Senior Clinical Lead GP - Crowborough

Sussex Primary Care; Crowborough; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Clinical Leader to enhance patient care through strong clinical governance and proactive leadership. The role involves guiding practice staff on quality and safety, developing clinical strategies, and coaching multidisciplinary teams. The ideal candidate is a registered medical practitioner with a commitment to quality practice, effective relationship building, and experience in quality frameworks. The position offers flexible hours, professional development, and a supportive working environment.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Induction and training programme

Annual Leave and generous sick pay

5 fixed Study Leave Days

Full NHS pension

Employee Assistance programme

Free on-site parking

Qualifications

• Commitment to quality practice and working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience with Clinical Governance and Quality Outcome Framework standards.
• Organized and efficient in record-keeping and time management.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical strategy and quality assurance across the practice.
• Oversee compliance with clinical governance and NICE standards.
• Provide mentorship and support to clinical staff.

Skills

Collaboration

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Time management

Flexibility

Confidentiality awareness

Education

MRCGP or evidence of 5 years experience as GP

General Practitioner registration

Enhanced DBS check

Job description

Our innovative model has been designed to:

Allow GPs to spend more time doing the tasks only they can do specific types of patients, specific clinical and non-clinical administration, specific leadership functions, and clinical supervision of ACP Clinical Leads and medics / pharmacists

Improve our ability to segment patient care in a more standardised way, and identify how best to utilise our workforce in individual surgeries and across SPC surgeries

Improve our ability to recruit and retain Salaried GPs in-practice and reduce our use of Locum GPs

Improve our ability to recruit and retain experienced ACP Clinical Leads to support and develop the ACP Clinical Leadership model further, and to clinically supervise and develop ACP and Non-medical prescriber staff

Improve our ability to recruit and retain ACPs and ANPs to sit under the ACP Clinical Leadership model, and be more supported to develop in their ACP and ANP roles and scope of competencies

Future proof the SPC model standardisation of roles, processes and systems, centralisation of roles, resilient workforce, improved stewardship of SPC finances

Ensure that the practice level leadership and/or management functions are covered by a clinician who is best placed to do so.

Main duties of the job

Provide proactive and visible clinical leadership, supporting and guiding practice staff on quality and safety matters.

Develop and embed robust clinical governance systems, ensuring active participation by all medical staff.

Lead on clinical strategy, improvement planning, and quality assurance across the practice.

Collaborate with Practice Management, PCNs, and SPC leads to drive service improvement and staff development.

Oversee clinical quality and safety, ensuring best practice through NICE implementation, significant event reviews, and compliance with CQC standards.

Jointly act as CQC Registered Manager and Caldicott Guardian for the practice.

Coordinate practice education and supervision, ensuring clinical staff remain up to date with policy and guideline changes.

Provide supervision for GPs and non-medical prescribers in line with SPCs Clinical Leadership Model.

About us

We are a friendly, forward-thinking GP surgery with a supportive multidisciplinary team, including three GPs, an ACP Clinical Lead, ANP, Paramedic Practitioner, Prescribing Lead Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technician, supported by a brilliant nursing and admin team.We use SystmOne, offer 15-minute appointments, and provide two protected GP Clinical Lead admin sessions per week to support leadership, quality improvement and mentoring (prorata).The practice is currently going through an exciting period of transition, with plans to implement total triage to improve patient access and streamline workflows. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated GP leader to help shape our future direction and be part of a progressive, supportive team delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.We offer flexible working arrangements and strong support for professional development, ensuring you have the time and resources to lead confidently and make a meaningful impact.

You will benefit from:

A supportive working environment

Flexible Hours to fit around your work / life commitments

Induction and training programme

Annual Leave and generous sick pay

5 fixed Study Leave Days

Numerous other benefits such as car lease schemes and childcare vouchers

Contract based on BMA model contract

Full NHS pension

Free on-site parking

Medical Indemnity

Peer and operational support with dedicated mentorship

Employee Assistance programme

Job responsibilities

a)Clinical Leadership

Provide visible clinical leadership

Be a point of contact for practice staff who need support andguidance over quality and safety concerns. This may include a formal role insome staff members appraisals in some instances.

Develop clinical governance strategies, systems and processesand ensure the activeparticipation by all medical staff.

Works with practice management to lead the wider practiceteam including regular

Attendance at practice meetings

Support career development of clinical staff

Build relationships with SPC Safeguarding Lead, SPC EducationLead, Senior GP lead and ACP clinical leads from other SPC Practices and sharelearning and good practice

Play a key role in service improvement planning for thefuture, bringing the quality and safety concerns to the fore and ensuring theseare balanced with organisational and financial concerns.

Develop and maintain active working relationships with PCNs

Sign off any additional policies/procedures as required

Be responsible for leading on the clinical components ofQOF/LCS and IIF

Attend quality assurance meeting and education meetings withother senior clinical lead GPs and with Medical Director for quality assurancepurposes and agree to work in line with SPC Clinical Governance structure

To work collaboratively with practice management operationalteam and ACP clinical lead as practice executive team

b)Clinical Quality/Safety

Be responsible for taking an overview of the clinicalfunctions of [insert name of the practice] in terms of service quality andsafety.

Ensure that the systems exist to embed best clinical practiceinto the service (e.g. implementation of NICE guidance, record keeping etc)

Take the overall lead for review of clinical aspects ofSignificant Event reviews and complaints, ensuring that learning points arecaptured, documented, actioned and embedded into practice

Be the joint CQC registered manager with the Practice Manager

Be responsible for leading on the clinical components of CQCreadiness

Ensure that the systems exist to embed patient safety acrossthe service (e.g., record keeping, national and local safety alerts)

Take the overall lead for arranging practice educationmeetings and ensuring that clinical staff are made aware of changes to clinicalguidelines and policy

Be the Caldicott Guardian for [insert name of the practice]

Be the lead clinician for ensuring that all areas of clinicalleadership (see SPC Clinical Leadership Model) are covered within the practice

c)Supervision

You will be responsible for delivering peer-based supportacross the practice team and be responsible for arranging the group supervisionof practice based non-medical prescribers alongside the ACP Clinical Lead

Provide supervision in line with SPC Clinical Leadershipmodel

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A medical practitioner whose name is included in the General Practitioner Register under article 10 of the General and Specialist Medical Practice Order 2003
• Accredited as a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) or have 5 years experience as a full time GP with a demonstrable commitment to quality practice.
• Currently on a performers list and not suspended from that list or from the medical register
• Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check
• Evidence of continued professional development

Skills and Knowledge

• Willingness to share and collaborate across entire primary health team
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams
• Ability to work flexibly
• Ability to recognize own limitations and act upon them appropriately
• Willingness to learn new skills and to problem solve on a daily basis
• An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
• Ability to work within the changing structures of the NHS and work to the requirements of other regulatory bodies
• Work in line with practice systems and processes

Experience

• Commitment to and experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary and skill mixed team environment
• Experience of working to achieve standards within the Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF)
• Clinical Governance
• Primary care prevention and screening services
• Self-audit and reflection
• Organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork
• Time management being able to prioritise work and work under pressure
• Adaptability to change

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.