# Rural Acute GP > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Western Isles. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rural-acute-gp/bfcfb61c-b639-4bd1-bb08-e5c85abc9393 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rural-acute-gp/bfcfb61c-b639-4bd1-bb08-e5c85abc9393.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Western Isles - **Location:** Western Isles Health Board Offices - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** General Practitioner - **Grade:** General practitioner - **Salary:** £77,160 - £115,167 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - **Closing date:** 2026-09-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-01T10:35:21.132Z - **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=265042 - **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=265042 - **Employer website:** https://www.wihb.scot.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job details - Job reference: 254633 - Salary: Salaried GP (£77,160 - £115,167) - Job closing date: 29/09/2026 - Job Type: Medical and Dental - Location: Benbecula Medical Practice - Employment type: Permanent - Hours Per Week: 40 - Job posted date: 01/09/2026 - Employer (NHS Board): NHS Western Isles - Department: Primary Care ### Rural Acute GP – UIST AND BENBECULA ### GP DOCTOR GRADE ### £79,861 to £119,198 plus 40% enhancement ### Plus Distant Island Allowance £1,461 per annum ### 41 days Annual Leave per annum ### Permanent Post ### THE POST IS ELIGIBLE FOR RELOCATION EXPENSES ### and the Golden Hello scheme – £10,000 The Isles of Uist and Benbecula offer a warm welcome and are teeming with life, activity and culture. It is in this unique, safe and idyllic location that a rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a GP to join our new 2C medical practice. We are ready and excited to welcome a GP with a sense of adventure and a passion for remote and rural medicine to escape the rat race and embrace a more healthy work-life balance with NHS Western Isles. The post will be based in Benbecula Medical Practice, an island scattered with lochs and lochans, endless sea and spectacular seascapes and surroundings. The post holder will be able to use and further develop their skills and experience through the provision of community hospital medical cover, which is also part of this role. Uist and Barra Hospital (Ospadal Uibhist agus Bharraigh) is a 17-bed community hospital, where the wider team prides itself in providing gold-standard care for patients. We are looking for self-reliant and highly-motivated GP to join our multi-disciplinary team, working closely with our Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Advanced Paramedic Practitioner, wider Community Nursing Team, and other primary care specialist clinicians, including our Primary Care Pharmacist and First Contact Physiotherapist. Peer support will also be provided from consultant teams in Stornoway and from mainland colleagues, including emergency retrieval teams. The role covering a wide remit will appeal to an experienced GP, 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. The role presents an excellent opportunity for the development of skills and confidence, with the remote-island location providing an unrivalled extra sense of responsibility and reward. The ability, drive and commitment to work as part of a team, sometimes at a distance, and to contribute to the local development of primary care and acute services is important. You will be expected to support clinical colleagues, including medical, nursing, mental health and Scottish Ambulance Service colleagues. We look forward to welcoming you to our team. ### For further information and an informal chat please contact Dr Clare Carolann, Associate Medical Director. or Michelle Taylor Family Health Services Manager michelle.taylor44@nhs.scot. ### The successful applicant will be required to register with the PVG (Protecting Vulnerable Groups) Scheme. ### All NHS Western Isles vacancies appear on the NHS Scotland website: https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/ along with a job description. ### Tha beàrnan-obrach NHS Eilean Siar uile gu léir a' nochdadh air làrach-lìn NHS na h-Alba https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/, còmhla ri dealbh-obrach. ### CLOSING DATE: 29/09/2026 ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Emergency Medicine - Experience of remote and rural practice and community hospitals **Desirable** - Community hospital inpatient experience ### Clinical Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Ability to work as part of the team but also with capabilities to work under own direction - Make complex clinical decisions, including differential diagnosis and clinical management, based on an in-depth knowledge and interpretation of clinical and diagnostic investigations. - Have the ability to quickly assess and respond to patients’ timely needs in emergency situations. - Recognise own limitations and the requirement for appropriate referral. - Assess the patients’ complex needs (physical, psychological, social, and spiritual) to establish change in condition, inform clinical decision-making and plan care. ### Personal Qualities and Interpersonal Skills **Essential** - Self-motivated, able to work without supervision, using own initiative to complete tasks. - Expert communicator, able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. - Well-developed influencing skills combined with a facilitative and supportive style of working. ### Qualifications and Professional Registration **Essential** - MBChB (or equivalent primary medical degree) - Full Registration with GMC - Registered with a licence to practise at the point of taking up the post. - Eligible for entry onto the GMC GP Register/NHS Western Isles performers list (GP CCT or GP VTS PMETB or Joint Committee on Postgraduate Training for General Practice Certificate of prescribed experience/Certificate of equivalent experience). - Must be included on NHS Western Isles Performers list and registered with the GMC. - Must be a member of a recognised medical defence society. ### Continuing Professional Development and Training **Essential** - Recent evidence of continued academic and professional development **Desirable** - Basics - ALS - NLS - ATLS - EPLS or APLS - ALSO ## Documents - [Job Pack (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1191974&JobId=265042) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.