Gilbert Bain Hospital - General Surgery (2026)
Individual placement description |
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| Placement: |
General Surgery |
| Year: |
F1 |
| Region: |
North |
| Hospital(s): |
Gilbert Bain Hospital, Lerwick |
| Main duties of placement: | The post in general surgery offers excellent experience in the care of elective and emergency surgical patients. The Gilbert Bain Hospital is a Rural General Hospital that deals with unselected emergency presentations. The elective workload involves a broad spectrum of general surgery. There is exposure to critically ill patients in the high dependency unit. Main duties include ward care pre- & post-operative, emergency patient care, attending MDT, morbidity & mortality meetings and student supervision. |
| Typical work pattern: | 40 hour week (full shift) 08.00 to 17.00 (4 days per week) 08.00 to 12.00 (1 day per week) No out of hours work or overnight cover |
| Learning opportunities: | Weekly MDT Morbidity & mortality meetings Journal club – monthly Weekly in situ-simulation training Locally based weekly teaching programme Monthly Rural Grand Round (all Rural General Hospitals) Foundation year 1 teaching programme Development days |
| Teaching: | Weekly FY teaching programme |
| Unique selling points: | The Gilbert Bain is the most remote of the Rural General Hospitals in Scotland, but enjoys good support from consultants in Grampian. This has allowed the locally based general surgeons to maintain a very broad-based general surgical practice. This consists of upper and lower GI surgery, breast surgery, urology, orthopaedic trauma, and all surgical conditions presenting to the Emergency Department, including ENT and eye emergencies. |
| It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to change. | |
This page was last updated on: 07.04.2026 at 16.13