Clinical Development Fellowships Frailty

Clinical Development Fellowship (CDF) – Frailty

Full time (40 hours per week)

For a period of 12 months (fixed term)

Start date as soon as possible

Salary Scale - £45,504 - £71,550 per annum (pro rata if part time)

Applications are invited from trainee doctors who have completed UK Foundation Programmes to apply for the positions of Frailty Clinical Development Fellow (CDF).

These exciting posts offer working in the Ageing and Health Department at Forth Valley Royal Hospital. NHS Forth Valley has previously completed a National Frailty Collaborative working in partnership with other health boards in Scotland and Healthcare Improvement Scotland to develop services to improve outcomes and experience for older people living with frailty presenting to acute services. We are continuing to build on this work to further develop and improve services for older people including the establishment of our Acute Frailty Unit in the acute admissions unit and expanding the Hospital at Home Service.

The successful candidate will have the unique opportunity to be an integral part of this work along with all other aspects of the care of frail older people that the service delivers. This will be supported through dedicated development time across the year. Clinical work will comprise working across our Acute Frailty Unit and Hospital cessful candidates will gain experience in comprehensive geriatric assessment in a variety of settings, delirium, orthogeriatric, movement disorders, palliative care and management of co‑morbidities.

There will also be dedicated in‑house teaching time afforded for the successful applicant each week. Further, there will be the opportunity to engage in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

Candidates are encouraged to visit the Department and meet our staff. Informal enquiries should be directed to Dr Lisa McNeil (Consultant Geriatrician), on tel:

To apply for this post, please visit the job posting on the NHS Scotland Recruitment website. Applicants must have full GMC registration and a licence to practise at time of application.

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.

Closing date: 8th March 2026

Interview date:
To be determined

NHS Forth Valley is an equal opportunities employer.

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.