Clinical Placements NHS and Clyde

Overview

Welcome to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Here at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC), we are able to offer a range of programmes that permit medical and dental professionals to undertake clinical placements under the supervision of our award-winning staff.

A Clinical Attachment is a period when a medical/dental graduate or doctor/dentist is attached to a clinical unit within NHSGGC to gain an overview of clinical processes and systems in a hospital setting.

NHSGGC offers two types of Clinical Attachment to registered, prospective, or aspiring medical and dental professionals:

• Observership
• Clinical Access (medical)
• Clinical Access (dental)

An Observership allows practising medical graduates to observe medical or dental practice within a clinical setting. Observers are not permitted to provide clinical advice or make clinical decisions. Observers must be supervised at all times by a named consultant. An Observership can last between one week and six months.

International medical graduates seeking an Observership must have undertaken the PLAB 2 examination or have a confirmed upcoming examination date.

A medical Clinical Access agreement permits doctors to gain postgraduate experience or provide/gain experience of certain procedures within NHSGGC. Under the agreement, the responsibility for the doctor will lie with a named consultant. A Clinical Access agreement can last between one week and six months. Doctors must be registered with the GMC.

A Dental Clinical Access Agreement permits dentists to gain postgraduate experience or provide/gain experience of certain procedures within NHSGGC. Under the agreement, the responsibility for the dentist will lie with a named consultant. A Clinical Access agreement can last between one week and six months. Dentists must be registered with the GDC, or meet all of the following criteria:

• Recognised by a dental authority as a student of dentistry; and
• Dentistry is undertaken as part of a dental training course (or examination) approved by that dental authority; and
• Dentistry is undertaken under the direct personal supervision of a GDC-registered dentist.

NHSGGC is also able to support a limited number of medical or dental elective placements to medical / dental students who are in their penultimate or final year of study. This initiative is commonly referred to as visiting electives or elective placement within academia.

This placement enables visiting students to pursue an area of their own interest and to gain experience of clinical practice in the UK healthcare system with the same rights, duties and responsibilities as our own medical students.

Placements usually last between 4 and 12 weeks. Due to immigration rules, medical and dental elective placements cannot last more than 6 months.

NHSGGC can offer a Clinical Attachment or Medical and Dental Elective Placement within a range of specialties. Visit the website to explore the services provided by the organisation.

Medical and dental professionals must refrain from contacting NHSGGC clinicians directly to seek clinical placement opportunities.

All medical and dental professionals who wish to apply for a clinical placement within NHSGGC must submit an application via the website. They must select the type of clinical placement they are seeking and the specialty they wish to be considered for. You can only apply for one type of clinical placement and can only be considered for a single specialty.

Details supplied within the application will be circulated to senior clinicians for review. If a clinician is able to offer you a placement, they will make direct contact to discuss the opportunity in further detail.

If a clinical placement is agreed, the clinician will inform the Human Resources department and a series of recruitment checks will be undertaken. A clinical placement is not confirmed until a member of the Human Resources team provides written confirmation.

If a clinician is unable to accommodate a placement, your details will remain on the system for six months. If a placement has not been agreed within six months, your application will be withdrawn and you will receive an email indicating that you have been unsuccessful.

All clinical placements within NHSGGC are unpaid.

For further information on clinical placements within NHSGGC, please email the NHSGGC Workforce Supply Team.