Lead Clinician for Primary Care - Interface Division

NHS Scotland; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

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Equality, diversity and inclusion

Job summary

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde's Interface Division seeks an experienced General Practitioner to take on the role of Primary Care Clinical Lead. You will provide senior clinical leadership and strategic direction for primary care within the Virtual Hospital and wider division, collaborating with consultants, nursing and allied health professionals.

You will shape innovative care models, strengthen integration across boundaries, and help develop patient pathways to ensure timely, effective care

Qualifications

• Senior clinical leadership for primary care within a large health system.
• Experience in shaping models of care and patient pathways.
• Ability to work across organisational boundaries with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior clinical leadership for primary care within the Virtual Hospital and Interface Division.
• Contribute to strategy development and service design for primary care.
• Lead collaboration with consultants, nursing and allied health professionals to improve patient outcomes.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Strategic planning

Primary care development

Collaborative working

Job description

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

The shift pattern for this post is Monday to Friday.

This is a Fixed term post for 24 months.

Please note the salary is Pro Rata for part time hours.

NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde is proud to be one of the UK’s largest healthcare systems. Right now, we’re embarking on one of Scotland’s most ambitious change programmes. Guided by our aim for Better Health, Better Care, Better Value, and a Better Workplace, we’re reimagining how urgent care is delivered for our communities.

At the heart of this transformation is our newly established Interface Care Division. This exciting division has been created to drive bold innovation, strengthen integration between primary and secondary care, and put patients firmly at the centre of everything we do. Over the next three years, the division will lead a series of ground-breaking developments. This is about more than improving services it’s about transforming the way care is experienced. By shifting the balance of care closer to home, enhancing patient pathways, and reducing delays, we will ensure people receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.

An exciting and unique leadership opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated General Practitioner to join NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde's Interface Division as Primary Care Clinical Lead. This newly established role has been created to provide senior clinical leadership and strategic direction for primary care within the Virtual Hospital and wider Interface Division. Working alongside consultant, nursing, allied health professional and operational leaders, the post holder will play a key role in shaping innovative models of care that improve patient outcomes and strengthen integration across healthcare boundaries. The post was established specifically to support the development and optimisation of the role of GPs within the Virtual Hospital and to enhance patient pathways across the system.

As the senior primary care voice within the division, the successful candidate will champion the perspective of General Practice in service design, pathway development and strategic decision-making. They will help ensure that new models of care are clinically effective, practical for primary care colleagues and deliver seamless transitions between community and acute services.

The role offers a rare opportunity to influence the future of urgent and unscheduled care at scale. The post holder will work across organisational boundaries to strengthen relationships between primary care, community services, acute hospitals, HSCPs and wider partners, helping to create integrated pathways that deliver the right care, in the right place, at the right time.

Now is the perfect time to join us. Be part of a forward-thinking, values driven team that is shaping the future of urgent care across Greater Glasgow & Clyde and help us build a healthier, more connected system for all.

The successful candidate may, where appropriate to their specialty and service requirements, contribute to the Interface Directorate. This may include supporting patient pathways, providing clinical advice, cross-site working or appropriate virtual clinical activity. Any involvement will be discussed and agreed, reflecting clinical governance, post requirements and wider service needs across NHSGGC

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) recognises the importance of work-life balance and is committed to offering a range of flexible working options where service needs allow. For roles where less than full-time hours can be accommodated, and where the tenure is listed as “various”, we encourage applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements. Flexible working will be included as a topic for discussion during the recruitment process.

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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion and are proud of the diverse workforce we employ.

By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC has pledged its commitment to being a Forces Friendly Employer. We welcome applications from across the Armed Forces Community and recognise military skills, experience and qualifications throughout the recruitment and selection process.