Primary Care & Out of Hours Division
Dumfries and Galloway is split into four locality areas with in the region. The regions cover a mix of urban and rural with some of these being more remote. 4 of the 32 practices sit under the NHS Health board management which gives the benefit of offering GPs requiring sponsorship to work in the UK a route to work in our region. All the Practices are supported by the Primary Care Development Team that also sits within the NHS Health Board along with the region’s Performers Team.
A career in Primary Care in Dumfries and Galloway doesn’t just mean having to working in private practice as we believe in a truly collaborative approach encouraging our GPs to actively take part in:
- New initiatives such as ScotGEM teaching where by GPs can inspire a new generation of trainees
- Joining the local mountain or sea rescue services
- Working in our Out of Hours service
- Exploring a role in secondary care with GPwSI posts.
“I was attracted to work in the area because they were offering remote working, however I have also been given the opportunity to work at the local hospital in Stranraer” General Practitioner
Hear what its like to work as GP in the region...
Key Features...
- Huge success with development of multidisciplinary teams within Practices to support the role of GPs, including the creation of new roles such as the Paramedic Practitioner
- A willingness to accommodate flexible and innovative posts
- Willing to try new roles such as remote working Doctors
- A close working relationship with the Primary Care Development Team that sits within the Health Board, making links to secondary care much easier and less bureaucratic
- Strong support from a national level and Scottish Rural Medicine Collaborative (click here for more information)
Out of Hours Service
The Out of Hours service for Dumfries and Galloway is based across two sites. Our Stranraer site is situated next to the A&E department of the Galloway Community Hospital that offers acute and emergency medicine.
Many of our GPs like a more portfolio career working within the hospital or day time practice. Some of the key benefits of the Out of Hours service being ran by the NHS Health Board is the wealth of support we can tap into from clinical skills training, use of a state of the art skills lab in the purpose built Education Centre at the Dumfries site, Leadership courses and the opportunity to work under one employer with NHS indemnity.
We have an excellent support team in Out of Hours that help manage the workload and support our team of clinicians ensuring they can crack on and do the job they love.
Key Features...
- Tier 2 Sponsored service
- We offer Hospital indemnity. The Out of hours Service is a hosted service within Nithsdale Locality in Community Health and Social Care giving us better flexibility.
- Minor surgeries/injuries