Job Advert
NHS Lothian
Salaried GP
Bonnyrigg Primary Care Centre
Reference: CG2556
NHS Lothian 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 Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Applications are welcome for the above Fixed Term (12 month), full time (37.50 hours, 9 sessions), although may consider smaller contract, based in Bonnyrigg Primary Care Centre.
This is an exciting opportunity to join and develop Primary Care in an ambitious and collaborative Health and Social Care Partnership.
We are looking for dynamic and skilled clinician(s) to join us in delivering high quality safe and effective patient care. You will have the opportunity to work and gain valuable clinical experience across a range of local practices and have protected time for supported personal professional development to advance your career and professional skills. Newly qualified ‘First 5’ GPs are welcome and encouraged to apply.
This is a new post which will combine 8 sessions of clinical time to support the provision of routine and unscheduled GMS medical services in GP practices across Midlothian, as part of the Primary Care multi-disciplinary team. Practice placements will be allocated according to local need.
The post-holder will also have dedicated professional development time (1 session per week, pro rata) for Leadership development, Quality Improvement, or other professional opportunities (to be agreed with the Clinical Director), as well as the opportunity to participate in professional coaching sessions and spend time with the HSCP GP Management Team to gain essential skills and experience clinical leadership of complex change.
You should be a forward-thinking ambitious practitioner, who has the potential and desire to bring about change through the development and improvement of local services. You must have had previous experience of working autonomously in primary care and have excellent communication and organizational skills. You must be a team player and be willing to support and supervise multidisciplinary colleagues.
See person specification for further details.
More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.
For an informal discussion please contact:
Dr Rebecca Green, Clinical Director
rebecca.green@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk, 07816 257 721
OR
Grace Cowan, Head of Primary Care & Older Peoples Services
grace.cowan@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
If viewing from an external site, please visit https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk for a job pack detailing the minimum requirements for this post and details of how to apply.
We cannot accept CV’s as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted. Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally.
Closing Date: 8th January 2023
***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***
Interview Date: Tuesday, 17th January 2023