Skerryvore Practice salaried GPs 2025

Skerryvore - about us

Our Practice is deeply rooted in the local community and patient care is at the heart of all we do. Our supportive ethos is of team work and efficiency.

Continuity of care and a healthy work-life balance are important to us, and we need more GPs in our team to help us continue to achieve this.

As GPs we meet every morning for half an hour before surgery starts. Once a week we are joined by the Macmillan and Community Nursing teams. On other days we meet with our extended MDT colleagues. We also visit the local care home once a week.

With over 25 years' experience as a training practice, six of our current partners have trained here. We have a strong commitment to training. One Partner is the GP Rural Track Training Programme Director and we train medical students, Foundation Doctors and GPSTs. We also support colleagues with their professional development through non-medical prescribing qualifications & clinical examination skills courses, for example.

Many of our GPs participate in the Orkney PBSGL (Practice based Small Group Learning) network, and the local group is always eager to welcome new members.

We value our GPs developing areas of expertise to improve patient care and job satisfaction. Our GPs vary their day-to-day surgeries with interests in diabetes, sexual health, women’s health, medical education, quality improvement and medical leadership work.

Outside work our GPs are involved with several community organisations and projects, including the RNLI, the British Red Cross, the Orkney Prostate Awareness group and local sports teams.

As a whole practice we are in the process of implementing the RCGPs Daffodil Standards for palliative care.

We care about the community we live in and try to provide the very best care that we can. General Practice can be busy and hard work, and Skerryvore is no exception, yet we are driven to always try to improve. Our GPs are involved in quality and service improvement work via the GP Cluster, the GPSub Committee and working with partners on the NHS Orkney Board.

a little about the PRACTICE

We are a semi-rural practice based in the town of Kirkwall providing General Medical Services to a population of approximately 8,700 patients on the mainland of Orkney.

We also run the Nordhaven Sexual Health Clinic for patients across Orkney and provide a Needle Exchange service.

We have a multidisciplinary team comprising 8 Doctors, an ANP, Nurses & HCAs, Pharmacotherapy Team, and Community Link Workers with plans to add First Point of Contact Physiotherapists and Mental health workers to this team soon. The clinical team is supported by an experienced and committed management and administrative team.

We moved in to brand new purpose built premises within The Balfour Hospital site on the outskirts of Kirkwall in 2019.

ABOUT THE JOB AND HOW WE WORK

Each GP provides 23 x 15 minute appointments over the course of the day. We offer a mix of face to face and telephone consultations (both pre-booked & on the day) and offer an extended hours service. Our on-call days are shared between two GPs covering home visits and triage, supported by an advanced nurse practitioner.

The Practice uses Vision and Docman. We have implemented a work-flow optimisation process with data administrators in the office team and the pharmacotherapy hub reducing the Docman burden on GPs. We have developed a front desk direction process to ensure patients are directed to the most appropriate member of the team or service.

Whether you are an experienced GP or newly qualified we encourage interested applicants to get in touch. We are happy to explore fixed term or longer term arrangements. GPs interested in an informal discussion or visit, or exploring locum opportunities are also welcome to enquire.

Up to 10 sessions are available at a WTE (37.5h/9 sessions per week) salary of £90,000

Closing date 5pm 2nd May.

About Orkney & how to get here

If you aren't familiar with Orkney, below is some information about our islands..

Orkney is an archipelago of beautiful islands with a deep cultural heritage. A warm welcome and a resourceful community awaits you. Our islands have excellent schools, leisure facilities and a wide range of activities including sport (Orkney will host the International Islands Games in 2025), music, art and drama.

Orkney hosts an array of festivals from music (folk, blues and jazz!) to science, the arts, story telling, nature and the International St Magnus Festival spread across the year. Stunning wildlife and history, ranging from World Heritage Neolithic sites to numerous nature reserves, is all around.

There are excellent links to the Scottish Mainland by air, with regular direct flights to Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness as well as links to London. There are also numerous ferry sailings to Aberdeen, Scrabster and Gills Bay.

Orkney is a wonderful place to live offering excellent schools and leisure facilities, low crime, low pollution and amazing scenery.

To find out more about living and working in Orkney visit https://www.orkney.com/

How to get in touch, and useful links

Our website - https://www.skerryvorepractice.co.uk/index.aspx

Our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/skerryvorepractice

For an informal chat, or to find out more please contact:

Dr. Sarah Stevenson sarah.stevenson@nhs.scot

Dr. Kirsty Cole kirsty.cole@nhs.scot

Phone - 01856 888256 or 888145

To apply, please send a CV and covering letter to: Lanna Conlon, Practice Manager, Skerryvore Practice, The Balfour, Foreland Road, Kirkwall KW15 1NZ or lanna.conlon@nhs.scot

salaried gps - up to 10 sessions available Skerryvore Practice, Orkney

Skerryvore - about us

a little about the PRACTICE

ABOUT THE JOB AND HOW WE WORK

About Orkney & how to get here

How to get in touch, and useful links