# Clinical Development Fellow - OPMH > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-development-fellow-opmh/c29637ff-3f48-4d91-9f56-09776a3eca42 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-development-fellow-opmh/c29637ff-3f48-4d91-9f56-09776a3eca42.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde - **Town:** Glasgow - **Region:** West of Scotland - **Country:** Scotland - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £45,504 - £71,550 - **Contract type:** Fixed-term - **Employment type:** Full time - **Closing date:** 2026-08-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-23T14:45:15.233Z - **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=264142 - **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=264142 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhsggc.scot ## Job Content ### Job details - Job reference: 253734 - Salary: Clinical Development Fellow - (£45,504 - £71,550) - Job closing date: 09/08/2026 - Job Type: Medical and Dental - Location: See below - Employment type: Fixed-term - Hours Per Week: 40 - Job posted date: 23/07/2026 - Employer (NHS Board): NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde - Department: OPMH NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included. ### The shift pattern for this Monday - Friday: 9am-5pm, no on call ### This is a Fixed term post for 2 years. Applications are invited for Clinical Development Fellow who have completed at least FY2 for the above post and ideally have some old age psychiatry experience . This a ten session post based at The Glenkirk Centre, North West Glasgow of Older Adult Psychiatry. This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic team in Old Age Psychiatry in Greater Glasgow and Clyde. The successful applicant will play a prominent role in providing mostly community care and treatment for severe and enduring mental health conditions in the older adult supported by an enthusiastic CMHT and Consultant Psychiatrists. Opportunities for further training and development are strongly encouraged. There is also an opportunity to be peripatetic during the 2 years around CMHTs in Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Ideally applicants would be doctors who have an interest in progressing a career in old age psychiatry or other psychiatric specialties and come with a broad general professional training including General Medicine or GP vocationally trained doctors who wish to gain further Older Adult Psychiatry experience. Applications will be considered for part-time working or as a job share opportunity. To practice medicine in the UK you need to hold both GMC registration and a licence to practiceThe post is open primarily to applicants who do not require a work permit to take up employment in the UK. Any applicants who do require a work permit will be considered only if no suitable UK or EEA national is identified for the posts. ### Informal contact: Dr Ashley Fergie - CD OPMH on 01412116429 or ashley.fergie@nhs.scot Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process: Information for candidates Applicants who have not undertaken a UK foundation programme within 3.5 years of the advertised post start date, will be asked to submit a Certificate of Readiness to Enter Specialty Training (CREST). The CREST form must be completed by a consultant who has worked with you for a minimum continuous period of three months whole-time equivalent wholly within the 3.5 years prior to the advertised post start date for which you are applying. Due to the volume of applications that we receive, we will not be able to provide shortlisting feedback. ### NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde- NHS Scotland encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have. By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC has pledged its commitment to being a Forces Friendly Employer. We support applications from across the Armed Forces Community, recognising military skills, experience and qualifications during the recruitment and selection process. Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process. For application portal/log-in issues, please contact Jobtrain support hub in the first instance. ## Person Specification ### Specialty Doctor Requirements **Essential** - At least four years full-time postgraduate training - Two of these must have been in a relevant acute specialty, or you will be required to evidence equivalent experience and competences ### Medical Consultant Requirements **Essential** - Be eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register - Evidence of higher specialist training leading to Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview - International Medical Graduates must meet the requirements outlined within the Full registration for international medical graduates guidance outlined by the GMC ### Statutory and Legal Requirements **Essential** - Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme membership - Documentation to prove eligibility to work in the UK - Non UK nationals must show evidence of entry clearance or leave to remain in the UK has been granted for the work which they are applying to do - Applicants are required to disclose information about convictions which for other purposes are "spent" under the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 ### Professional Registration and Qualifications **Essential** - Valid GMC / GDC Registration with a Licence to Practice – this is known as Full Registration - Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) - A licence to practise ## Documents - [GGC 229007 Job Description (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1172307&JobId=264142) - [GGC 229007 Personal Specification Form (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1172306&JobId=264142) - [GGC Supporting Information Medical & Dental Vacancies 2025 (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1172305&JobId=264142) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.