Job summary
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.

About us
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.

Details
Date posted: 20 October 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Doctor - other
Salary: £100,000 to £130,000 a year Pro rata Per Annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 262-A-26-8286446
Closing date: 16 November 2026

Person Specification
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 and 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 and 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 and 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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle, Carlisle, CA2 7HY, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact: Aimee Sinclair, Deputy Service Manager Urgent and Emergency Care, aimee.sinclair@ncic.nhs.uk

Please note: due to changes implemented by the Government to 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 before applying. If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.