Rural Emergency Physician

NHS National Services Scotland; Broadford; On-site; GBP 118,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the NHS Highland team as a Rural Emergency Physician at Broadford Hospital, located on the scenic Isle of Skye. This unique opportunity combines emergency department responsibilities with ward-based patient care in a supportive rural setting, offering a great work-life balance and professional development opportunities within the NHS.

Benefits

Relocation package available

Annual study leave and training opportunities

Qualifications

• Specialist registration required for General Practice or Emergency Medicine.
• Experience in anaesthetics, minor surgery, and inpatient care advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage a variety of patients in both ED and ward settings.
• Work closely with experienced nursing teams for continuity of care.
• Participate in surgeries and clinic activities, including fracture management.

Skills

Anaesthetics

Minor Surgery

Trauma Management

Inpatient Care

Education

Specialist Registration in General Practice or Emergency Medicine

Job description

NHS HIGHLAND

Broadford Hospital

Rural Emergency Physician

Full time - 40 hours per week

£118,164 - £141,848 per annum pro rata

Looking for ED consultants and GPs to complete our friendly and innovative team of Rural Emergency Physicians.

Are you an ED consultant who is keen to keep a hands-on approach to emergency medicine or are you a GP who loves emergency medicine, but misses the aspect of continuity of care in traditional ED departments? We offer a unique opportunity to work in a small acute community hospital on the stunning Isle of Skye with all its rugged natural beauty and excellent quality of life. Here you can leave the stress of city life behind, with plenty of beaches, mountains, castles and hidden lochs to explore to your heart’s content and find the ideal work/life balance.

As a member of our Rural Emergency Physician team, you will be based at the brand-new Broadford Hospital, in Broadford on the Isle of Skye, eight miles from the Skye Bridge. Your work will be an exciting amalgamation of all your previous experience enhanced by a generous annual study leave and attachment package to update and increase your skills. You will see, assess and treat a wide variety of patients from across Skye, Lochalsh and South West Ross, including a large amount of seasonal tourists. Your patients will range from critically ill medical or surgical patients including trauma patients to minor injuries including the local GP OOH caseload who you will manage in conjuction with our excellent Advance Nurse Practitioners. Whilst there are no other hospital specialties in the building, our consultant colleagues at the nearest DGH in Inverness are always happy to provide support via either phone or Video Conference link. Apart from the acute care you will also be looking after our 19 in-patients with our experienced ward nursing team giving you the satisfaction of providing true continuity of care from admission to discharge or transfer. Our inpatients are generally a mix of acute medical and surgical patients as well as rehab, and geriatric patients. We also run weekly fracture and minor surgery clinics which we encourage new colleagues to get involved in. Finally, if required, we provide support to our small midwifery-lead birthing unit and nurse-lead chemo/infusion and dialysis units.

Skye is very family friendly with good local schools and plenty of choice for after school activities. Despite being an “Island”, the Skye Bridge makes it easy to get away and the International Airport in Inverness is only a couple of hours drive away, through the stunning Highlands.

You will be doing a mixture of ED and ward-based work. The ED shifts are 12.5 hour day- or night- shifts. We take turns at doing a ward doctor week, Mon-Fri, to ensure continuity of care for our in-patients, these days are shorter. You should be on the specialist register for General Practice or Emergency Medicine. Prior experience in anaesthetics, minor surgery, fracture management and inpatient care would be advantageous; however training will be provided by attachment to Raigmore Hospital, Inverness and other hospitals as required.

Your skills will be augmented and updated by two weeks’ Anaesthetic/Airway Management experience and two weeks of other Acute Hospital experience annually; this is in addition to the standard ten days per year Study Leave and SPA. You will not be required to provide elective anaesthesia, but will use your skills regularly in a resuscitation / evacuation capacity.

A relocation package is available with local assistance in finding suitable accommodation.

Informal enquiries would be welcomed by Dr Jacqueline Bennebroek, Lead Clinician

01471 822491 or [e-mail]

Job reference: 214544

Closing date: Midnight Sunday 29th June 2025

Interview date: 4th July 2025

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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