Relief GP Practitioner, Shetland

Full time (40 hours per week)

Excellent premises with well sized consulting rooms

GPwSI opportunities available

We have an opportunity for a full time substantive salaried Relief GP post.   The postholder will be employed by NHS Shetland and will have the opportunity to work in any of our ten health centres, covering annual leave, vacancies and short term ill health.  All our practices use EMIS and DOCMAN.  This is an exciting opportunity which will allow you to develop your skills.  Working across the practices will give you an insight into the different size of practices we have in Shetland and successful candidates will have the option to develop specialist interests e.g. paediatrics, obstetrics, dermatology etc should this be of interest.

Successful candidates will have the option to develop specialist interests e.g. paediatrics, obstetrics, dermatology etc should this be of interest.

• Salary Range £61,499 - £92,805 per annum
• Distant Islands Allowance £1,738 per annum
• Local Retention Premium of 2% of basic salary
• Relocation Allowance of up to £8000

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.  To find out more about Shetland go to www.visitshetland.com

For Scalloway post enquiries, please contact Dr Philippa Veenhuizen or Joan Hughson, Practice Manager on 01595 880219.  For Relief post enquiries, please contact Lisa Watt on 01595 743209 or Dr Susan Bowie on 01806 503277.

Please apply via the following e:ESS website link:-https://www.jobs.nhsscotland.com

Closing date:  9^th July 2017

Interviews will be held in Shetland week commencing 24^th July 2017