Clinical Development Fellowships (CDFs)
Full time
Fixed term from 6th August 2025 to 4th August 2026
Salary scale - £45,504 - £71,550 per annum
Internal Medicine – Acute Medicine
Internal Medicine – Cardiology
Internal Medicine – Care of the Elderly with Orthogeriatrics
Internal Medicine – Acute Frailty
Internal Medicine – General Care of the Elderly
Internal Medicine – Diabetes & Endocrinology
Internal Medicine – Gastroenterology
Internal Medicine – Infectious Diseases
Internal Medicine – Respiratory Medicine
Internal Medicine – Stroke Medicine
Come and join our Medicine team as a Clinical Development Fellow and enjoy:
* Work life balance
* Protected quality improvement and development time of 30 days per year.
* Financial support from the Health Board for attendance at approved courses or conferences.
* 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 competent, enthusiastic individuals as Medical Clinical Development Fellows to the posts detailed above. Applications are invited from trainee doctors having recently completed or due to complete by July 2025, UK Foundation Programmes (or equivalent), ACCS or Internal Medical Training stage 1. Successful applicants will be expected to be able to manage a cohort of patients with consultant supervision, show organisational skills and leadership amongst other doctors on their base ward, contribute to unselected medical take, and participate in the cardiac arrest team.
These posts are available from 6th August 2025 to 4th August 2026, 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.
Doctors who have previously joined this Clinical Development Fellow (CDF) programme have advanced their careers through a range of developmental opportunities. Previous CDFs have undertaken leadership roles in NHS Forth Valley such as chief resident; progressed through MRCP(UK); improved clinical efficacy through quality improvement work, presented both locally and nationally; established or contributed to undergraduate teaching programmes; and gained experience with the Scottish Centre for Simulation and Clinical Human Factors. Many progress into training programmes at the end of their CDF year.
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 will 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, nights 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, as well as recent experience in an acute medical specialty.
For more information, you may contact:
Dr Alison Mackenzie, Consultant Physician and Associate Director of Medical Education, alison.mackenzie@nhs.scot
Dr David Watts, Consultant Physician and Clinical Director for Medicine david.watts@nhs.scot
Dr Tom French, Clinical Director for Ageing & Health, thomas.french2@nhs.scot
Dr Beth Routledge, Consultant Physician and Lead Clinician for medical rota, elizabeth.routledge3@nhs.scot
Please quote reference number 208601 on all correspondence.
Closing date: 9th March 2025
Interview dates: To be determined
NHS Scotland 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 Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.