Head of Clinical Practice Integrated Urgent Care Services
| Posting date: | 07 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | £70,000.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £70000.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 May 2026 |
| Location: | Fareham, PO15 5TD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | E0062-26-0055 |
Summary
Key Responsibilities Clinical Leadership and Professional Practice - Provide visible, credible and inclusive clinical leadership across all services, acting as a senior role model for high standards of care and professionalism. - Lead the development and implementation of consistent, evidence-based clinical practice, reducing unwarranted variation and improving equity of care. - Promote a culture of accountability, openness, multidisciplinary collaboration and continuous improvement. - Provide mentorship, coaching and professional leadership to clinical staff and designated clinical leaders. - Support the development of clinical leadership capability and succession planning across the organisation. Workforce Leadership and Clinical Performance -Lead the development of a high-performing multidisciplinary workforce, including Nurses, GPs, Paramedics and Healthcare Assistants. - Support workforce design, job planning, skill mix optimisation and rota resilience to ensure safe and efficient service delivery. - Champion high-quality clinical decision-making and professional standards in urgent care including assessment quality, record standards, confidentiality and professional objectivity. - Ensure effective systems for recruitment, induction, appraisal, revalidation, supervision and competency assessment. - Lead clinical performance management processes, including early intervention and formal management of concerns where required. - Work in partnership with HR, Governance and the Group Medical Director on professional standards and workforce oversight. - Promote staff wellbeing, engagement and retention. Clinical Governance, Quality and Patient Safety -Work collaboratively with the Head of Compliance and risk to provide senior clinical oversight of investigations into incidents, complaints and serious concerns, ensuring independence, rigour and timely completion. - Work with Governance managers to ensure systems are embedded, consistently applied and continuously improved, including: Incident reporting and learning Complaints Management Safeguarding Infection prevention and control Patient experience Clinical audit and quality assurance - Ensure services remain inspection-ready and compliant with CQC and relevant NHS standards. - Model and promote a culture of openness, accountability and patient safety, including a just culture approach and psychologically safe reporting. Strategy, Service Improvement and Innovation -Provide senior clinical input to business development, service design and bid activity, articulating compelling, safe and deliverable clinical propositions. - Lead the development and delivery of the clinical strategy for Integrated Urgent Care Services. - Translate strategy into effective clinical models, pathways and workforce solutions. - Drive standardisation of clinical practice and governance processes across all sites. - Lead and support quality improvement initiatives and innovation, including digital solutions and new models of care. - Use clinical, operational and patient experience data to identify variation, prioritise improvement and evidence impact. - Ensure services address health inequalities and improve access for underserved and vulnerable populations. Operational Integration and System Working - Work closely with operational and service directors to align clinical and operational priorities. - Provide senior clinical input into service planning, mobilisation, performance and escalation. - Contribute to workforce, financial and productivity discussions, ensuring decisions are informed by quality and patient impact. - Represent the organisation with NHS partners, commissioners, ICBs, regulators and professional bodies. - Contribute to system-wide discussions on urgent and integrated care. On-Call and Escalation -Contribute to senior clinical escalation and on-call arrangements as required, providing strategic oversight and decision-making in high-risk situations. - Provide senior clinical leadership during major incidents and significant operational pressures, ensuring appropriate governance, risk controls and communications are in place.