GP with Extended Role in Pain Management in Southend-on-Sea

Salary £78,409 to £108,409, pro rata, depending on experience

Contractual hours 30

Basis Part time

Region South East

Job category/type Clinical

Date posted 05/03/2026

Job reference REQ002200

Part time (4 days)

Locations - Chelmsford, Southend, Braintree, Thurrock

This is an exciting opportunity to be a GP with Extended Role in Pain Management within an integrated community MSK, pain, & rheumatology service based in Mid & South Essex! Cora Health have been delivering community MSK, pain & rheumatology services in South West Essex since 2015. Following a recent procurement process, Cora Health's service delivery will be expanded across Mid & South Essex from April 1st, 2026. This is an opportunity to join an established multidisciplinary team during an exciting phase of growth. Services will be delivered from a range of healthcare, wellness and leisure centre venues across Mid & South Essex. There will be opportunities to work a varied timetable from locations that are locally accessible to colleagues and the communities we serve.

Why work for Cora Health?

• Professional Development: Enjoy a minimum of 5% of your working hours dedicated to your personal growth and development. Attend internal conferences, study days, and access clinical support tools and pathways to excel in your role and career.
• Generous Holiday Entitlement: Benefit from up to 30 days of holiday (plus public holidays) to relax and recharge. You’ll also get another day off for your Birthday. If you’d like even more holiday to enjoy you can participate in our generous holiday buy and sell scheme.
• Wellness Support: Access a suite of health support tools and an employee assistance program for your well-being so you can be at your best and be your true self.
• Performance Awards: Excel in your objectives and be rewarded further for your hard work with a range of pay, gifts and incentives awarded alongside attending our annual colleague awards to be treated and feel special.
• Savings and Support: Make huge saving by making the most of Blue Light and Healthcare Services discounts as well as the very important employer pension contributions.
• Membership Fee Reimbursement: Save your pennies, as we cover the cost of role required professional membership fees.
• Cora Clinical Education Academy: Access a wide range of bespoke learning opportunities with live and recorded sessions, to enhance your clinical knowledge and skills across all clinical pathways.
• Collaboration Opportunities: Engage with our entire clinical team through, including emergency clinical on-call support, clinical supervision, coaching and mentoring.
• Team Building: Join in on team-building and away days to build strong connections with your colleagues.
• Flexibility: Work in a way that supports home life, through hybrid working options and flexibility in working hours and times.

These benefits are our way of expressing gratitude for your continuous dedication and contribution to Cora Health.

About The Role

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced GPwER in Chronic Pain to join our multidisciplinary team at the Mid & South Essex service. This is a unique opportunity to lead and develop pain management services, working collaboratively across specialties to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care.

Who are we looking for?

We’re looking for someone who has GMC registration, MBBS or Equivalent, fully Accredited for Higher Specialist Training, FFPMRCA or Equivalent and have a post‑graduate qualification relevant to Pain or relevant experience. You’ll also have a strong commitment to patient care and continuous professional development along with excellent communication, leadership and team‑working skills.

What you’ll be doing

• Develop and implement pain management plans for patients with acute and chronic pain.
• Providing clinical guidance and advice to colleagues, including advanced practice pain clinicians, in a collaborative, multidisciplinary team structure.
• Practice at consultant grade in Pain in keeping with functioning as an expert Pain clinician (conducting initial assessments, medication reviews, prescribing, conducting complex case reviews, communicating with primary and secondary care, leading MDT patient reviews).
• Engage in teaching and mentoring, education and supervision.
• Supporting the delivery of a high‑quality community pain management service, in line with the priorities of the service and ICB.
• This may include, but is not limited to: Promotion of long‑term condition management for chronic conditions, with a focus on quality of life, i.e. function, emotional well‑being, social functioning, daily activities and return to work.
• Providing support to patients to manage fitness, physical health and mental wellbeing, with education around optimisation of long‑term conditions. This would include the use of social prescribing, peer support, third‑sector involvement, support to remain or return to work and recognition and support of mental health needs.
• The service should work to identify areas of variation (at primary, community and secondary care levels) to reduce inequalities in access and best establish value across the pain health economy.
• Enhance the management of patients within primary and community care and actively manage the demand for secondary care services ensuring patients have quicker access to appropriate treatment in the appropriate setting.

We are Cora Health

Cora is a leading provider of community healthcare services in the UK. We deliver MSK (musculoskeletal) services, diagnostic imaging, day‑case surgery, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, podiatry, persistent pain management, mental health, orthopaedic and rheumatology services. We want everyone to have the opportunity to thrive. We help people help themselves, to get back to their best or to simply find a new way forward.