Job details
- Job reference: 250589
- Salary: Clinical Teaching Fellow - (£45,504- £71,550)
- Job closing date: 11/06/2026
- Job Type: Medical and Dental
- Location: Royal Hospital for Children and Young People
- Employment type: Fixed-term
- Hours Per Week: 40
- Job posted date: 04/06/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
- Department: General Paediatrics
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.
We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
Applications are welcome for the above Fixed Term, full time (40 hours per week) post based in Royal Hospital for Children & Young People
The posts are designed to provide high quality experience in contributing to and facilitating Undergraduate education within Paediatrics.
The post is a 60:40 split with 60% of time dedicated to clinical service in Paediatric Medicine. The specifics of this will be discussed with the successful applicant and will depend on experience level, but is likely to mainly include daytime cover on the general paediatric wards and evening/weekend daytime OOH and be based at RHCYP and/or SJH children’s ward.
There will be the opportunity for individualised personal development in clinical education, teaching and quality improvement. The post is intended for doctors with experience of working in paediatrics who have an interest and aptitude in Medical Education. The post is based at the RHCYP, Edinburgh.
More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.
For an informal discussion please contact:
Laura Fraser
email:laura.fraser5@nhs.scot
or
Sarah Alexander
Email@sarah.alexander4@nhs.scot
If viewing from an external site, please visit https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk for a job pack detailing the minimum requirements for this post and details of how to apply.
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: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***
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.
We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
Applications are welcome for the above Fixed Term, full time (40 hours per week) post based in Royal Hospital for Children & Young People
The posts are designed to provide high quality experience in contributing to and facilitating Undergraduate education within Paediatrics.
The post is a 60:40 split with 60% of time dedicated to clinical service in Paediatric Medicine. The specifics of this will be discussed with the successful applicant and will depend on experience level, but is likely to mainly include daytime cover on the general paediatric wards and evening/weekend daytime OOH and be based at RHCYP and/or SJH children’s ward.
There will be the opportunity for individualised personal development in clinical education, teaching and quality improvement. The post is intended for doctors with experience of working in paediatrics who have an interest and aptitude in Medical Education. The post is based at the RHCYP, Edinburgh.
More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.
For an informal discussion please contact:
Laura Fraser
email:laura.fraser5@nhs.scot
or
Sarah Alexander
Email@sarah.alexander4@nhs.scot
If viewing from an external site, please visit https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk for a job pack detailing the minimum requirements for this post and details of how to apply.
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: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***
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