Clinical Lead - Urgent Care

Job overview

Job summary

Are you a visionary clinical leader ready to drive excellence and innovation in patient care? In Urgent Care we are seeking an inspiring Clinical Lead to join our senior leadership team and make a lasting impact on the future of healthcare delivery.

WCHC is a forward-thinking organisation committed to exceptional healthcare and continual patient-centred improvement. As a Clinical Lead, you will be at the heart of strategic decision-making, working alongside our Chief Medical Officer and leadership team to shape the future of clinical services.

Main duties of the job

The GP Clinical Lead for Urgent Treatment Centres (UTC) and GP Out of Hours (GPOOH) service provides senior medical leadership across urgent primary care services delivered as part of the Integrated Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) system. The role ensures services are clinically safe, compliant with NHSE service specifications, and fully integrated with NHS 111, ambulance services, emergency departments, and community pathways. The post-holder will have leadership responsibility supporting system flow, patient access, and high-quality outcomes across 24/7 services combined with an active clinical practice. The clinical practice can be undertaken in primary care, urgent or emergency care by a registered General Practitioner and requires separate contractual arrangements from this leadership role. These arrangements can be facilitated via the Trust if the postholder wishes to work within the UTC/GPOOH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Leadership and Safety

NHSE Service Specification Compliance

Operational and System Working

Clinical Governance, Quality and Assurance

Workforce, Education and Supervision

Safeguarding

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the post.