Clinical Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

About Us

DrPA Secure has been operating in secure environments since 2014, providing high-quality healthcare services across the UK. We deliver our services based on our ethos of CARE:

Compassionate care that is trauma informed and supportive

Assurance that care is evidence-based and demonstrates high-quality outcomes for our patients

Respectful of peoples cultural and religious beliefs

Empowerment we centre each resident by co-creating holistic care plans that treat individual needs and support long-term wellbeing

Our role in CANOL

We provide clinical delivery for the CANOL service across South Wales, supporting individuals through a range of healthcare interventions. This includes:

• Conducting clinical assessments
• Prescribing and managing medication
• Delivering Buvidal clinics
• Working collaboratively with partner organisations to provide a holistic health and wellbeing service

Our aim is to ensure safe, responsive, and person-centred care for everyone accessing the service.

Job Summary

The Clinical Lead will oversee and coordinate substance misuse interventions, managing a team of nurses, health care assistants, and administrative staff. They will ensure services are delivered safely, to high professional standards, and in line with operational policies, service level agreements, and evidence-based practice. The role includes staff supervision, appraisals, and line management of senior staff, while working collaboratively with criminal justice partners to deliver innovative, flexible, and quality substance misuse treatment services.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Management

• Embed evidence-based practice and clinical governance in the team.
• Provide operational leadership to deliver high-quality services.
• Manage staff performance, recruitment, appraisals, supervision, and CPD.
• Motivate and inspire staff to meet targets and standards.
• Plan and implement service improvements and strategic changes.
• Oversee HR processes, complaints, feedback, and staff records.

Clinical Governance & Service Delivery

• Maintain incident reporting, training, and supervision systems.
• Ensure a multi-agency, holistic approach to complex needs.
• Develop and implement clinical systems, policies, and procedures.
• Lead clinical audits, service reviews, and user satisfaction evaluations.
• Keep case notes and statutory records accurate and up-to-date.

Partnership & Collaboration

• Coordinate with mental health, GP, and voluntary/statutory partners.
• Attend planning boards and governance forums.
• Manage dispensing and supervised consumption with community pharmacies.

Finance & Reporting

• Set and maintain budgets with the Finance Manager.
• Collect, collate, and report service data, address underperformance.
• Prepare high-quality written reports for stakeholders.

Qualifications

Essential

• RMN/RGN with a valid NMC pin
• ILM Level five in Management/Leadership or equivalent (accredited or non-accredited Continued Professional Development)

Desirable

• Advanced clinical training
• Educated to degree level
• Independent nurse prescriber qualification
• Phlebotomy
• Demonstrable competency standard in provide intramuscular and subcutaneous injections.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Ability to work effectively with people regardless of their ethnic, cultural, social backgrounds, their gender, age, religious belief, disability, and sexual orientation.
• Experience in a leadership or supervisory position that required managing the supervision, appraisal and development of staff / students or volunteers
• Proven ability to network and build professional relationships.
• Experience of analysing data and compiling reports.
• Good working knowledge of quality issues across the range of activities.
• Knowledge of substance use including evidence based therapeutic interventions
• Experience of conducting clinical audits.

Desirable

• Experience of planning and implementing strategic changes to improve service delivery.
• Experience of working with commissioner
• Experience of delivering outreach and engagement model of treatment and care.
• Knowledge of Welsh Governments substance
• Experience of developing and maintaining successful partnerships with GPs, treatment agencies and other healthcare providers.
• Experience in undertaking clinical audits.
• Experience of setting budgets and maintaining finances within tight constraints

Personal Attributes

• Structured and methodical
• Commercially aware and risk-focused
• Confident leading people and making decisions
• Comfortable escalating risks and raising concerns where necessary
• Able to work autonomously within an operational environment

General Information

The post holder may be required to perform other relevant and appropriate duties as reasonably needed. This list of duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive. This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification.

Benefits

Pension salary scheme available

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): confidential 24/7 support

Access to perks at work

Please note, in order to apply, all applicants need to have been living in the United Kingdom (with residency in the UK, such as UK/Irish/EU Passport, or an Indefinite Leave to Remain Visa) for the last 5 years with no more than a 28-day break being outside of the UK and no gaps in employment during this time.

EMAIL CV TO: RECRUITMENT@DRPASECURE.CO.UK

Shortlisted candidates will be asked for RTW, DBS/CTC consent and references.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Ability to work effectively with people regardless of their ethnic, cultural, social backgrounds, their gender, age, religious belief, disability, and sexual orientation.
• Experience in a leadership or supervisory position that required managing the supervision, appraisal and development of staff / students or volunteers
• Proven ability to network and build professional relationships.
• Experience of analysing data and compiling reports.
• Good working knowledge of quality issues across the range of activities.
• Knowledge of substance use including evidence based therapeutic interventions
• Experience of conducting clinical audits.

Desirable

• Experience of planning and implementing strategic changes to improve service delivery.
• Experience of working with commissioner
• Experience of delivering outreach and engagement model of treatment and care.
• Knowledge of Welsh Governments substance
• Experience of developing and maintaining successful partnerships with GPs, treatment agencies and other healthcare providers.
• Experience in undertaking clinical audits.
• Experience of setting budgets and maintaining finances within tight constraints

Qualifications

Essential

• RMN/RGN with a valid NMC pin
• ILM Level five in Management/Leadership or equivalent (accredited or non-accredited Continued Professional Development)

Desirable

• Advanced clinical training
• Educated to degree level
• Independent nurse prescriber qualification
• Phlebotomy
• Demonstrable competency standard in provide intramuscular and subcutaneous injections.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

DoctorPA Secure LTD

Address

Harlech Court

Bute Terrace

Cardiff

CF102FE

Employer's website

https://www.drpasecure.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)