Job summary
Looking for a new challenge beyond traditional general practice?
This is an exciting opportunity to join the leadership team within the Primary Care Directorate of an Outstanding-rated CQC organisation.
The Directorate is seeking a highly motivated and forward-thinking Clinical Lead to support the delivery of safe, effective and innovative care across our three integrated general practices - split across four sites.
The postholder will lead a diverse and skilled clinical workforce, including Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs), Nurse Practitioners (NPs), Urgent Care Practitioners (UCPs) and Prescribing Pharmacists. This role is pivotal in providing visible clinical leadership, maintaining high standards of care, and shaping integrated service delivery.
The Primary Care Directorate plays a central role in supporting the transformation of general practice. This post offers the opportunity to contribute to high-impact service improvement within a supportive and ambitious leadership team.
If you are an experienced ACP working in primary care or looking for a new challenge, and you are passionate about innovation, collaboration and person-centred care -we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Provide senior clinical leadership across the Directorate, supporting the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care.
Lead and oversee the implementation of the clinical model, ensuring services are safe, responsive, and aligned with local population needs.
Support the Clinical Director and Trust leadership teams in the development and implementation of service plans that reflect national guidance (e.g. NICE, CQC, STP/ICB priorities).
Maintain day-to-day oversight of clinical governance and service-level clinical safety, embedding a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
Provide line management and professional support to Provide line management to ANPs/UCPs and the nursing leads across the practices.
Support recruitment, workforce development, and medical job planning, where applicable.
Promote the use of audits, benchmarking and national indicators (e.g. QOF, IIF) to monitor performance and drive service improvement.
Represent the Directorate at relevant governance meetings and clinical forums within the wider Trust structure.
About us
As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.
We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".
The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible to the Clinical and Associate Director, the Clinical Lead will be responsible for ensuring that all clinical services are delivered to the highest standards in line with national standards and local policies.
- The Clinical Lead will provide clinical leadership, supporting the process of effective clinical practice including leadership on the effectiveness agenda.
- The Clinical Lead will operate as asubject matter expert in their relevant field (Primary Care General Practice) providing guidance and support to the Clinical Directorates and Trust management teams.
- Where the Clinical Director is not a GP the Clinical Lead will take responsibility for Medical Job Planning with the involvement of Clinical Director.
- Advises on the development and implementation of nationally or locally agreed clinical audits within the Directorate in order to achieve continuous service improvement.
- Supports the Trusts strategy by developing and implementing changes to operational practices to ensure the Trusts strategic objectives are delivered within the Directorate.
- Deputises for the Clinical Director and Associate Director when required, including external meetings.
- Attend CEG and Quality Committee as required on behalf of the Directorate / Service.
- Understands the local and wider health economy organisational and political environment and priorities in which services operate.
- Responsible for the interpretation of broad NHS guidance, contributes to all relevant policies and strategy.
- Coordinate clinical service objectives ensuring relevance to local and national priorities.
- Advises the Clinical Director on the Trust response to national legislation, guidance and standards in relation to area of expertise.
- Contribute to Directorate business plans the development of appropriate operational, financial, market assessment and workforce plans for service areas.
- Involve service users and carers in the development and planning of clinical standards.
- Has Trust-wide responsibility for discrete projects to be agreed with the Clinical Director and Associate Director.
- Leads and/or contributes to Directorate and Trust projects, delivering these within agreed timeframes and financial targets.
- Identifies and supports implementation of relevant legislation in relation to service delivery.
- Contributes to the implementation of all Trust policies and procedures within the Directorate.
- Provides leadership and direction for Directorate teams regarding clinical excellence.
- Contribute to and support Directorate reporting and management.
- Working with the quality lead, facilitates improvement in patient and carer experience and the efficiency with which services operate by appropriately utilising service redesign techniques such as process mapping, demand and capacity, statistical process control, and discovery interviewing whilst simultaneously embedding the use of these tools in the service areas.
- Commissions and undertakes audits within the Directorate to drive improvement and takes appropriate action to remedy any shortfalls.
- Utilises and interprets research and audit findings appropriately to aid the development of new guidelines, protocols and facilities which will support improvements.
- Contribute to service improvement reports, business cases etc as required.
- Leads and delivers on specific projects, which will bring about an improvement in the provision of health care services within theGeneral Practice services in collaboration with team managers.
- Ensures that regular progress reports and overall service details are produced and submitted to relevant meetings.
- Attends the Directorate Board meetings.
- Develops and embeds a recovery approach to services delivery in collaboration with services users and carers.
- Ensures that services work to achieve organisational effectiveness and deliver services within available resources.
- Contributes to the development and delivery of schemes and action plans to implement cash-releasing efficiency savings targets.
- Contributes to and supports trust wide implementation of cost improvement programs.
- Contributes to Directorate workforce plans as part of business planning process in line with the Directorate and national strategies.
- Contributes to an appropriate team structure and skill mix to enable and empower individuals to make decisions and contributes to enhancing clinical services that are person centred and effective.
- Clinical supervision of ANO, AHP and Nurse Lead.
- Clinical training and development of the ANP and AHP team to meet business needs. Including review of current skills and identify suitable training support.
- Clinical coordinator of clinical service needs for each of the service PCNs
- Line manages the ANP, AHP and Nurse Manager team.
- Take action under Trust HR policies (e.g. grievance, disciplinary, capability) where necessary.
- Support flexible working practices that meet the Working Time Directive.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible to the Clinical and Associate Director, the Clinical Lead will be responsible for ensuring that all clinical services are delivered to the highest standards in line with national standards and local policies.
- The Clinical Lead will provide clinical leadership, supporting the process of effective clinical practice including leadership on the effectiveness agenda.
- The Clinical Lead will operate as asubject matter expert in their relevant field (Primary Care General Practice) providing guidance and support to the Clinical Directorates and Trust management teams.
- Where the Clinical Director is not a GP the Clinical Lead will take responsibility for Medical Job Planning with the involvement of Clinical Director.
- Advises on the development and implementation of nationally or locally agreed clinical audits within the Directorate in order to achieve continuous service improvement.
- Supports the Trusts strategy by developing and implementing changes to operational practices to ensure the Trusts strategic objectives are delivered within the Directorate.
- Deputises for the Clinical Director and Associate Director when required, including external meetings.
- Attend CEG and Quality Committee as required on behalf of the Directorate / Service.
- Understands the local and wider health economy organisational and political environment and priorities in which services operate.
- Responsible for the interpretation of broad NHS guidance, contributes to all relevant policies and strategy.
- Coordinate clinical service objectives ensuring relevance to local and national priorities.
- Advises the Clinical Director on the Trust response to national legislation, guidance and standards in relation to area of expertise.
- Contribute to Directorate business plans the development of appropriate operational, financial, market assessment and workforce plans for service areas.
- Involve service users and carers in the development and planning of clinical standards.
- Has Trust-wide responsibility for discrete projects to be agreed with the Clinical Director and Associate Director.
- Leads and/or contributes to Directorate and Trust projects, delivering these within agreed timeframes and financial targets.
- Identifies and supports implementation of relevant legislation in relation to service delivery.
- Contributes to the implementation of all Trust policies and procedures within the Directorate.
- Provides leadership and direction for Directorate teams regarding clinical excellence.
- Contribute to and support Directorate reporting and management.
- Working with the quality lead, facilitates improvement in patient and carer experience and the efficiency with which services operate by appropriately utilising service redesign techniques such as process mapping, demand and capacity, statistical process control, and discovery interviewing whilst simultaneously embedding the use of these tools in the service areas.
- Commissions and undertakes audits within the Directorate to drive improvement and takes appropriate action to remedy any shortfalls.
- Utilises and interprets research and audit findings appropriately to aid the development of new guidelines, protocols and facilities which will support improvements.
- Contribute to service improvement reports, business cases etc as required.
- Leads and delivers on specific projects, which will bring about an improvement in the provision of health care services within theGeneral Practice services in collaboration with team managers.
- Ensures that regular progress reports and overall service details are produced and submitted to relevant meetings.
- Attends the Directorate Board meetings.
- Develops and embeds a recovery approach to services delivery in collaboration with services users and carers.
- Ensures that services work to achieve organisational effectiveness and deliver services within available resources.
- Contributes to the development and delivery of schemes and action plans to implement cash-releasing efficiency savings targets.
- Contributes to and supports trust wide implementation of cost improvement programs.
- Contributes to Directorate workforce plans as part of business planning process in line with the Directorate and national strategies.
- Contributes to an appropriate team structure and skill mix to enable and empower individuals to make decisions and contributes to enhancing clinical services that are person centred and effective.
- Clinical supervision of ANO, AHP and Nurse Lead.
- Clinical training and development of the ANP and AHP team to meet business needs. Including review of current skills and identify suitable training support.
- Clinical coordinator of clinical service needs for each of the service PCNs
- Line manages the ANP, AHP and Nurse Manager team.
- Take action under Trust HR policies (e.g. grievance, disciplinary, capability) where necessary.
- Support flexible working practices that meet the Working Time Directive.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical qualification and current registration / accreditation with appropriate body with current practising certificate
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification in leadership, management or healthcare improvement
Experience
Essential
- Proven track record of clinical leadership and team management
- Significant experience in General Practice/ Primary care or integrated care settings
Desirable
- Experience in managing across multiple sites or within complex systems
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical qualification and current registration / accreditation with appropriate body with current practising certificate
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification in leadership, management or healthcare improvement
Experience
Essential
- Proven track record of clinical leadership and team management
- Significant experience in General Practice/ Primary care or integrated care settings
Desirable
- Experience in managing across multiple sites or within complex systems
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
