Pathway Development Lead

Job summary

Are you passionate about driving change, innovating healthcare delivery, and improving patient outcomes? At North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust (NWAS), we're looking for a forward-thinking Area Pathway Development Leadto shape and implement community care pathways that ensure the right care, at the right time, in the right place--every time.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence clinical transformation across one of three NWAS operational areas. You'll be a key member of our Urgent and Emergency Careleadership team, working alongside operational managers, clinical leadership teams, NHS Trusts, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), and other key partners.

Working for the Area Consultant Paramedic and alongside Sector Clinical Leads to identify, develop and evaluate new and existing clinical pathways that improve patient experience and reduce avoidable hospital conveyance from 999 and NHS 111 services. As part of the recently published NHS 10 Year Plan, one of the core strategic principles is hospital to community, and Ambulance Services will need to enhance our work alongside integrated health & social care systems to ensure that our teams have access to the right routes of clinical referral that meet the needs of our patient's.

The post will require a flexible approach to work, in a hybrid setting, across either Cheshire & Merseyside, Greater Manchester or Cumbria & Lancashire.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the design, implementation and evaluation of clinical care pathways across the NWAS footprint.
• Work collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure pathway effectiveness, safety and utilisation.
• Use data and audit outputs to drive service transformation, and reduce health inequalities.
• Lead complex project and governance processes.
• Provide clinical leadership, working with frontline staff to ensure safe, effective and efficient use of clinical pathways.

Who we are looking for

• A registered healthcare professional with current registration and a strong understanding of urgent and emergency care.
• Experience in pathway development, clinical service redesign, or transformation.
• Proven ability to manage complex projects and lead multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong interpersonal skills to engage with stakeholders from board to frontline.
• Data-driven and analytical, able to evaluate performance and present impactful reports.
• Knowledge of current NHS policies, urgent care strategies, and digital referral processes.

About us

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides 24 hour, 365 days a year accident and emergency services to those in need of emergency medical treatment and transport.

Our highly skilled staff provide life-saving care to patients in the community and take people to hospital or a place of care if needed.We also provide non-emergency patient transport services for those patients who require non-emergency transport to and from hospital and who are unable to travel unaided because of their medical condition or clinical need.

Alongside the other emergency services, we also work to ensure the safety of the public and treatment of patients in the event of a major incident.

We also deliver the NHS 111 service in the North West. NHS 111 replaced NHS Direct in 2013. This service was introduced to make it easier for people to access local NHS healthcare services in England. It provides non-emergency medical help fast, and is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Employer details

Employer name

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

10 PES GMA Clinical Management S2

1x Manchester, 1x Merseyside and 1x Cumbria & Lancaster

M22 4RN

Employer's website

https://www.nwas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

10 PES GMA Clinical Management S2

1x Manchester, 1x Merseyside and 1x Cumbria & Lancaster

M22 4RN

Employer's website

https://www.nwas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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