Grow your career in Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire is in the heart of Scotland’s central belt and offers an ideal combination of tranquil parks and market towns, with something for everyone.
Centrally located between Glasgow (around 20 minutes) and Edinburgh (around 40 minutes) you could easily commute or, if you decided to relocate, choose to live in either a large urban town or a more relaxed rural location. Lanarkshire has easy access to major motorways, rail routes and international airports allowing travel across Scotland, the UK and beyond.
NHS Lanarkshire is the third largest health board in Scotland and serves a population of 655,000 and is committed to delivering high quality, innovative, person-centred care. As part of this, we want to attract the best people to work in Lanarkshire. Our patients deserve the best and Lanarkshire has a lot to offer in return. We have various initiatives in place to attract and retain GPs at different stages of their career. We want to make sure our GP workforce is sustainable, from ‘First 5s’, to those in the middle of their career, to retaining those in the last five years of their career.
Whether you choose to live and work here, or work and commute here, Lanarkshire has lots to offer.