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.
Location: Multiple Boards in NHS Scotland Regions
Work Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week
Salary: £31,612 (65% of Agenda for Change Band 6 Scale maximum of £48,635 at 2024/25 rate)
Fixed-term: 36 Months
You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK which is required to be maintained throughout your period of employment.
Who We Are
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is the national health board with statutory responsibilities to effect sustainable change through workforce development, education and training across the health and social care system in Scotland, while working at UK level with partner organisations.
The Workforce Directorate works at a national level to support the delivery of NES’s strategic plan and is a key partner to the delivery of Scottish Government priorities for the health and social care workforce. It also provides a comprehensive People and Organisational Development strategy and service for the people who work for NES and externally to NHS Scotland in the recruitment of medical and dental trainees and other vocational trainee groups.
The contract of employment is with NES for the first two years of the Scheme, which acts as host employer for the NHS Scotland Management Training Scheme. Trainees are placed in one of the NHS Scotland Regions, in which they complete operational and strategic placements throughout the Scheme.
The Opportunity
Join us and become one of the exceptional people who want a general management career in NHS Scotland. We are looking for highly talented, emotionally intelligent graduate-level individuals, who demonstrate NHS Scotland values.
Do you have a qualification to SCQF level 10 in any subject area (or expect to have by 1 September 2025)?
Do you have (or will have by 1 September 2025) the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the Scheme?
Working within the range of Health and Care services in your host Region in Scotland, as well as gaining an introduction to the role of a manager across the service, you will work in real management posts giving you an opportunity to build your knowledge and skills in this complex environment. You will get the chance to work and learn alongside some of NHS Scotland’s top leaders and clinicians. You will also gain a funded relevant master’s or post-graduate qualification.
Does this sound like you?
What We Love To See
Management Trainees offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
- Ambition to help protect and improve health and care in Scotland.
- Demonstrate honesty, integrity, care and compassion when dealing with others, utilising tact and influencing skills when necessary.
- High level of critical thinking and problem solving, including verbal and numerical reasoning.
- Communicate effectively with the ability to understand the audience and adapt communication style accordingly.
- Ability to work on own initiative, to organise and prioritise own workloads, and to meet strict deadlines.
Benefits Which Matter
As a valued employee of NHS Scotland, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
- Life-work balance there may be opportunities for flexible working and hybrid working subject to placement operational requirements
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Annual incremental salary progression (up to the maximum of 75% of the top of Band 6 in year three of the Scheme) plus annual NHS salary scale review
- Annual Leave - 27 Days increasing in line with service plus 8 days public holiday
- NHS discounts and more
Diversity and Inclusion
Developing a successful national service for Scotland is impossible without ensuring we consider the diverse needs, perspectives and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland in our work.
We are focused on hiring the very best talent available for NES, and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and aim to ensure everyone is treated fairly, with respect and has a positive recruitment experience regardless of the outcome.
It’s not essential to be in management or health or care role right now. You may be returning from a career break (e.g. maternity, paternity, caring for others) or returning after working in another field. Your experiences elsewhere can bring a fresh perspective to our work.
If you are considering applying and feel it would be helpful to discuss this initially, please contact
Next Steps
Our recruitment process is currently 100% remote and if successful you would work in the host region as operationally required.
All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.
Online interviews will take place on
week commencing 12 May 2025. Candidates who have successfully completed the earlier stages of the Recruitment process (Stage 1 online psychometrics and Stage 2 online assessment centre) will be invited for an interview by
30 April 2025.
For further information and guidance for the applicants, go to the MTS website and refer to the Job Pack below.
The planned start date of the Scheme is 1 September 2025.
Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date.
Please note, CVs will not be accepted.
If you have any queries regarding the NHS Scotland National Recruitment Portal or the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to contact our recruitment partners, the East Region Recruitment Service, at: EoS.ERRS@nhs.scot
