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Salaried GP – Lerwick GP Practice (Ref 48027)
Substantive, Full-time 40 hours per week
Salary Range £66,745 - £99,508 per annum (includes local retention premia)
Plus Distant Islands Allowance of £1,895 per annum
Relocation Assistant of up to £8,000 available
An opportunity has arisen for a GP post at Lerwick GP Practice – we are happy to consider job share as an option. The Lerwick Practice is a salaried General Practice, providing medical services to a population of approximately 9,000 patients and offers variety and stimulation that can only be found in remote settings.
- Excellent premises with well sized consulting rooms
- Successful training practice
- GPwSI opportunities available
- Uses the ‘Ask My GP’ consulting platform
The team delivering health care services is friendly, welcoming and very supportive. The GPs in Lerwick participate in the local GP out-of-hours co-operative, which is optional and remunerated separately to the salary shown. The Practice has a team of Advanced Nurse Practitioners who deal with on the day acute presentations, and we also have Practice Nurses and Healthcare Assistants. We use EMIS and DOCMAN and successful candidates will have the option to develop specialist interests e.g. paediatrics, obstetrics, dermatology etc should this be of interest. The Practice has recently been successful in introducing the ‘Ask My GP’ online consulting platform/appointment system which consistently received a 96% approval rating from patients using the service.
Several of our GPs have worked with Promote Shetland to develop short video clips detailing what it is like to live and work in Shetland and you can access the clips here:
http://www.shetland.org/60n/video/1
http://www.shetland.org/discover/live-here/health
Shetland is a wonderful place to live and work. Shetland offers low pollution, low crime, excellent schools, great leisure facilities, unique wildlife and amazing scenery, whilst still only a short flight away from the UK mainland. The Lerwick team say they have the best consulting room view in the UK – come and find out for yourself! To find out more about Shetland go to www.visitshetland.com
For an informal discussion, please contact Practice Manager Adam Czarnobay or Dr Dylan Murphy on 01595 693201.
Closing date: 18th April 2021 Interview date: w/c 3rd May 2021
In promoting equal opportunities, we welcome applications from all sections of the community