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Job Advert
Remote and Rural General Practitioners
Primary Care Department
Orcades Practice –Stronsay, Sanday and Westray
Salary £66,031 - £98,555 (based on years of experience as a qualified as 
a GP) plus 45% enhancement for 24/7 cover plus Distant Islands Allowance 
pro rata

Stronsay - 13 weeks plus annual and study leave (equates to 17 weeks)
Sanday - 13 weeks plus annual and study leave (equates to 17 weeks)
​​​​​​​Westray - 18 weeks plus annual and study leave (equates to 23 weeks)

Be a single-handed GP in a wider supportive team of GPs and Nurses.
Be an important part of a small island community.
The Orcades Practice (1,961 patients), which consists of six 
single-handed island practices with GPs and nurses providing 24/7 
healthcare to the smaller remote islands of Orkney.  Weekly 
videoconferences enable clinicians to learn through case discussion, 
offer mutual support and overcome professional isolation. To ensure 
continuity of care clinicians are appointed to one island, working in 
rotation with colleagues.  We work in rotation with colleagues, usually 
for 3 weeks at a time, and are on call 24/7, with support from a 
community nurse.
As a part-time GP you have the advantages of working in one of the 
remote cohesive practices with more time for your patients, seeing them 
in the context of their lives surrounded by beautiful scenery and 
wildlife.  Practitioners either live on island or elsewhere where we can 
work in primary care, hospitals or even refugee camps. The best of both 
worlds?
Spice up your regular GP skills with the challenges of pre-hospital 
emergency care whilst waiting for helicopter evacuation.  Emergency care 
training with standardised equipment and protocols is provided.
The post will appeal to experienced GPs, but also those earlier in their 
careers looking for the challenge of widening their clinical skills and 
providing holistic care in a remote but supported environment. Annual 
and study leave allocations are built in to allow you to acquire and 
maintain those additional skills. Accommodation is provided.
If we have piqued your interest, we'd love to hear from you, and are 
happy to chat about our experiences to see if this might be the job 
you're looking for.  Please contact (01857) 616321 (Stronsay GP), 
(01857) 600221 (Sanday GP) or (01857) 677209 (Westray GP) to hear more.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to come to Orkney to meet the 
island communities and your new potential colleagues.
These posts are subject to PVG Scheme Record checks.

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