General Management Training Scheme

If you’re successful, you’ll be posted to one of Scotland’s Health Boards. You must be flexible and willing to work anywhere in Scotland.

As a successful candidate you will:

• Start on an annual salary of around £22,000, with pension
• Three years work within various sections of the NHS working alongside some of Scotland’s top NHS managers and clinicians
• Fully funded support through a bespoke masters level qualification appropriate to you and your organisation need
• Have the opportunity a three-month elective elsewhere in Scotland or even abroad

Here’s how it works:

Year 1	What you'll do
Orientation (three months)	You’ll experience a range of NHS services in your host Board and across Scotland
First placement (nine months)	You’ll work in a real management post with responsibility for people, services and resources such as skills, budgets and equipment

Year 2	What you'll do
Elective (three months)	Choose where you’d like to develop your skills and experience, perhaps in another public sector organisation
Second placement (nine months)	You’ll move into another management post in your host Board, at a more strategic level

Year 3	What you'll do
After this you’re guaranteed at least a full year of work, normally with your host NHS Board, during which you’ll also complete your MSc.

The three years in-work training is designed to give you:

• A broad knowledge of the NHS
• Real management responsibilities
• An opportunity to choose a specialist area of work and study.
• The chance to work in various sections of the NHS experiencing the various challenges and rewards it brings

In addition you will participate in a range of development opportunities such as

• Learning alongside clinical staff and finance managers in an action learning set
• Personal coaching and mentoring
• Attending master classes in human resources management, health information systems and product management