Clinical Lead GP
| Posting date: | 02 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £13,500.00 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £13500.00 a session |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 March 2026 |
| Location: | Coventry, CV1 2DL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A5917-26-0003 |
Summary
Key Responsibilities Please note, this is not an exhaustive list, and is there to provide insight into the expectations of the role. 1. Clinical Leadership & Supervision Provide confident, visible, and values led leadership to the clinical team including salaried GPs, ANPs, ACPs, nurses, clinical pharmacists, and ARRS roles. Offer day-to-day clinical support to peers and the wider team; act as senior decision maker for complex, safeguarding, or risk-sensitive cases. Lead and coordinate regular clinical and multidisciplinary team meetings, embedding shared learning and robust governance. Develop and deliver a structured programme of clinical supervision and mentorship. Support the Practice Manager in leading performance management and objective setting across the clinical team. Provide direct oversight of clinical appraisals, revalidation, CPD uptake, and clinical development. Take a key role in clinical recruitment, workforce planning, and succession strategies alongside the Practice Manager. 2. Clinical Care Undertake high-quality clinical sessions including face-to-face, digital, and home visit consultations. Lead on proactive care planning and support the development of long term condition management pathways. Act as the Safeguarding Lead within the practice. Contribute to completion of reports, insurance forms, medicals, and related clinical correspondence. 3. Quality Improvement and Clinical Governance Lead a robust and transparent clinical governance framework. Chair significant event review meetings and ensure learning is embedded. Ensure compliance with NICE, MHRA, local guidance, and quality standards. Regularly review and update clinical protocols, SOPs, and safety systems. Develop and lead an annual program of audits aligned to local priorities and national quality frameworks. 4. Prescribing and Medicines Optimisation Lead prescribing quality and safety across the practice, ensuring compliance with local formulary and national guidance. Oversee prescribing audits, polypharmacy reviews, and interventions to improve outcomes and cost-effectiveness. Liaise with PCN pharmacy teams and ICB medicines management colleagues. Drive reduction of unwarranted variation and optimise repeat prescribing systems. 5. Performance and Contractual Delivery Provide clinical oversight of the practices performance against QOF, IIF, QAIF, LES/DES, CQC standards, and public health targets. Use population health data to inform care delivery and address local inequalities. Identify areas of underperformance, lead root cause analysis, and implement improvement plans. Monitor and report on KPIs, contributing to business planning and sustainability. 6. Service Development and Transformation Identify opportunities for service innovation based on clinical need, workforce capability, and financial viability. Lead the design, mobilisation, and evaluation of new services (e.g. frailty clinics, minor ops, enhanced access). Contribute to PCN service delivery plans and help integrate services with local providers. Work closely with administrative and digital leads to implement new models of care. 7. Stakeholder Engagement and Representation Represent the practice in PCN, ICB, LMC, and strategic forums. Actively build relationships with community, secondary care, public health, and social care partners. Engage with the Patient Participation Group and patient voice forums to shape care delivery. 8. Workforce Development and Education Foster a culture of professional growth, reflective practice, and wellbeing. Oversee the delivery of regular clinical teaching sessions, journal clubs, and CPD events. Support and supervise early-career clinicians including F2s, GP registrars, and clinical trainees. Encourage peer learning and inter-professional development across the MDT.