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Medical Observers & Clinical Attachments

(Forms Part of Medical Resourcing & Systems Department)


Cardiff and Vale University Health Board are pleased to offer Medical Observer & Clinical Attachment placements in dedicated cohorts throughout the year . These are a 2-4 month unpaid placement for a qualified international doctor (IMG) who needs experience of the NHS and is not currently working in an NHS Trust/Health Board in the UK or have GMC registration.

This is an observer role only and the doctor and will not have direct patient contact or take on any responsibility.

Placements are available for the following:

  • Doctors who have qualified abroad and would like to gain some experience of UK culture and the NHS
  • Doctors returning to practice following a break
  • Doctors requesting experience of a particular specialty to aid GMC Registration

Placeholders will still need to undertake the same checks as any other member of staff working for the NHS, including Occupational Health clearance and the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) clearance or International Police Checks.


Application Routes

We have seperate routes you can apply through dependant on experiance/qualifications or if you are a refugee doctor. Please see below breakdown of the routes you can take and more information in the expandable section below that.

Route 1 - Medical Observers

If you have passed your PLAB* 1 exam, you can go down the Medical Observer route, please click below section to find out more information and on how to apply


Route 2 - Clinical Attachments

If you have passed your PLAB* 1 & 2 exam, you can go down the Clinical Attachment route, please click below section to find out more information and on how to apply.


Route 3 - Refugee Doctors

If you are a medically qualified refugee doctor with full refugee status in the UK, you can go do down the Refugee IWAS Referral Programme route, please click below section to find out more information.


No PLAB certification or medical qualifications

If you havent passed your PLAB* 1 or 2, do not qualify as a refugee or have a medical degree - Unfortunatly we are not able to offer any placements at this time.

*Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB)

 


Contact the Clinical Attachments & Medical Observers Team

Please fill out the below contact form and a member of the team will get back to you as soon as possible.

 

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