Salaried GP Drumnadrochit Health Centre

Job details

• Job reference: 261934
• Salary: Please see advert
• Job closing date: 01/11/2026
• Job Type: Medical and Dental
• Location: Drumnadrochit Health Centre
• Employment type: Permanent
• Hours Per Week: 37.5
• Job posted date: 08/10/2026
• Employer (NHS Board): NHS Highland
• Department: Drumnadrochit Health Centre

Drumnadrochit Medical Practice

Salaried GP in Rural Practice

Various hours available, Permanent Positions

Salary scale £102,168 – £115,167 per annum

Golden Hello payment available for eligible candidates, - subject to NHS Scotland Golden Hello Scheme criteria

Lying close to the shores of Loch Ness, Drumnadrochit is the beautiful highland setting of Drumnadrochit Medical Practice.

The practice has two substantive GPs (48 hours/1.2 WTE) plus these vacant posts (73.5 hours). There is a full administrative support team, a Practice Nurse and Health Care Assistant for a growing practice population of approximately 2600 patients. The practice has input from Community Nursing, the Macmillan Service, a Practice Pharmacist, First Contact Physiotherapist, Community Mental Health worker, Community Link Worker, visiting Podiatrist and Midwife. Other local services include a supportive pharmacy right next door.

The practice premises were purpose built in 2015 and provide excellent, spacious, modern accommodation. The GP day includes a mix of consulting and patient administrative tasks; there is a hybrid model of appointments including face to face (15minutes as standard), telephone and home visiting. The GP rota involves morning and afternoon duty doctor sessions, with occasional full day duty if required due to GP leave. There is no out of hours commitment. There are no care homes in the area but there is a very supportive, elderly day care centre.

There are regular GP meetings, Practice Meetings for the whole team and the Practice Quality Lead links into the Black Isle Corridor Cluster. Salaried GPs are expected to take an active role in practice development, quality improvement and clinical governance. Drumnadrochit Medical Practice Patient Participation Group was established in 2002 and continues to actively meet. The practice uses the Vision Hosted clinical system, Docman for receiving electronic results and letters from secondary care, and has Windows 10 operating system.

The practice population is based mainly in Drumnadrochit, although the practice boundary does extend along Glen Urquhart and the Great Glen. We are near Glen Affric, which is often described as “the most beautiful glen in Scotland”, and the instantly recognisable Urquhart Castle. The practice is only 15 miles from the city of Inverness, where you will find Raigmore, the main hospital of the Highlands. The nearest railway station is also in Inverness and Inverness airport is 24 miles from Drumnadrochit.

Drumnadrochit is a vibrant local community with many amenities, including a supermarket, cafes, restaurants, takeaways, hotels and churches. There is an educational campus that includes nursery, primary and secondary schools. The Craigmonie Centre is a community centre integrated with Glen Urquhart High School and includes a wide range of facilities, such as a 200-seat theatre, games hall, floodlit pitch, fitness room and library. The centre hosts a range of activities and education. The community also comes together for the Highland Games or annual Fireworks display or summer activities such as the Art and Craft Markets on the village green. Enjoy village life, explore the rural lochs, hills and glens or take a short drive to Inverness for city life, Drumnadrochit is ideally placed to enjoy the variety of experience the Highlands can offer.

Local community support is available for candidates who wish to find out more about the area.

Becoming part of this friendly and co-operative team will offer you work in a stunning location and embrace the unique challenges and opportunities presented by rural practice.

Applicants must fulfill the essential criteria of being a qualified (or soon to be qualified) GP in order to be on or apply to be on the GMC GP Register or the NHS Highland GP Performers List which is essential to take up the post