GP Career Options 3rd February 2009

Celebrity GPs, Media GPs and Notorious GP!

Flexibility  Partnership – full time/part time  Salaried – full time/part time  Locum  Retainer  OOH GP

Career Opportunities  GPwSI (accreditation by PCT in England; RCGP Scotland)  OOH – emergency care  CHP Clinical lead (Scotland)  Medical advisers – industry – DWP – medical defence – GMC  Medical politics – BMA – LMC  RCGP incl. college examiner  Appraiser

And more…  Police Surgeon  Prison medical officer  School medical officer  Sports Club Doctor  Media/Commercial writing and more…

Other Options  Occupational Health  Armed forces  Pharmaceutical companies  Private/commercial  Charity organisations

ACADEMIC  Post GPR career posts  Undergraduate teaching  Post graduate education  Research  Professor of General Practice!

NES GP Fellowships  Rural Training Fellowships (8)  Paediatric Fellowships (3)  Health Inequalities Fellowship (1 post wte, 2 posts 0.5 wte)  Medical Education Fellowship (4 posts at 0.5 wte) Advertised in BMJ and NES website; closing date 13 th February 2009.

academic  NIHR In-Practice Academic Fellowships (National Institute for Health Research) s2009

PERFORMER’S LIST  Applicants must be listed in the GP Register and on the Performers' List of their Primary Care Organisation BEFORE starting work in general practice in any capacity (It is not a requirement for the applicant to be in possession of their certificate). If an application for a certificate and subsequent GP Registration is pending, employment must be deferred until entry on the GP Register is achieved.

Application to be placed on performers list: NHSTayside Mrs Marion Brooksbank, Admin Support Officer Tayside Primary Care NHS Trust Ashludie Hospital Victoria Street MONIFIETH Dundee DD5 4HQ (You need to apply to all health boards in which you plan to work)

Principal in general practice Inner city Suburban Remote/rural Academic: HPT Fellows Teacher/trainer University Postgrad. Dept. Research Prof. bodies: RCGP Medical politics GMC MDU Occ. health Police surgeons Sports club doctors Pharmaceutical Armed forces GPwSI Clinical service development Appraisers Locums Salaried GPs Retainers Out Of Hours Emergency Doctors