Clinical Lead GP
Listed on 2026-02-17
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Healthcare
Healthcare Management, Healthcare Administration -
Management
Healthcare Management
Overview
Job Title: Clinical Lead GP
Location: St Georges Road Surgery, Coventry
Salary: £13,500 per session
Sessions: 6 sessions per week
Job Type: Permanent
Job PurposeThe Clinical Lead GP is a senior leader within the practice with overall responsibility for the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based, safe, and equitable patient care. This role encompasses direct clinical responsibilities, strategic oversight, and the proactive leadership of a multidisciplinary team, including line management, performance oversight, and development of the clinical workforce.
Working alongside the Practice Manager and Partnership team, the Clinical Lead GP will drive clinical standards, workforce resilience, innovation, and compliance with local, national, and contractual requirements. The postholder will lead on clinical governance, medicines optimisation, quality assurance, risk management, and support the implementation of service transformation.
The role includes protected time to lead clinical service development, support workforce and performance oversight, and deliver on local and national priorities.
Key ResponsibilitiesPlease note, this is not an exhaustive list, and is there to provide insight into the expectations of the role.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 programme of audits aligned to local priorities and national quality frameworks.
- 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.
- Provide clinical oversight of the practice’s 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.
- 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…
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