess knowledge and skill against the IMT curriculum will be supported. We will be happy to support the successful candidate in applying for a flexible training route of entry into the following training routes: IMT, ACCS and GPST. There will be 8 hours per week of protected non clinical time supervised and directed activity linked to an area of mutual professional interest including clinical teaching, quality improvement and safety, management and leadership development or informatics.

A Focused Acute Medicine Ultrasound (FAMUS) Course place will be provided as part of this placement with the expectation that FAMUS accreditation will be achieved by the end of a 12 month placement within the unit – it may be possible to attain this within a 6 month period depending upon the availability of supervision.

The post does not have educational approval from the Postgraduate Dean and will not be recognised for training.

For an informal discussion or further information please contact:
Dr Chris Evans,  Clinical Lead for SDEC, Western General Hospital
chris.evans3@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

For a job pack detailing the minimum requirements for this post and details of how to apply, please visit https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk

We cannot accept CV’s as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted.  Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally. 

Please note that details of all current medical vacancies for NHS Lothian can be found at www.medicaljobs.scot.nhs.uk

Closing Date: 03 June 2022

***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***