Clinical Fellow - ScotSTAR

ScotSTAR PAEDIATRIC CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP

ScotSTAR West BASE AT GLASGOW AIRPORT

Applications are invited for the post of clinical fellow (0.5 – 1WTE) to work with the ScotSTAR Paediatric Retrieval Service operated by the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS). This is a fixed term position for 6 months from August 2026 until February 2027. Banded 1A as per Trainee Payscale for medical trainees.

The post is suitable for specialty trainees (or those who have recently completed specialty training) or equivalent in the following: paediatric intensive care medicine, paediatric anaesthesia, adult intensive care and/or anaesthesia (with regular exposure to paediatrics) or paediatric emergency medicine (with regular exposure to paediatric intensive care medicine).

The retrieval service provides a secondary critical care patient transfer service for paediatric patients (<16 years) in Scotland.

The majority of retrievals undertaken by the Paediatric team are by road in our Paediatric Intensive Care Road Ambulance however approximately 25% are by air on rotary and fixed wing aircraft operated by the SAS and the Coastguard Search and Rescue helicopter.

The post is based at the ScotSTAR West base at Glasgow Airport.

For formal enquiries, please contact:

• Dr Christina Harry, Paediatric Retrieval Clinical Lead consultant on 07946787431; email: Christina.Harry2@nhs.scot

Dr Christina Harry, Paediatric Retrieval Clinical Lead consultant on 07946787431; email: Christina.Harry2@nhs.scot

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.

Please note that The Scottish Ambulance Service is NOT licensed to issue certificates of sponsorship under current UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) regulations. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship to work with us.

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.