Why Career Start

There are many career paths for recently qualified GPs to take but unique to Grampian is the Career Start scheme.  For me the attraction of this post was the option of being able to gain experience working as a GP but also being able to develop a specialist interest alongside it.

Teaching and medical education is an area I have been interested in for some time, so career start has been the ideal opportunity to begin developing new skills in this area, while getting the chance to build on my GP skills learnt throughout training. 

It is a great opportunity for professional development and as a stepping stone for a versatile future career.

Dr Lorraine Sinclair, Career Start GP in Medical Education

Career Start Advert - Applications now Open!

NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND

NORTH OF SCOTLAND (NHS Grampian)

Career Start GPs  

A one-year post 

PR 18395

An exciting opportunity to enhance and develop careers in 

General Practice, through an innovative and flexible scheme.

£ 70,034 (for a 40hr wk) pro rata subject to DDRB uplift 

 

Specialty	Sessions
	GP	Specialty	GMED
Unscheduled Care Aberdeen  Any combination of :GMED,A&E, Paed A&E –more than one post available	4-5	3-4	0.25
Sexual health	6	2	0.25
Ambulatory Emergency Care	6	2	0.25
Dermatology	6	2	0.25
Palliative	6	2	0.25
ENT *	6	2	0.25
Academic GP	6	2	0.25
Old Age Psychiatry *	6	2	0.25
Paediatrics *	6	2	0.25
Elderly Medicine/Frailty *	6	2	0.25

 

Watch the promotional video at 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es0SAF3ip_U&feature=youtu.be

Posts are available part time or full time. 

The specialities with a * can be split -ie half a year in one and have a year in another 

Posts are for one year with a possible extension for a second year and take account of the latest health service priority areas, preparing GPs to meet the challenges of the changing working environments. Posts will be distributed throughout Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray.

You should be educated to MBChB or equivalent, fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice, and hold your Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent.

 

Excellent communication skills, counselling and feedback skills are essential as well as the ability to travel to various locations. 

To apply:

 

· Register and log on to complete your application at www.nhs.grampianjobs.org

· You may apply for as many posts as you wish.  

· Indicate your choice of posts in order of preference- top 3. 

· Send your CV to vicki.guthrie@nhs.net

· Detail 3 objectives that you hope to achieve in the Career Start year for your 1st choice speciality/post

Please indicate in a covering letter the following 4 points:

 

· Whether you wish to be considered for any post if we are unable to offer you your preferred choice(s).

· Whether there are any posts, which you would not wish to be considered for.

· If you wish to work part-time (indicate number of sessions). 

· At least one post will be in Elgin- please indicate whether you are happy to work in this area

For further information, contact vicki.guthrie@nhs.net

 

Closing date Wed 16th Nov 17.

 

Successful applicants will be expected to start in post from Feb 2018 for 1 year though start date can be flexible.

‘Nice end to first GMED shift in Aboyne’

A beautiful photo taken by one of our GPST1s finishing their first OOH GP session in Aboyne, a peripheral centre 26 miles West of Aberdeen.

Dr Mike Anthony GPST1, Albyn Medical Group

Married Mountain Rescue Medics

 

Enjoy Mountaineering. You could follow in the footsteps of this adventurous couple who live, work and volunteer within the beautiful Cairngorms National Park.

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/1333609/husband-and-wife-doctors-join-cairngorm-mountain-rescue-team/​

Feedback from Day Release........

'actually being able to learn from each other'

'completely open forum in which to debrief on difficult/challenging situations'

ST1 Group work

In the first half of our small group session today, along with our facilitator Lorraine, we had a wide-ranging discussion about managing issues surrounding signing patients off sick, and the patient’s expectations regarding this, especially from a long term plan point of view.

This kind of discussion obviously provokes lots of thoughts and opinions from all group members, which highlighted how our own views and attitudes towards sick leave, benefits and entitlements play a role in shaping how we deal with such patients.

The conversation developed into a broader discussion about the changing attitudes of people across generations, in how taking responsibility and ownership of illness is changing with alterations in perceptions of life as a whole, with more focus on perfection; likely exacerbated by modern lifestyle and social media. 

Dr Mike Anthony, GPST1, Albyn Medical Group, Aberdeen

ST3 CSA Training.....

Following on from their induction earlier this month, the ST3s had a session on the CSA and how to prepare for this. 

We were pleased to have a local RCGP examiner – Dr Ruby Watt come and do a presentation on what the CSA entailed.  There was then a chance for the ST3s to write their own cases and role play these in small groups. 

The feedback from this was very good, the ST3s felt they had a better understanding of the type of cases and how to go about tackling them. 

The afternoon was then rounded up with some hints and tips from Ruby and also the team who were helping including tips from recently qualified GPs who had passed the CSA. 

Dr Lorraine Sinclair, Career Start GP in Medical Education