Clinical Team Lead for the development of HCPs and Virtual Ward

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Wigton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused healthcare organization in Wigton seeks a Clinical Team Lead to enhance home care practitioner services and manage patient flow. This role offers an opportunity to drive clinical excellence and support service development across various teams. Candidates should be experienced in community settings and possess strong leadership skills. The ideal applicant will work effectively under pressure and be committed to staff training and development.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme

NHS discounts with retailers

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience in community settings is essential.
• Must have good knowledge of current best practice in the relevant clinical area.
• Must have flexibility and ability to travel independently.

Responsibilities

• Drive high standards of clinical practice.
• Lead initiatives to embed evidence-based care.
• Provide expert clinical guidance to staff.

Skills

Clinical reasoning skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Problem solving

IT Literacy

Education

Relevant validated clinical courses

Leadership/Management course

Job description

Go back North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Team Lead for the development of HCPs and Virtual Ward

The closing date is 25 September 2025

This is an exciting opportunity for someone experienced in working in community settings. The role involves both clinical work and service development to advance the home care practitioner and virtual ward services, which are vital for supporting patients at home and managing patient flow, especially during winter pressures. The post-holder will play a key role in developing these services in line with local and national strategies to improve patient care and outcomes. The role requires someone who can work effectively across different staff groups, show initiative, work independently, and perform well under pressure, particularly when patient flow is challenged. If this sounds like you, please get in touch to join a team focused on putting staff and patients first.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be a key senior leader within NCIC, responsible for driving high standards of clinical practice, professional development, and service improvement across the community collaborative. They will lead initiatives to embed evidence-based care, support education and research, and ensure alignment with the Trust's clinical priorities and national strategies.

This pivotal role combines clinical and operational leadership, focusing on the development of the Home Care Practitioner service and Virtual Wards. The post-holder will contribute to designing and scaling virtual ward models that support safe patient flow, timely discharges, and winter resilience planning.

They will provide expert clinical guidance, foster a culture of continuous improvement, and champion equality, diversity, and inclusion. Working closely with clinical and managerial colleagues, they will lead practice development initiatives that enhance staff experience, promote multidisciplinary teamwork, and improve outcomes for patients.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

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Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

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Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

The changes mean that:

• youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
• the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

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Please note the cost of the DBS check is increasing from 2nd December and the new cost will be

Standard DBS check £21.50, Enhanced DBS check £49.50 + any admin costs.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as followsif applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

These schemes are subject to availability

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Evidence of relevant post-graduate courses / CPD
• Relevant validated clinical courses.
• Leadership / management course
• Clinical Educators course

Knowledge and Experience

• Good knowledge of current best practice in relevant clinical area
• Awareness of the local / national drivers
• Knowledge and understanding of Clinical Governance and its implications for practice
• Awareness of Risk Management
• Knowledge of audit , evaluation and use of outcome measures
• Knowledge of ASC and Reablement service and how this links with NHS
• Research experience

Skills and Aptitudes

• Problem solving and critical review
• Good clinical reasoning skills
• IT Literate
• Good personal organisation skills
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Commitment to staff training and development
• Ability to pass on skills / knowledge to others within both formal and informal environments

Personal Circumstances

• Flexible and adaptable
• Proactive, positive approach and problem solver Enthusiastic
• Team Player
• Commitment to Professional Development
• Willing to work in different locations across the locality in response to fluctuating service demands.

Other Requirements

• Ability to travel independent of public transport.
• Promote equality and value diversity (Level 3)
• Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity (Level 4)
• Member of Clinical Interest Group (CIG)
• Membership of Professional Body

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.

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust