JOB TITLE: Clinical Fellow in Geriatric Medicine – Inpatient Unit

JOBTRAIN REFERENCE: 182326

CLOSING DATE: 5th April 2024 INTERVIEW DATE: TBC

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Contents

Section

Section 1: Person Specification

Section 2: Introduction to Appointment

Section 3: Departmental and Directorate Information

Section 4: Main Duties and Responsibilities

Section 5: Contact Information

Section 6: Working for NHS Lothian

Section 7: Terms and Conditions of Employment

Section 8: General Information for Candidates

We cannot accept CV’s as a form of application and only application forms

completed via the Jobtrain system will be accepted. Please visit
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You will receive a response acknowledging receipt of your application.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If
the successful applicant is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory
group i.e. child and/or adult, then an application will need to be made to Disclosure
Scotland and deemed satisfactory before the successful post holder can
commence work.

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Section 1: Person Specification

REQUIREMENTS ESSENTIAL DESIRABLE

Completed Foundation training

Qualifications/Training or equivalent training
MRCP Part 1
GMC registered medical
practitioner

Experience/Knowledge
Some previous experience in
Acute and General Medicine or
Medicine of the Elderly

Academic Achievements Evidence of previous audit or

Showing some initiative in
research at undergraduate or
Clinical Research
postgraduate level.

Motivation Interest in a Medical speciality or

General Practice as a career

Interest in improvement projects

and audit and/or teaching

Enthusiastic with strong

emphasis on improving patient
care
Able to communicate in English
and have communication skills
Personal Attributes
necessary to carry out duties
safely and effectively.
Able to demonstrate a
commitment to a team based
approach to delivering patient
care.

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Circumstances of Job May be required to work at any
of NHS Edinburgh and the
Lothian’s sites
Please note that East Lothian
Community Hospital is based 37
miles from Edinburgh City
Centre. Hospital accommodation
is unfortunately not available.

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 Section 2: Introduction to Appointment

Job Title: Clinical Fellow

Department: Geriatric Medicine

Base: East Lothian Community Hospital/Royal Infirmary Edinburgh

You may also be required to work at any of NHS Lothian sites.

Post Summary:

This post arises from a current vacancy and provides the applicant with the opportunity to
work with a lovely team providing person-centred inpatient care to older people from East
Lothian, based in East Lothian Community Hospital. This post would particularly suit
someone interested in pursuing a career in Medicine, Medicine of the Elderly or General
Practice.

The successful candidate will join the current multidisciplinary Medicine of the Elderly Team
who support the inpatient acute assessment, rehabilitation and Health Board Complex
Clinical Care (HBCCC) wards. The new post holder will provide medical input to the
orthogeriatric rehabilitation ward at East Lothian Community Hospital, supporting the existing
senior medical staff and providing medical support. This ward, (Ward 5) provides Pan-
Lothian rehabilitation to patients in the early post-op period after orthopaedic trauma.
Patients are transferred from the acute site from Day 3 onwards and so you may be
managing some post-op complications such as pneumonia, wound infections and anaemia.
The successful candidate will also provide cross-cover of other general MOE areas. There
is a very strong ethos of multidisciplinary team working within the hospital so it is important
that any candidate for this role has a collaborative approach to medical practice and ideally
experience of working within a MDT with physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nursing
colleagues and other Allied Health Professionals.

There will be the opportunity to take part in teaching, quality improvement work and service
development.

Relevant experience in care of the elderly and/or general medicine is desirable. The post will
involve some weekend commitments in Medicine of the Elderly at the Royal Infirmary of
Edinburgh. You may also be asked to cover some evening shifts at ELCH. Evening shifts
are supported by a Nurse Practitioner with advice available by telephone from the MOE
Consultant.

The post-holder will be on a standard 10 Programmed Activity contract (see detailed outline
job plan in section 6).

Part-time applicants are encouraged to apply.

Section 3: Departmental and Directorate Information

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East Lothian Medical Team

Dr Jenny Harrison Clinical Lead for Older People’s Services in East Lothian, MoE,
General Medicine, Hospital@Home
Dr Andrew McIntosh MoE, Orthogeriatric rehabilitation, Stroke Rehabilitation
Dr Neil Hunter MoE, Stroke, General Medicine
Dr Rachel Hawksworth Specialty Doctor MoE, HBCCC
Dr Kirsten Buchannan Specialty Doctor MoE, HBCCC
Dr Louise Fraser Specialty Doctor MoE, HBCCC
Dr Kate McCormick Specialty Doctor, MoE
Dr Stella Pezzilli Specialty Doctor, MoE
Dr Darren Yeats Locum Consultant, MoE
Dr Tim Morse Acute medicine, Hospital@Home
Dr Heather Thomas GP with Hospital@Home (special interest in diabetes)

The Medicine of the Elderly (MOE) Service within Lothian University Hospitals Division (LUHD)
provides high quality care and a comprehensive scope of services for the elderly population in Lothian
across three main hospital sites; Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE), Western General Hospital
(WGH) and St John’s Hospital (SJH). These comprise of; acute inpatient assessment, acute stroke
services, general rehabilitation and specialist rehabilitation (stroke and orthopaedic), liaison work to
other departments and a range of outpatient services including day hospital, geriatric clinics and
specialist Parkinson services. Additional inpatient and outpatient MOE services are also provided to
Lothian patients by Edinburgh, East and Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnerships.
Additionally, there are a number of Health Board Complex Continuing Care Units (HBCCC) for
patient’s whose long-term needs cannot be met outwith a hospital setting.

MOE provides a comprehensive service to older people within Lothian, concentrating on those who
have complex needs and require specialist input. There is a clear nationally driven goal to provide
safe, high quality care to the ageing population enabling older people to remain at home for as long
as possible and limiting hospital stays to acute phases of illness. The goal of the MOE service in
Lothian is to support patients to maximise their functional potential or recover to an optimal level of
health with the view of maintaining an independent life at home or alternatively in a suitable home in
the community. This is achieved by way of multidisciplinary team working: Medical staff working
alongside nursing staff, allied health professionals and Health and Social care colleagues to provide
comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) There is no specific age limit on the patients seen,
though the majority seen are in the age range 80 plus.

Within East Lothian there is a strong ethos of community working and trying to manage patients within
East Lothian where possible. The East Lothian Community Hospital, 37 miles from Edinburgh city
centre, provides ongoing MOE rehabilitation for East Lothian Residents following acute admission to
the Edinburgh acute hospitals. This includes stroke and orthogeriatric rehabilitation. In addition, there
is a ward for Health Board Complex Clinical Care (ward 1). ELCH is also home to a Psychiatry of
Older Age unit which provides care for both assessment and ongoing patients. There is a small
community hospital, Belhaven Hospital, in Dunbar.

The East Lothian Hospital@Home provides hospital level care to frail or complex patients in their own
homes as an alternative to admission to the acute sector. They work closely with various community
teams including the Care Home Team, the Prevention of Admission Therapy Team, Hospital2Home
(providing care and promoting recovery after a hospital stay), District Nursing and many more.

You will have the opportunity to attend ELCH unit teaching and remotely attend MoE weekly teaching
at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh via Microsoft Teams.

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 Section 4: Main Duties and Responsibilities

The final job plan will be subject to discussion and agreement between the successful post
holder, and the current staff.

The post will involve the care of inpatients in the orthpaedic rehabilitation ward on the ELCH
site including review of new admissions and ward-based problems, supporting junior staff
and contributing to MDTMs.

We have 4th year medical students on site 2 days a week and you will be expected to
contribute to their teaching.

This post will involve some out of hours work where weekends are currently undertaken at
the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Please note this is an Exposure Prone post and satisfactory pre-employment health
screening is essential

Location:
• It is anticipated the principal base of work will be ELCH.
• As part of your role, you may be required to work at any of NHS Lothian’s sites

Provide high quality care to patients:

• Maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice
• Develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties of the post
• Ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and respond to their views

Research, Teaching and Training:

• Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance NHS
Lothian’s research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research
Governance
• To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care
professions as required by the Clinical Director

Governance:
• Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are
implemented
• Ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by doctors in training and updated on
a regular basis
• Keep fully informed about best practice in the specialty areas and ensure implications for
practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director
• Role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team

Leadership and Team Working:

• To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical
teams and NHS Lothian and when participating in national or local initiatives
• To work collaboratively with all members of the team
• To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving
appropriate parties

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• Adhere to NHS Lothian and departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence
• Adhere to NHS Lothian values

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 Section 5: NHS Lothian – Indicative Job Plan

Post: Clinical Development Fellow, ELCH Inpatient Unit

Specialty: Geriatric Medicine
Principal Place of Work: East Lothian Community Hospital
Contract: Fulltime
Availability Supplement: Nil
Out-of-hours: As per rota
Managerially responsible to: Clinical Director East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership

Timetables of activities that have a specific location and time:

Indicative Job Plan/rota:

Week 3 Week 4 Week 5

WEEK 1 Week 1 Week 2

Monday 09:00-17:00 09:00-17:00 09:00-17:00 1200-2100 08:00-17:00

Tuesday 09:00-17:00 09:00-17:00 09:00-17:00 1200-2100 08:00-17:00

Wednesday 09:00-17:00 09:00-17:00 09:00-17:00 1200-2100 08:00-17:00
Thursday 09:00-17:00 09:00-17:00 09:00-17:00 1200-2100 08:00-17:00
Friday 09:00-17:00 OFF 09:00-17:00 1200-2100 08:00-17:00
Saturday OFF 0900-2100 OFF OFF OFF
Sunday OFF 0900-2100 OFF OFF OFF

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Junior MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
Doc

Ward 3 rapid Ward 3 rapid Ward 3 rapid Ward 3 rapid Ward 3 rapid
rundown 9:00 rundown 9:00 rundown 9:00 rundown 9:00 rundown 9:00
IMT
Dr.McIntosh ward Dr Pezzilli new Dr. McIntosh
Ward 3
round patient reviews ward round
PM Dr. Hunter PM Dr. Hunter
ward round PM Clinic with ward round
(timing Jenny Harrison (timing
Medical student
variable) OPD1 variable)
teaching
Ward 3 rapid Ward 3 rapid Ward 3 rapid Ward 3 rapid Ward 3 rapid
rundown 9:00 rundown 9:00 rundown 9:00 rundown 9:00 rundown 9:00
FY2
(check if cover
Junior ward Dr. McIntosh Dr Pezzilli new Ward 3
Ward 3 needed for
reviews ward ward round patient reviews Reviews AM
other wards)
6 AM
Dr. McIntosh
PM Join Dr.
PM Ward jobs in Medical student PM FY2 ward round
Hunter ward
ward 3 teaching teaching
round/ jobs Help cover
Ward 3 junior PM Dr. Hunter person off pre-
reviews ward round weekend

Dr Ward 1 Ward 1 WR Dr Ward 1 9:00 Dr

Hawksworth troubleshooting Buchanan reviews with Buchanan
GPST 1
9-10am Dr Fraser reviews
WR 1
Ward 1
10am WR ward 6 11am Ward 6
and 6 PM Dr Yeats PM Ward 6
Dr Yeats (plus MDT
reviews Ward reviews and Weekend
students)
6 (join if jobs 1pm Ward 1 planning/
possible) PM reviews/jobs MDT ensure TEPs
Medical student
completed
teaching Ward reviews
Dr Yeats ward
6

Ward 4 rapid 9am rapid Ward 4 reviews 9.30 Ward 4 11am Ward 4
rundown 9:30 rundown with Dr Pezzilli MDT reviews with
GPST 2
Dr Buchanan
9:30 Ward round
Ward 4
Dr
and float Review any Medical student
Harrison/Pezzilli
unwell or new teaching Help cover
Ward 4
patients person off pre-
Help other wards weekend
as needed
Rapid MDT ward 5 Rapid rundown Rapid Rapid
rundown ward 9:00-10 ward 5 9:00 rundown ward rundown ward
Clinical
5 9:00 5 9:00 5 9:00
Fellow AM WR Dr Ward 5
AM Ward Hawksworth reviews/jobs WR Dr Yeats 9:30 WR Dr
Ward 5
Round Dr 9-11 Hawksworth
(Ortho PM Reviews Dr Help with
Yeats
rehab) Yeats medical student Ward 5
PM Ward teaching/ jobs reviews/jobs
round Dr on other wards
Help on other

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 Hawksworth if needed wards

Notes:

Teaching:
2-3pm Monday afternoon ELCH unit teaching
1:15-2pm (termtime) video link to MOE RIE teaching

NOTES on job plan

This job plan is based on a standard rota

It is anticipated that the successful candidate will contribute to teaching and training and
clinical managerial work at ELCH, the exact duties and breakdown subject to negotiation
prior to taking up post.

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 Section 6: Contact Information

Informal enquiries and visits are welcome and should initially be made to:

Dr Jenny Harrison
Clinical Lead for Older People’s Services, East Lothian Community Hospital
[email protected]
01620 442815

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 Section 6: Working for NHS Lothian

Working in Edinburgh and the Lothians

Who are we?

NHS Lothian is an integrated teaching NHS Board in Scotland providing primary, community,
mental health and hospital services. Calum Campbell is the Chief Executive, Professor John
Connaghan CBE is the Chair and Tracey Gillies is the Executive Medical Director.
NHS Lothian provides services for the second largest residential population in Scotland –
circa 850,000 people. We employ approximately 26,000 staff and are committed to
improving all patient care and services and engaging staff in service planning and
modernisation.
Over the next year across Scotland there will be significant changes in the way health and
social care services are provided. In April 2015, integration came into effect in local areas
led by four Health and Social Care Partnerships in East Lothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian and
West Lothian. Working together will help us provide even better services for our communities
and, where appropriate, people will receive high quality care closer to home. There is work
underway in relation to the operational and governance capacity required, ensuring that
planning for unscheduled and scheduled care is done in tandem between the four Integrated
Joint Boards and the acute service.
Further information about Edinburgh and NHS Lothian can be found at
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Location
Edinburgh and the Lothians are on the eastern side of Scotland’s central belt in the heart of
the country. Four main areas make up Edinburgh and the Lothians – Edinburgh, East
Lothian, Mid Lothian and West Lothian.
Edinburgh and the Lothians are a place of exceptional beauty and contrast, from
Edinburgh’s historic skyline to the scenic countryside and coastline that surround it.
Edinburgh is famous for its castle, military tattoo, fringe and international festival.
Edinburgh and the Lothians are home to top-ranking state and private schools and world
class universities and colleges. Edinburgh offers a rich diversity of parks and gardens to
spend time relaxing with friends and family. Whether you want to buy or rent Lothian also
offers a diversity of accommodation ranging from city centre based flats, waterfront living,
Victorian or Georgian villas to more rural farm houses or coastal homes.
Local and wider transport networks are excellent. Glasgow is less than 50 minutes away by
train. The Scottish Highlands are accessible in a few hours offering opportunities for skiing
and walking. National and international transport links make it easy to keep in touch with
friends and family via Edinburgh Airport which offers a variety of international flight
opportunities.
If you are thinking about joining us from overseas further information can be found at
www.talentscotland.com. For a comprehensive list of services to help moving to the City of
Edinburgh, please visit the City of Edinburgh Council Website at: www.edinburgh.gov.uk.

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What we can offer you
Working with NHS Lothian offers a variety of opportunities and benefits:
• Access to the NHS pension scheme
• Assistance relocating to Edinburgh
• NHS Lothian is an equal opportunities employer and promotes work-life balance and
family-friendly policies
• A beautiful setting to live and work and to take time out after a busy day or week
• Access to a transport network offering easy travel links to the rest of the UK and
Europe, as well as international options

Teaching and Training Opportunities

NHS Lothian has one of the largest and some of the most successful teaching hospitals in
Scotland. We have a growing national and international reputation for medical teaching and
research and are recognised as a centre of excellence.
We successfully train medics, nurses and other healthcare professionals from all over the
UK and the world, many of whom choose to remain in employment with NHS Lothian and
continue to contribute to the development of the organisation, promoting new techniques
and going on to train the doctors, surgeons and nurses of tomorrow.
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and NHS Lothian recruits junior medical staff both UK
and worldwide. We are committed to providing a high standard of medical education and are
able to offer training in a variety of specialties at foundation and specialty level, with the
majority of training posts in the South East of Scotland rotating through Edinburgh and
Lothian hospitals.
Information regarding training with links to the appropriate UK websites can be found at
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We enjoy close links with the University of Edinburgh (http://www.ed.ac.uk/home) whose
Medical School is renowned for preparing its medical students to become world-class
doctors. Alongside NHS Lothian, the University of Edinburgh offers state-of-the-art medical
teaching facilities at the Chancellors Building, including lecture theatres, seminar rooms,
clinical skills training area, computing suites, as well as library facilities at the main
university, Western General Hospital and Royal Hospital for Sick Children.

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Our vision, values and strategic aims
We strive to provide high quality, safe, effective and person centred healthcare, continually
improving clinical outcomes for patients who use our services and for our population as a
whole.
To achieve this, we are committed to ever-closer integrated working with patients and our
other partners in healthcare and to embedding a culture of continuous improvement to
ensure that:
• Our staff can contribute fully to achieving the best possible health and healthcare,
based on evidence and best practice
• Everything we do maximises efficiency and delivers value for patients and the public

We have identified six strategic aims to ensure we can deliver safe, effective and person-
centred health and social care:
1. Prioritise prevention, reduce inequalities and promote longer healthier lives for all
2. Put in place robust systems to deliver the best model of integrated care for our
population – across primary, secondary and social care
3. Ensure that care is evidence-based, incorporates best practice and fosters
innovation, and achieves seamless and sustainable care pathways for patients
4. Design our healthcare systems to reliably and efficiently deliver the right care at the
right time in the most appropriate setting
5. Involve patients and carers as equal partners, enabling individuals to manage their
own health and wellbeing and that of their families
6. Use the resources we have – skilled people, technology, buildings and equipment –
efficiently and effectively.

The specific areas of focus and actions needed to achieve each of these aims are detailed in
“Our Health, our Future: NHS Lothian Strategic Clinical Framework 2014 – 2024,”
consultation document which you will find at:
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Our Health, Our Care, Our Future
NHS Lothian works to help people live healthier, longer lives – no matter who they are or
where in the region they live. Much progress has been made, but significant challenges and
opportunities lie ahead. NHS Lothian draft strategic plan - Our Health, Our Care, Our Future
– sets out what we propose to do over the coming decade to address these challenges and
continue to provide a high quality, sustainable healthcare system for the people of Lothian.

In developing the strategic plan we have:

• asked staff and patients what and how things need to change to deliver our aims
• brought together local plans into an integrated whole
• identified opportunities to make better use of existing resources and facilities
• prioritised areas that will make most difference to patients

The plan outlines a range of proposals, which will allow us to:

• improve the quality of care
• improve the health of the population
• provide better value and financial sustainability

Over the coming months we will discuss the need for change and the proposals set out in
the plan with staff, patients, communities and other stakeholders. A summary of the plan can
be found at
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NHS Lothian’s Clinical Quality Approach – Quality Driving Improvement

This is a new way of approaching quality in NHS Lothian. With this approach to service
improvement we aim to deliver ‘high quality, safe and person-cantered care at the most
affordable cost’. This acknowledges that every £1million of waste, unnecessary or
inappropriate costs in one area of our system, denies us the opportunity to invest that
£1million in another area of our system.
In all highly reliable healthcare organisations, it is clear that senior leadership commitment to
the importance of the work, the introduction of consistent improvement methodology, the use
of good quality data and building improvement capability within the workforce, are key to the
successful delivery of improvement strategies.
To allow NHS Lothian to meet the needs of our population today and in the future, we need
to build on the good work that is already being done to redesign services and create a whole
organisation approach to quality improvement.

Our Values and ways of working

NHS Lothian is determined to improve the way their staff work so they have developed a set
of common values and ways of working which they now need to turn into everyday reality -
to the benefit of everyone working in the organisation and, most importantly, to the benefit of
their patients.

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NHS Lothian – Our Values into Action:

Care and Compassion

• We will demonstrate our compassion and caring through our actions and words
• We will take time to ensure each person feels listened to, secure, understood and is
treated compassionately
• We will be visible, approachable and contribute to creating a calm and friendly
atmosphere
• We will provide a safe and caring setting for patients and staff, and an efficient, effective
and seamless care experience
• We will meet people’s needs for information and involvement in all care, treatment and
support decisions.

Dignity and Respect

• We will be polite and courteous in our communications and actions
• We will demonstrate respect for dignity, choice, privacy and confidentiality
• We will recognise and value uniqueness and diversity
• We will be sincere, honest and constructive in giving, and open to receiving, feedback
• We will maintain a professional attitude and appearance.

Quality
• We will demonstrate a commitment to doing our best
• We will encourage and explore ideas for improvement and innovation
• We will seek out opportunities to enhance our skills and expertise
• We will work together to achieve high quality services
• We will use our knowledge and enthusiasm to implement positive change and overcome
challenges.

Teamwork
• We will understand and value each other’s role and contribution
• We will be fair, thoughtful, welcoming and kind to colleagues
• We will offer support, advice and encouragement to others
• We will maximise each other’s potential and contribution through shared learning and
development
• We will recognise, share and celebrate our successes, big and small.

Openness, Honesty and Responsibility

• We will build trust by displaying transparency and doing what we say we will do
• We will commit to doing what is right – even when challenged
• We will welcome feedback as a means of informing improvements
• We will use our resources and each other’s time efficiently and wisely
• We will maintain and enhance public confidence in our service
• We will be a positive role model.

Throughout the recruitment process candidates will need to demonstrate they meet all of
Our Values.

Further information on our values into action can be found at

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 Section 7: Terms and Conditions of Employment

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TYPE OF
6 Months Fixed Term – Starting early August 2024
CONTRACT

GRADE AND Clinical Fellow

SALARY
40,995 – 64,461

HOURS OF WORK 40 HOURS PER WEEK

SUPERANNUATION New entrants to NHS Lothian who are aged sixteen but under
seventy five will be enrolled automatically into membership of the
NHS Pension Scheme. Should you choose to "opt out"
arrangements can be made to do this via: www.sppa.gov.uk

REMOVAL Assistance with removal and associated expenses may be

EXPENSES awarded

EXPENSES OF NHS candidates who are requested to attend an interview will be

CANDIDATES FOR given assistance with appropriate travelling expenses. Re-
APPOINTMENT imbursement shall not normally be made to employees who
withdraw their application, refuse an offer of appointment. Non
NHS employees are not normally awarded travel expenses.

TOBACCO POLICY NHS Lothian operates a No Smoking Policy in all premises and
grounds.

DISCLOSURE This post is considered to be in the category of “Regulated Work”

SCOTLAND and therefore requires a Disclosure Scotland Protection of
Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) Membership.

CONFIRMATION OF NHS Lothian has a legal obligation to ensure that it’s employees,
ELIGIBILITY TO both EEA and non EEA nationals, are legally entitled to work in
WORK IN THE UK the United Kingdom. Before any person can commence
employment within NHS Lothian they will need to provide
documentation to prove that they are eligible to work in the UK.
Non EEA nationals will be required to show evidence that either
Entry Clearance or Leave to Remain in the UK has been granted
for the work which they are applying to do. Where an individual is
subject to immigration control under no circumstances will they be
allowed to commence until right to work in the UK has been
verified.

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REHABILITATION The rehabilitation of Offenders act 1974 allows people who have
OF OFFENDERS been convicted of certain criminal offences to regard their
ACT 1974 convictions as “spent” after the lapse of a period of years.
However, due to the nature of work for which you are applying this
post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4 of the
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation
of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Orders 1975 and 1986).
Therefore, applicants are required to disclose information about
convictions which for other purposes are “spent” under the
provision of the act in the event of employment, failure to disclose
such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by
NHS Lothian. Any information given will be completely
confidential.

MEDICAL In terms of NHS Circular 1989 (PCS) 32 dealing with Medical

NEGLIGENCE Negligence the Health Board indemnity will cover only Health
Board responsibilities. Paragraph 63 of the General Medical
Council's Good Medical Practice requires you to have adequate
insurance or indemnity cover. You may wish to consider taking out
additional medical indemnity e.g. with a Medical Defence
Organisation to ensure that you have indemnity for the whole of
your practice.

NOTICE Employment is subject to one month notice on either side, subject

to appeal against dismissal.

PRINCIPAL BASE You may be required to work at any of NHS Lothian sites as part
OF WORK of your role.

SOCIAL MEDIA You are required to adhere to NHS Lothian’s Social Media Policy,
POLICY which highlights the importance of confidentiality, professionalism
and acceptable behaviours when using social media. It sets out
the organisation’s expectations to safeguard staff in their use of
social media.

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 Section 8: General Information for Candidates

Data Protection Legislation

During the course of our activities we will collect, store and process personal information
about our prospective, current and former staff. The law determines how organisations can
use personal information. For further information on the type of data that is handled, what
the purpose is of processing the data and where and why we share data, please see the
NHS Lothian Staff Privacy Notice, found at: NHS Lothian Staff Privacy Notice

For the purposes of this privacy notice, 'staff' includes applicants, employees, workers
(including agency, casual and contracted staff), volunteers, trainees and those carrying out
work experience.

Counter Fraud
NHS Lothian is under a duty to protect the public funds it administers, and to this end will
use the information you have provided on your application form for the prevention and
detection of fraud. It will also share this information with other bodies responsible for auditing
or administering public funds for these purposes. More detail on this responsibility is on NHS
Lothian intranet (Counter-Fraud and Theft page) and further information is available via Audit
Scotland.

References
All jobs are only offered following receipt of three satisfactory written references. At least one
reference must be from your current/most recent employer or your course tutor if you are
currently a student. If you have not been employed or have been out of employment for a
considerable period of time, you may give the name of someone who knows you well
enough to confirm information given and to comment on your ability to do the job.

Disclosure Scotland
Where a Disclosure or Protection of Vulnerable Groups Check is deemed necessary for a
post, the successful candidate will be required to undergo an appropriate check. Further
details on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders are available from the recruitment centre.

Work Visa
If you require a Work Visa, please seek further guidance on current immigration rules, which
can be found on the UK Government Home Office website.

Job Interview Guarantee Scheme

As a Disability Symbol user, we recognise the contribution that all individuals can make to
the organisation regardless of their abilities. As part of our ongoing commitment to extending
employment opportunities, all applicants who are disabled and who meet the minimum
criteria expressed in the job description will be guaranteed an interview.

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Overseas Registration and Qualifications
NHS Lothian will check you have the necessary professional registration and qualifications
for this role. You will need to provide an official translation of qualifications notarized by a
solicitor of your overseas qualifications to be checked by the recruiting panel. Please ensure
that this is available before applying for the post.

Workforce Equality Monitoring

NHS Lothian is committed to supporting and promoting dignity at work by creating an
inclusive working environment. We believe that all staff should be able to fulfil their potential
in a workplace free from discrimination and harassment where diverse skills, perspectives
and backgrounds are valued.
In order to measure and monitor our performance as an equal opportunities employer, it is
important that we collect, store and analyse data about staff. Personal, confidential
information will be collected and used to help us to understand the make-up of our workforce
that will enable us to make comparisons locally, regionally and nationally.

Equal Opportunities Policy Statement

NHS Lothian considers that it has an important role to play as a major employer and provider
of services in Lothian. We are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our
workforce, and seek to eliminate discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly
representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

The objectives of its policy are that no person or employee receives less favourable
treatment on the grounds of gender identity, gender expression, disability, marital status,
age, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sexuality,
responsibility for dependants, socio-economic status, political party or trade union
membership or activity, HIV/AIDS status or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements
which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

Our Equal Opportunities in Employment policy can be viewed on our careers website:
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NHS Scotland Application Process
• The purpose of an application form is to help evidence that the applicant has all the
requirements applicable to carry out the job applied for.
• It is essential to read both the job description and the person specification to gain a
full understanding of what the job entails and the minimum criteria required.
• Please note for equal opportunity purposes NHS Lothian do not accept CV’s as a
form of application.
• Your personal information will not be sent with the application for shortlisting. The
application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that no
applicant will be unfairly discriminated against.
• Please complete all sections of the application form. Those sections that are not
relevant please indicate ‘not applicable’, do not leave blank.
• Please visit https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk for further details on how to apply.

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