LAS Doctor (Surgery/A and E)

Locum Appointment for Service (General Surgery/A&E) (Ref: 92391)

Full-Time

Fixed term contract from August 2022

Opportunities available for 4, 6 or 12 month posts

£34,901 to £54,879 per annum (pro rata), plus banding supplement 2B

This post also attract a relocation package up to £4,000 and

Distant Islands Allowance of £1,971 per annum (pro rata)

Based at the Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick, this post would suit doctors who have just completed FY2 training and are considering a surgical career or a core surgical trainee waiting for a StR position.  Alternatively a doctor interested in a future career in general practice waiting for a StR position/a GP trainee who had completed training but who wished further surgical/A&E experience.  Full GMC registration with a current licence to practice is essential for this role.

The successful applicant will work as a part of a team in our surgical department:

• The general surgical unit which deals with general surgery, orthopaedic trauma and emergency gynaecology. A substantial component of the post involves seeing and treating all non-medical cases in Accident and Emergency. There will be opportunity to be involved in surgical clinics and theatre lists. Night shifts involve three or four nights at a time covering A and E, acute medicine as well as surgery.

Shetland is a wonderful place to live and work.  Shetland offers great leisure facilities, unique wildlife and amazing scenery, whilst still only a short flight away from the UK mainland.  To find out more about living and working in Shetland go to www.shetland.org

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Mr Gordon McFarlane (Consultant Surgeon) at the Gilbert Bain Hospital. Contact via the hospital switchboard on 01595 743000 or via email on gordon.mcfarlane@nhs.scot  

Closing Date:                                    27^th March 2022                                                                    
Telephone/Teams Interview:           w/c 11^th April 2022

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