Area Clinical Lead

Bupa UK; Glenrothes; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Bupa UK in Scotland seeks an Area Clinical Lead to provide proactive clinical leadership across Scotland. You will work with operational and clinical teams to drive performance and ensure high-quality patient care while dedicating time to leadership activity alongside your clinical practice.

The role requires regular travel within the defined geography and a commitment to 2 days per week as a leader, plus at least 1 day per week in one of our Scottish Practices.

Qualifications

• Be GDC registered with a minimum of 5 years UK post-qualification experience.
• Be a practising clinician in general or specialist dentistry.
• Demonstrate strong clinical credibility and professionalism.
• Show evidence of influencing, coaching or supporting peers.

Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with clinicians, acting as a trusted and visible clinical leader.
• Coach, mentor and support clinician development, capability and retention.
• Use clinical and performance data to identify trends and drive improvements in productivity, patient outcomes and overall performance.
• Support and constructively challenge clinicians through performance and quality conversations, ensuring high standards are consistently achieved.
• Act as a first point of contact for clinical queries and escalations, supporting timely resolution.
• Promote learning from incidents and embed best practice across your area.
• Contribute to recruitment, workforce planning and retention strategies.
• Strengthen collaboration between clinical and operational teams, taking a joined-up approach to delivering results.
• Play a key role in embedding change and new ways of working, ensuring initiatives are understood, adopted and deliver impact in practice.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Coaching

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Change management

Education

GDC registration

Job description

Area Clinical Lead - Shape Clinical Leadership Across Scotland

We are excited to be launching a new opportunity to join our network of Area Clinical Leads (ACLs) - a key clinical leadership role focused on strengthening clinician engagement, driving high-quality patient care, and delivering strong, sustainable performance across a defined business area.

This is a unique opportunity to step into a visible clinical leadership role, working in partnership with operational leaders to influence outcomes, support your peers, and help shape the future of clinical delivery.

About The Role

As an employed Area Clinical Lead, you will provide proactive, visible clinical leadership across Scotland, working closely with operational and clinical leadership teams to drive clinical performance and consistency across practices.

This role requires a commitment of 2 days per week, with regular travel across your defined geography and protected time to focus on clinical leadership activity alongside your ongoing clinical practice. In addition, you will be required to be a self-employed practising clinician, a minimum of 1 day per week in one of our Scottish Practices.

You Will

• Build strong relationships with clinicians, acting as a trusted and visible clinical leader
• Coach, mentor and support clinician development, capability and retention
• Use clinical and performance data to identify trends and drive improvements in productivity, patient outcomes and overall performance
• Support and constructively challenge clinicians through performance and quality conversations, ensuring high standards are consistently achieved
• Act as a first point of contact for clinical queries and escalations, supporting timely resolution
• Promote learning from incidents and embed best practice across your area
• Contribute to recruitment, workforce planning and retention strategies
• Strengthen collaboration between clinical and operational teams, taking a joined-up approach to delivering results
• Play a key role in embedding change and new ways of working, ensuring initiatives are understood, adopted and deliver impact in practice

Role Requirements

To apply, individuals must:

• Be GDC registered with a minimum of 5 years UK post-qualification experience
• Be a practising clinician in general or specialist dentistry
• Demonstrate strong clinical credibility and professionalism
• Show evidence of influencing, coaching or supporting peers

What You'll Gain

• Opportunity to influence clinical standards and performance outcomes across your area
• Exposure to senior clinical and operational leadership
• Development of leadership, coaching and influencing skills
• Increased visibility and impact
• Opportunity to shape clinician experience and patient outcomes

We champion diversity and understand the importance of our people representing the communities we serve. You'll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.

We are committed to ensuring fairness throughout the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments where needed.