General Practitioner (GP) Urgent Care - Face to Face in Essex

Urgent care is where your clinical judgement matters most. It's where you see the full spectrum - from reassurance to escalation, from uncertainty to clarity - often within minutes. It's fast, varied, and genuinely impactful work. At IC24, we're looking for Urgent Care GPs (Face-to-Face) who want to use their skills differently - with more flexibility, broader exposure, and the support of a truly integrated urgent care system. Urgent Care is one of the most exciting and evolving specialities in the UK. It involves the assessment and treatment of illness or injury requiring urgent medical attention, helping prevent life-threatening deterioration.

Care is delivered across NHS 111 Clinical Assessment Services, out-of-hours GP services, Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs), pharmacy pathways and coordinated system responses. This role is primarily face-to-face, based in urgent care settings such as UTCs and home visiting services. It also opens the opportunity to work remotely through Clinical Assessment Services (CAS), giving you flexibility to shape a portfolio that works for you.

At IC24, urgent care is not fragmented - it's connected. You'll be part of a system designed to support decision-making, reduce unnecessary admissions, and ensure patients are seen in the right place, first time. We are a key NHS partner and a leading organisation in developing urgent care as a speciality for GPs, including our flagship Unscheduled Care Coordination Hubs (UCCH) in Norfolk and Essex.

What you'll focus on:

• Delivering high-quality, face-to-face care: You'll assess and manage patients across urgent care settings, including UTCs and home visiting, seeing a wide range of acute and undifferentiated presentations.
• Making confident, timely decisions: You'll prioritise clinical need, manage risk, and decide the most appropriate care pathway - whether that's treatment, referral, or escalation.
• Using your full clinical skillset: Alongside face-to-face care, you'll have opportunities to work in CAS, providing telephone triage and clinical advice as part of a wider system.
• Working as part of something bigger: You'll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, NHS 111, ambulance services and acute trusts to ensure safe, joined-up care for patients.
• Developing your clinical interests: There are opportunities to get involved in areas such as frailty, end of life care, paediatrics, and complex acute presentations.
• Progressing your career: For those interested, there are clear pathways into senior roles, including progression into Clinical Navigator positions providing system-wide clinical oversight and leadership.

Flexibility that works for you: We recognise that flexibility matters. This role offers structured face-to-face base working as part of the rota, alongside opportunities to take on additional shifts across CAS and UCCH environments. This allows you to balance in-person clinical care with remote working, depending on your preferences and availability.

What matters in this role: We're not looking for one type of GP - but there are some things that matter. You're likely someone who:

• Enjoys the pace and variety of urgent care
• Is confident managing uncertainty and undifferentiated presentations
• Makes clear, safe clinical decisions under pressure
• Communicates effectively with patients and colleagues
• Works well within multidisciplinary teams
• Values flexibility, collaboration and continuous improvement

Most importantly, you want to make a difference where it counts - in the moments that matter most for patients.

Who are we? We are Integrated Care 24 (IC24), the leading not-for-profit Social Enterprise providing innovative and patient-focused primary care services. IC24 is committed to improving access to health and social care for our patients and reducing the demand on secondary care services. IC24 provides services to over 6 million patients, including GP led out-of-hours services, NHS 111, primary care and secondary care support services.

Location: Essex - Basildon, Broomfield or Thurrock. Face-to-face base working with opportunities for remote shifts.

What's in it for you:

• Hourly pay of £58.69 per hour plus enhancements for unsociable hours
• Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme
• Enhanced Bank Holiday rates
• Additional annual leave above statutory minimum based on service
• Enhanced family leave (maternity, paternity and adoption leave and pay)
• Inclusive wellbeing benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme including free 24/7 independent counselling and occupational health services
• Professional development opportunities
• Free membership to our reward and discount platform
• Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS Discount Schemes

Due to the nature of this position, employment is subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK, completion of a satisfactory enhanced DBS with barring disclosure and two references. Closing date: 04/06/2026. We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. We celebrate brave ideas and brave people.

We have a duty to safeguard, protect and promote the welfare of those who use our services and our employees. This means we take every step we can to protect from harm, abuse and damage. We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all and encourage applications from ethnic minorities, those with disabilities, LGBTQ+ communities, neurodiverse individuals, and other under-represented groups. We're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. If you need any workplace adjustments during the application or interview process, or have accessibility requirements, please contact the recruitment team.