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

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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.