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GP Opportunities in Cornwall

GP Opportunities in Cornwall

We’re expanding our GP workforce and looking for motivated, adaptable, and patient‑centred GPs who want to make a real difference across Cornwall’s urgent and primary care system.

We offer multiple ways to work with us, allowing you to shape a portfolio career that fits your lifestyle, interests, and availability.

 

What’s on offer?

Integrated Urgent Care Weekend Treatment Centre Work

A flexible, varied role combining Out‑of‑Hours urgent care with weekend daytime sessions in our treatment centres, including home visiting.

This option is ideal for GPs who enjoy urgent care, continuity, and predictable weekend work.

  • Contracted hours in the Integrated Urgent Care Service (IUCS)
  • Evening, overnight, and weekend shifts
  • 5–20 hours per week
  • Can be arranged on an annualised hours basis
  • £68.64 per hour + unsocial hours enhancements

See job description here.

 

Winter Pressures Support (6‑Month Fixed Term Contract)

Support GP practices across Cornwall during the busy winter period. This role offers variety, autonomy, and the chance to make a significant impact across the system.

Ideal for GPs seeking broad experience and meaningful system‑wide contribution.

  • Flexible, reactive work where needed across all GP practices in Cornwall
  • Paid at a sessional rate of £350 per session (reflecting the flexibility and temporary arrangement of the winter pressures support)
  • Must be able to work confidently on EMIS and System One
  • Travel time and mileage from base (Cudmore House, Truro) will be paid
  • Must be available for 2 plus sessions a week minimum Mon – Fri
  • Can be combined with other roles as a portfolio

See job description here.

 

Locum Work – Primary Care Hubs (Minor Injuries & Ailments)

Prefer locum flexibility with no commitment? Work in our Primary Care Hubs supporting minor injuries and ailments.

Great for GPs who enjoy a varied caseload.

  • Locum rates set by individual practices/PCNs
  • Typical range: £236.39 – £284.04 per session

See job description here.

 

Salaried GP or GP Partner within a Cornwall practice

Specific details available on Kernow Health CIC website Jobs – Kernow Health | Keeping General Practice at the heart of patient care – Kernow Health | Keeping General Practice at the heart of patient care

 

Or… Create Your Own Mix

Many of our GPs choose a portfolio blend of urgent care, treatment centre work, locum shifts, and winter‑pressure support. We actively encourage this, it keeps your work varied, your skills sharp, and your week interesting.

 

Why work with Kernow Health?

  • Exceptional pay across all roles
  • Flexible working patterns to suit your lifestyle with an annualised hours contract which guarantees regular income
  • Opportunities to work across urgent care, primary care, minor injuries, home visiting, and system‑wide resilience
  • A supportive, clinically led organisation with a strong reputation
  • Work in one of the most beautiful parts of the UK
  • Be part of a team that genuinely values its clinicians
  • Build a portfolio career with real variety and autonomy

 

Who we’re looking for.

We welcome applications from:

  • Experienced GPs
  • Newly qualified GPs
  • Locums seeking stability or variety
  • GPs relocating to Cornwall
  • GPs wanting to broaden their urgent care or minor injuries experience

If you’re committed to delivering excellent patient care and want a role that offers flexibility, strong remuneration, and the chance to work across multiple services, we’d love to hear from you.

Flexible, competitive pay, and truly impactful.

We welcome CV applications sent to our Recruitment Team on: kernowhealthcic.recruitment@nhs.net
Or, via NHS Jobs here

If you have any further questions please contact: kernowhealthcic.recruitment@nhs.net

Download the GP recruitment information to find out more about what we do at Kernow Health, the clinical work available, pay scales and contract options.

 

Gemma and Mark's relocation story

Finding Balance and Belonging in Primary Care: Gemma and Mark’s Story

“Relocating to Cornwall just under a year ago, Advanced Nurse Practitioners Gemma and Mark were seeking face-to-face clinical practice that offered genuine flexibility alongside their established commitments in higher education and remote consulting. Joining Kernow Health CIC’s Primary Care Hubs proved to be the ideal bridge into the local health community. By delivering urgent and on-the-day care across a range of general practices, they immediately contributed where local capacity was needed most. For Gemma, this wide-ranging clinical exposure led directly into a permanent, substantive practice post. For Mark, returning to his home county after serving in the Royal Navy offered a welcome chance to reinvest his military and urgent-care experience into local communities—with the Hubs’ adaptable shift booking enabling him to scale sessions up or down around his university teaching terms.

Beyond professional practice, the move has brought their lifestyle into clear focus. Working within the collaborative, supportive network of Kernow Health CIC allows both clinicians to maintain high-level, varied clinical skills while keeping the space needed to hike the coastal paths, spend time on the water, and be close to family. Whether you are looking for a reliable, autonomous clinical base to balance portfolio roles or a supportive stepping stone into long-term practice in Cornwall, Primary Care Hubs offer the clinical variety, autonomy, and work-life balance that make modern primary care sustainable.”

 

 

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