LAS Doctor (General Surgery/ A and E) inShetland inShetland PUBLISHED SUN 22 SEP 2024

Locum Appointment for Service (General Surgery/A&E) (Ref: 196940)

Full-Time – 40 hours per week

Fixed term contract from February 2025

Opportunities available for 6 month post

£40,995 to £54,235 per annum (pro rata), plus banding supplement

This post also attract a relocation package up to £4,000 (for a 12 month post) and

Distant Islands Allowance of £2,256 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 the surgical team:

• The general surgical unit deals general surgery as well as orthopaedic trauma.
• A substantial component of the post involves seeing and treating surgical patients in A & E.
• There is also opportunity to attend surgical clinics and theatre.
• Night shifts involve three or four nights at a time covering surgical and medical A & E, as well as the wards.
  
  

Rise to the challenge and enjoy the opportunity - 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.jobsincare.com/job/jCYRVv63 and/or www.jobsincare.com/job/jCYRVv63 enquiries should be addressed to Dr Kushik Lalla at the Gilbert Bain Hospital. Contact via the hospital switchboard on or via email on

Closing Date: 06/10/24

Telephone/Teams Interview: TBA

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