Paramedic Team Lead

NHS; Sutton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom seeks a Lead Paramedic to oversee clinical practices and support the paramedic team. The role requires strong leadership skills and significant experience in urgent or community care. Responsibilities include managing clinical governance, providing mentorship, and ensuring high-quality patient care. Candidates must hold a Paramedic qualification and possess excellent communication and problem-solving abilities.

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration experience of at least 5 years in primary, urgent, or community care.
• Experience working in a Primary Care Network or multi-professional team.
• Ability to work autonomously in complex clinical situations.

Responsibilities

• Provide line management and clinical leadership to Paramedics and Coordinators.
• Ensure safe triage, assessment, and decision-making.
• Lead clinical audits and promote continuous service improvement.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Supervision

Triage and assessment

Education

Diploma or degree with UK professional registration as a Paramedic

Postgraduate qualification relevant to advanced or community practice

Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) qualification or working towards it

Job description

The Lead Paramedic is a new senior clinical role within the service, providing professional leadership, supervision and support to the HVS Paramedic team. The post-holder will work closely with the Clinical Educational Lead r to ensure the safe, effective and consistent delivery of the service.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Leadership and Support

Provide line management and clinical guidance to Paramedics, supporting complex decision-making and patient management.

Support coordinators and paramedics with clinical triage and referrals, ensuring appropriate patient selection and escalation.

Cover triage in the absence of coordinators to maintain service continuity.

Review and challenge referrals made outside the HVS inclusion criteria, ensuring safe, appropriate patient pathways.

Offer advice and support to coordinators when uncertain about accepting referrals.

Provide case-based learning and feedback following complex cases, incidents or audit findings.

Support the integration of clinical governance principles into daily practice.

Participate in and lead clinical audits to ensure safety, quality and effectiveness of the HVS.

Provide clinical supervision and mentoring for both substantive and locum Paramedics.

Identify training needs and develop learning events to support professional development across the team.

About us

Sutton has a population of approximately 200,000 residents registered across 21 GP practices within four Primary Care Networks (Carshalton, Cheam & South Sutton, Central Sutton, and Wallington). Each PCN serves a population of approximately 50,000 patients.

Sutton PCNs work collaboratively to deliver high-quality, innovative healthcare and to strengthen resilience across general practice. The Home Visiting Service (HVS) plays a vital role in supporting practices by managing acute presentations and providing continuity of care for frail and housebound patients, helping to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions.

Job responsibilities

The Lead Paramedic will:

Provide line management, senior clinical leadership, mentoring, and support to Paramedics and Coordinators within the HVS team.

Offer clinical oversight and advice to support safe triage, assessment, and decision-making.

Collaborate with the and Clinical Educational Lead to ensure clinical quality, governance and continuous service improvement.

Promote professional development within the Paramedic team, leading on clinical learning, audit, and best practice.

Contribute to strategic service development and innovation across the Sutton PCNs in partnership with Clinical Directors/ Board Directors of Sutton PCNs.

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant post-registration experience at least 5 years in primary, urgent, or community care.
• Experience working within a Primary Care Network or multi-professional team.
• Experience supporting service transformation or clinical innovation.

Qualifications

• Diploma or degree with UK professional registration as a Paramedic.
• Significant post-registration experience at least 5 years in primary, urgent, or community care
• Proven ability to work autonomously in complex clinical situations.
• Demonstrated experience in line management, clinical leadership, supervision, or mentoring.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Sound understanding of clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for home visits and cross-site working.
• Postgraduate qualification relevant to advanced or community practice.
• Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) qualification or working towards it.
• Experience working within a Primary Care Network or multi-professional team.
• Understanding of local population health priorities and integrated care models.
• Experience supporting service transformation or clinical innovation.

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.

Depending on experienceBand 8 - dependent on experience