Rural Training Fellowships in General Practice - 7 posts are available in this round
Established as a Special Health Board, NHS Education for Scotland is the provider of leading-edge specialist learning, education and skills development for all health service employees in Scotland. These General Practice Fellowships are for one year, from August 2012.
You must have completed your General Practice Specialty Training prior to taking up post.
The one-year GP Rural Fellowships represent an opportunity to work in Scotland to develop the generalist skills required to work in some of the most beautiful areas of our country. Two distinct fellowship options will be included from August 2012:
- The ‘standard’ GP Rural Fellowship option based on the curriculum for rural practice developed by the Remote and Rural Training Pathways Group (GP sub-group Final Report Sept 2007).
- The new GP Acute Care Rural Fellowship option based on the GP Acute Care Competencies work following from the agreement of the Framework for the Sustainability of Services and the Medical Workforce in Remote Acute Care Community Hospitals
You will gain experience by working in remote and/ or rural general practice (for the ‘standard’ option) or hospital practice (for the Acute Care option) as well as in a ‘base practice’ in a rural area. The fellowship year includes 13 weeks of protected time and a generous financial allowance to support a flexible, individually tailored learning programme based on the fellow’s individual needs.
Applications are sought from enthusiastic and interested GP Specialty Trainees that have recently completed GP Specialty Training. There may be regular travel to and within remote areas which may not be served by public transport, therefore if you do not hold a valid UK driving licence, it will be necessary to organise travel arrangements and suitable alternative transport. Travel expenses incurred as a result of the need to travel will be reimbursed. Posts will be available from August 2012 in a variety of rural locations across Scotland including Highland, Orkney and Wigtonshire.
(Job Ref: 186BR) A local job description will apply to each post along with the person specification.For further information, please contact Dr Peter Wilkes at peter.wilkes@virgin.net
Interviews for these posts will take place in early to mid June 2012 in Inverness.
Closing date for all posts: Friday 29th May 2012