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 the UK Foundation Programme to apply for the position of Frailty Clinical Development Fellow (CDF).

These exciting posts offer work 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 that improve outcomes and experiences 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 the expansion of the Hospital at Home Service.

The successful candidate will have a unique opportunity to be integral to this work and to all other aspects of the care of frail older people delivered by the service. 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 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, please visit the job posting on the NHS Scotland Recruitment website. Applicants must have full GMC registration and a licence to practise at the 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.