Salaried GP for Urgent Treatment Centres

Job overview

We are seeking a motivated salaried General Practitioners (GP) with an interest in Urgent Care to join our team working across the Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs) in Cumbria. As a GP in our UTCs, the post holder will play a vital role in delivering high-quality, safe, and patient-centred urgent care to our local communities.

As a salaried GP in Urgent Care, the post holder work closely with a skilled multidisciplinary team, including advanced clinical practitioners, nurses, and healthcare support staff, to deliver safe, high-quality, and patient-centred care for a broad range of urgent but non-life-threatening conditions.

The post holder will be responsible, along with the multidisciplinary clinical team for the delivery of urgent care within the North Cumbria Urgent Treatment Centres. The post holder will be expected to actively join in teaching and training of more junior doctors and medical students and to join in audit activity.

The post holder’s clinical expertise and leadership will ensure patients receive timely assessment, treatment, and clear onward care pathways. Providing expert clinical care across our Urgent Treatment Centres, supporting safe and effective urgent care delivery.

Main duties of the job

We actively encourage applications from GPs who wish to combine UTC work with ongoing GP practice work, enabling successful candidates to maintain their core general practice commitments alongside their Urgent Care role. Flexible working arrangements are available, making this an ideal opportunity for GPs seeking a varied and sustainable portfolio career.

• Provide expert clinical care across our Urgent Treatment Centres, supporting safe and effective urgent care delivery.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to optimise patient outcomes.
• Play an active role in the wider unplanned care programme, including departmental meetings, multidisciplinary discussions, teaching sessions, and audit reviews.
• Take part in audit and quality improvement activity, supporting evidence-based practice and service development

There will also be opportunity to actively contribute to the teaching and training of junior doctors, medical students, and trainee advanced practitioners.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

• Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
• If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.