Clinical Lead – GP – Prescribing

Alliance for Better Care; Horley; Hybrid; GBP 13,000 - 16,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Bespoke training programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

NHS discounts

Leadership Development Programme

Salary sacrifice schemes (tech & EV)

Secondments

Job summary

Alliance for Better Care is seeking a senior leader to oversee non-medical prescribing, including clinical supervision, governance and development of prescribers. The role focuses on integration of prescriber teams to improve service efficiency and capacity.

The post involves strategic planning, quality improvement and leadership of a multi-disciplinary team within a hybrid working model, based at Crawley/Horley offices and other locations as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience leading non-medical prescribing teams.
• Strong governance, safety and compliance focus.
• Ability to implement quality improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert leadership for non-medical prescribers and clinicians.
• Ensure safe, evidence-based prescribing aligned with national frameworks.
• Develop governance, audits and safety monitoring for prescribing activity.
• Lead recruitment, induction and performance management of prescribers.
• Support workforce development and reflective learning within the team.
• Oversee supervision and CPD planning for prescribers.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Strategic planning

Quality improvement

Mentoring / supervision

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Team management

Education

GP qualifications (CCT)

Full GMC Registration

MRCGP

National Performers List

Indemnity (MPS/MDU)

5+ years post-CCT

Clinical supervision training

Job description

Responsible to: Head of Clinical Services

Proposed salary: £14,560 per session per annum

Hours of work: Two sessions per week

Tenure: Fixed Term to 31st March 2028

Base: Hybrid home working with regular attendance at ABC offices inCrawley and Horley as well as other locations as may be required

On Call Element: No

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide clinical leadership toABCs team of Non-Medical Prescribers including Clinical Pharmacists, AdvancedParamedic Practitioners and Advanced Nurse Practitioners.

As Alliance for Better Care continues to recruit and embednon-medical prescribers to support its clinical team, the role will have astrong focus on the integration of these teams to facilitate enhancedteam-working and improved service efficiencies and capacity. The role willprovide leadership to ABCs non-medical prescribers, including regular clinicalsupervision and one-to-ones, review of clinical consultations, qualityimprovement, prescribing, incidents and holistic support and mentorship.

The ideal post holder will have experience in service development, strategic planning and quality improvement.

About us

Alliance for Better Care (ABC) is a GPFederation uniting 77 NHS GP member practices across 98 sites within 24 PrimaryCare Networks in Sussex and Surrey. We support our Primary Care colleagues -and their patients - to transform how healthcare is delivered in theircommunities.

We workclosely with GP Practices, PCNs, Hospitals, Community Organisations, and theThird Sector. These vital partnerships enable us to deliver a truly integratedapproach that offers the support and expertise needed to effectively serve ourpopulations.

Our Values

If we can do something better, we should

• Weare honest

Even when it is difficult

And put the patient first

• Weare inclusive

We listen and we act

• Wedeliver

And we're known to like achallenge!

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Bespoketraining programme
• Cycleto Work Scheme
• EmployeeAssistance Programme
• Enhancedmaternity/paternity pay
• NHSdiscounts
• LeadershipDevelopment Programme
• Salarysacrifice schemes technology and electric vehicle
• Opportunitiesfor secondments

Job responsibilities

Strategic Planning and ServiceDevelopment

• To provide expertleadership, governance and oversight for all Non-Medical Prescribers and non-medical prescribingactivity
• Toensure that non-medical prescribing practice is safe, legally compliant,evidence based and aligned with national and local frameworks
• Developand maintain robust clinical governance arrangements for non-medicalprescribing including audits, incident reviews and safety monitoring

Quality Improvementand Data Oversight

• Ensureservice and prescribing audits are completed, reported and actions followed upas necessary
• Identifyimprovements and developments in non-medical prescribing activity, workingclosely with the appropriate Service Manager(s) to ensure implementation

Leadership, Workforce Development and Line Management

• Developand implement competency frameworks, supervision models and CPD plans for Non-MedicalPrescribers
• Leadingand managing ABCs team of Non-Medical Prescribers including supervision,competency development and performance oversight
• Leadrecruitment, induction and performance management of Non-Medical Prescribers
• SupportNon-Medical Prescribers in maintaining competence and developing their scope ofpractice
• Supportworkforce capability and confidence in prescribing
• Toprovide structured clinical supervision and guidance to all Non-MedicalPrescribers
• Toprovide and facilitate reflective learning

Thereare opportunities for a study leave allowance.

Supervision

Regularsupervisions on a one-to-one basis including an annual formal appraisal will beheld with a line manager. If you are in a patient-facing role, you will alsoreceive regular Clinical Supervisions with a Clinical Supervisor.

Induction Programme

You will receive anin-depth induction programme and will be invited to a face-to-face inductionday within your first week to give you relevant information about theorganisation and your job role.

For further information, please see the full job description.

Person Specification

• Proactive self-starter with the ability to set and deliver own objectives
• Inclusive and collaborative approach to leadership
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills across diverse stakeholders
• Positive and flexible approach to work
• Commitment to continuous professional development
• Commitment to ongoing leadership development

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent communication skills that build confidence, collaboration and strong multi-disciplinary relationships
• Ability to provide expert clinical advice on complex prescribing queries and issues
• Competence in developing and delivering training, supervision and professional development for prescribers, including Non-Medical Prescribers
• Mentoring, supervising and supporting Non-Medical Prescribers
• Advanced data and information analysis skills including interpretation of prescribing trends, audits and safety data
• Demonstrable experience in clinical leadership, influencing stakeholders and strategic decision making
• Experience in incorporating the patient voice into service and quality improvement

Experience

• Demonstrated commitment to patient safety, high-quality care and evidence-based practice
• Demonstrable commitment to improvement, innovation and reflective practice
• Experience of workforce models for Non-Medical Prescribers including competency frameworks, supervision requirements and scope of practice boundaries
• Experience of audit and quality improvement
• Evidence of developing SOPs and prescribing frameworks
• Experience in service redesign and/or pathway development
• Experience of working across clinical and operational teams across primary care or system-wide settings

Qualifications

• Qualified GP
• General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)
• Full GMC Registration
• National Performers List registration
• Appropriate defence indemnity (MPS/MDU)
• MRCGP
• Training in clinical supervision, coaching or workforce development
• 5 years+ post CCT experience

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.