Salaried GP for Urgent Treatment Centres
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Carlisle, CA2 7HYView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£100,000 to £130,000
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
16 November 2026
26 days leftJob description
We are seeking a motivated salaried General Practitioners (GP) with an interest in Urgent Care to join our team working across the Urgent Treatment Ce...
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.
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Hold appropriate medical qualification to practice medicine in the UK
- Fully registered with General Medical Council with current Licence to Practise
- Hold a certified GP qualification (or within 6 months of qualification)
- Registered on a regional Performers list with no restrictions to practise
Desirable: - Understanding current issues within Urgent Care and Emergency Medicine and the future direction of the specialty
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Primary Care - Ability to diagnose and manage common medical conditions
- Excellent verbal, written and electronic communication skills
- Ability to safely and confidently prioritise patients presenting problems
- Ability to identify and assess complex problems
- Good organisational skills
- Knowledge of local services
- Recent general practice experience
- Experience of telephone consultations
- Ability to sign post to allied services
Desirable
- Understanding current issues within Urgent Care and Emergency Medicine and the future direction of the specialty
- Experience of minor injury assessment, management to include x-ray interpretation, manipulation and joint relocation
- Previous experience of UTC working
Management & Administrative
Essential: - Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of the service.; - Ability to organise and manage own workload efficiently
Desirable: - Experience of audit management
Teaching
Essential: - Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff.
Desirable: - Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates; - Teaching of non-medical health professionals.; - Educational Qualification
Research, Audit and Clinical Governance
Essential: - Experience of, and commitment to medical audit.; - Experience of research and Clinical Governance
Desirable: - Ability to supervise postgraduate research; - Publications in referred journals
Communication skills and abilities
Essential
- Empathetic and sensitive approach to patient needs
- Approachable and effective Multi-disciplinary team member with excellent interpersonal skills
- Team loyalty
- Positive approach to lessons learnt
- Confident approach without being arrogant
Desirable: - IT Skills; - Presentation skills
Continued Professional / Personal Development
Essential
- Demonstrable evidence of lifelong learning.
- Reflective approach to personal development with an ability to acknowledge and effectively manage poor performance.
- Participation in appropriate peer review processes.
Desirable: - Continued Professional / Personal Development
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to travel to fulfil the requirements of the post
- Positive approach to change
- Flexible to service needs
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
20 October 2026
Last checked
21 October 2026
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