Clinical Delivery Lead

Job summary

Provide clinical leadership to colleagues working within the services to ensure safe and effective delivery of clinical interventions in line with professional standards and governance requirements (incidents, complaints, risk, audit, medicines management, infection control, safeguarding) with associated reporting. Contribute to Academy delivery by being involved with the faculty, providing education to colleagues across Cora, alongside assuring quality of locally delivered education sessions. Ensure that the multi-professional workforce is supported to thrive and develop in line with relevant policy and guidance e.g., recruitment, induction, supervision, performance appraisal, capability assessments, wellbeing. Develop and foster productive relationships with local clinical stakeholders including patient groups, community groups, PCNs, Consultants, GPs, and other clinically important contacts both internal and external to Cora, inclusive of reducing health inequalities. Ensure continuous improvement of clinical quality (outcomes, experience, safety) within services through a focus on pathway optimisation and responsible use of available resources (e.g., clinical capacity). Personally deliver high quality clinical care to patients and lead by example meeting the clinical and commercial needs of the services.

Main duties of the job

The role of Clinical Delivery Lead is fundamentally about providing leadership regarding clinical delivery across services within an allocated geographic area. This is in addition to the provision of high-quality care within personal clinical caseload. To achieve this, the Clinical Delivery Lead will need to demonstrate a sound understanding of the clinical competencies required of the clinicians within the service as well as an ability to think, lead and effectively implement frameworks and services to meet the evolving requirements of the service(s) and patients. They will need to be highly self-motivated, and achievement orientated and be required to provide inspirational clinical leadership. From a clinical perspective the Clinical Delivery Lead will be an AHP/Nurse educated to at least Master's level (or equivalent) in their field of specialty and be able to provide a highly specialised source of expertise, with clear evidence of working at L7 across Clinical Practice, Leadership and Management, Education, Research and Audit as outlined in the HEE Advanced Clinical Practice Framework.

About us

Cora is a leading provider of community healthcare services in the UK. We deliver MSK (musculoskeletal) services, diagnostic imaging, day-case surgery, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, podiatry, persistent pain management, mental health, orthopaedic and rheumatology services. We want everyone to have the opportunity to thrive. We help people help themselves, to get back to their best or to simply find a new way forward.

Details

• Date posted: 29 June 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £55,000 to £61,156 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: NOT31
• Job locations: Park House Health and Social Care, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG4 3DQ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Clinical Delivery Lead Full Time Salary £53,206 to £61,156 (dependant of level of practice). Location - Nottingham We at Cora Health are delighted to be growing our team of talented clinicians and are currently looking for Clinical Delivery Lead that is passionate about providing high-quality patient-centred care to join us as part of a large multidisciplinary team in Nottingham You will be responsible for innovating and delivering on strategic development, enriching clinical expertise and quality in a fast paced Musculoskeletal service. The Nottingham Musculoskeletal (MSK) service is a Tier 1 & 2 Physiotherapy/CATS/ service offering assessment, advice, education, and management of MSK conditions in both clinic and gym environment settings. Appointments are accessible through telephone, video, face to face clinics and group/gym consultations which helps drive our ethos of offering self-management skills for all our patients. Our CATS service offers injection therapy and imaging referrals as clinically indicated and onward referrals to secondary care as appropriate. A core function of this role is to work with the operational manager, to ensure effective capacity and demand modelling, optimised utilisation, waiting times and clinical skill mix within services. These services may be cross-specialty dependent on geographical area and are subject to change as contracts grow and evolve. You will be required to work on site across clinical locations for the service, providing on the ground leadership to the Nottingham team at our different clinical sites. The role is a split clinical and non-clinical role. The expectation in the role is that 50% of the working time is directly clinical, whilst 50% is non-clinical (subject to flexibility based on conflicting demands and amenable in agreement with line manager as required). What you will do in the role... Provide clinical leadership to colleagues working within the services to ensure safe and effective delivery of clinical interventions in line with professional standards and governance requirements (incidents, complaints, risk, audit, medicines management, infection control, safeguarding) with associated reporting. Contribute to Academy delivery by being involved with the faculty, providing education to colleagues across Cora, alongside assuring quality of locally delivered education sessions. Ensure that the multi-professional workforce is supported to thrive and develop in line with relevant policy and guidance e.g., recruitment, induction, supervision, performance appraisal, capability assessments, wellbeing. Develop and foster productive relationships with local clinical stakeholders including patient groups, community groups, PCNs, Consultants, GPs, and other clinically important contacts both internal and external to Cora, inclusive of reducing health inequalities. Ensure continuous improvement of clinical quality (outcomes, experience, safety) within services through a focus on pathway optimisation and responsible use of available resources (e.g., clinical capacity). Personally deliver high quality clinical care to patients and lead by example meeting the clinical and commercial needs of the services. What you will bring to the role... We are looking for someone who is passionate about advancing MSK care across the geographic region in the Central area. You will require a breadth of clinical experience across primary, community and secondary care settings and clinical speciality areas. You will bring high level clinical expertise in your speciality area (MSK) and a track-record for leadership within healthcare. You will bring experience of holding relationship with key stakeholders and positively influencing change within a healthcare system. You will have confidence in representing and developing a multi-professional workforce. This role can be undertaken at both Advanced and Consultant level of clinical practice, please see the Job Description for further information What you will benefit from... The below are the added extras to our commitment to being a great place to work. - Up to 30 days' holiday (plus public holidays) and an extra day for your Birthday - A minimum of 5% of working time devoted to your personal development with an in-house Learning and Development Academy offering a wide range of career pathway development opportunities - Engagement in the four pillars required to work at / become a Consultant Practitioner: Research and Innovation, Leadership, Clinical Practice and Education - Opportunities and support for; clinical supervision, coaching and mentoring, conferences, and clinical support tools - Save pennies through accessing excellent discounts via our own shopping discounts portal, access to health service discounts and a Blue Light Card - Participate in our cycle to work and/or smart tech salary sacrifice schemes, and/or savings club - Access our employee assistance programme - Be reimbursed for professional membership fees that are a requirement of your role We are Cora Health... Cora is a leading provider of community healthcare services in the UK. We deliver MSK (musculoskeletal) services, diagnostic imaging, day-case surgery, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, podiatry, persistent pain management, mental health, orthopaedic and rheumatology services. We want everyone to have the opportunity to thrive. We help people help themselves, to get back to their best or to simply find a new way forward. Join us now... Join Cora Health, a quality-driven, people-centred, pioneering, and dynamic organisation where you can make a real difference in the lives of musculoskeletal patients. Apply now for this exciting opportunity to work as a Clinical Delivery Lead. Our People are important to us, you will be empowered, cared for, and rewarded. For further information, or a chat about the role please contact talent@Corahealth.co.uk