# Resident Doctor - Clinical Fellow MFE > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Tayside. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/resident-doctor-clinical-fellow-mfe/71324d42-7007-4069-8a9e-3ccab0ea91e1 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/resident-doctor-clinical-fellow-mfe/71324d42-7007-4069-8a9e-3ccab0ea91e1.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Tayside - **Location:** Ninewells Hospital and Medical School - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Geriatric Medicine - **Grade:** Junior - **Salary:** £45,504 - £71,550 - **Contract type:** Fixed-term - **Employment type:** Full time - **Closing date:** 2026-10-13T22:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-06T14:05:54.161Z - **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=272101 - **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=272101 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk/ ## Job Content ### Job details - Job reference: 261686 - Salary: Clinical Fellow (£45,504 - £71,550) - Job closing date: 13/10/2026 - Job Type: Medical and Dental - Location: Various sites - Employment type: Fixed-term - Hours Per Week: 40 - Job posted date: 06/10/2026 - Employer (NHS Board): NHS Tayside - Department: MFE ### Angus Health & Social Care Partnership ### FIXED TERM until August 2027 Applications are invited for a fixed term Clinical Fellow post to join the Medicine for the Elderly Team in Angus, starting November 2026 The Medicine for the Elderly (MFE) service is based at Arbroath Infirmary and Whitehills Health and Community Care Centre (Forfar). There may also be the opportunity to support frail elderly Angus patients whilst they are in Ninewells hospital, working alongside the Angus MFE consultants. This will support continuity of care and ‘pull through’ of Angus patients into the Angus community hospitals At present the Angus MFE service provides comprehensive cover to older in-patients in Ninewells Hospital including an acute frailty team and frailty unit, and acute MFE wards. There are an additional 52 community hospital beds providing inpatient assessment and rehab, split between Forfar and Arbroath. Medicine for the Elderly is Tayside’s largest employer of Clinical Fellows and Speciality Doctors, and our team has a reputation for providing opportunities and career development in this career grade. It is also the stepping stone to Speciality Doctor posts for doctors without enough experience to apply for such posts. This post is ideal for doctors looking for time away from training or a non-training career, where development, training and opportunities provided by these posts have many positives. The successful candidate can work fulltime or part time. Weekend and evening working is available, as is out of hours. These are entirely optional. We are looking to offer this post at the earliest opportunity and would therefore encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. Interviews will be held as and when candidates apply. For informal enquiries please contact: Dr Ian Logan, ian.logan2@nhs.scot Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder. ## Person Specification ### General Experience **Essential** - Exposure to MDT working and of care of older people **Desirable** - Experience in working in different settings, i.e. acute, step-down and community ### Clinical Governance **Essential** - Willingness to engage, in line with service requirement or personal interest ### Management Training **Essential** - Willingness to help Clinical and Service Managers with their role ### Teaching Experience **Essential** - Willingness to participate in under and postgraduate teaching in line with departmental needs **Desirable** - Some experience in teaching undergraduate students ### Clinical Training & Experience **Essential** - Candidate will have completed at least two years full time postgraduate training (or equivalent gained on a part time or flexible basis) **Desirable** - Further time in specialty training programme in Medicine for the Elderly OR with equivalent experience and competencies ### Audit / Quality & Safety Activity **Essential** - Ability to participate in Audit/ quality improvement **Desirable** - Experience in completing quality improvement work or audit cycle ### Qualifications Accredited by Relevant Committee **Essential** - MBBS/ MBChB - GMC registration with a Licence to Practice **Desirable** - MRCP or equivalent ### Particular Requirements and/or Areas of Special Interest **Essential** - Interest in the Care of the Older Person - Excellent communication skills and team working - Good time management and organisational skills - Independent working - The candidate must hold a valid driving licence **Desirable** - Any developed areas of interest in relation to the care of older people ## Documents - [261686 JD Tayside (DOCX, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1206872&JobId=272101) - [261686 PS Tayside (DOCX, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1206873&JobId=272101) - [Candidate guidance on use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1206874&JobId=272101) ## 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.