Clinical Lead - Urgent Care

Clinical Lead - Urgent Care

The closing date is 12 March 2026

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.

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.

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by CQC (Dec 2023) with some outstanding areas.

As an aspiring outstanding Trust we have numerous policies and procedures in place which provide standard organisational ways of working, in line with organisational objectives, relevant legislation and requirements. Policies allow for continuity and consistency within the Trust. Employees must abide by and adhere to all Wirral Community NHS Trust's policies, at all times.

• 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.

• GMC Registered GP with licence to practice
• Inclusion on the NHS England GP Performers List
• Significant post‑CCT GP experience, including UTC, GP OOH or Urgent Care settings
• Formal leadership or management qualification

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.

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust