Clinical Lead – GP – Prescribing

Responsible to: Head of Clinical Services

Proposed salary: £14,560 per session per annum

Hours of work: Two sessions per week

Tenure: Fixed Term to 31st March 2028

Base: Hybrid home working with regular attendance at ABC offices in Crawley and Horley as well as other locations as may be required

On Call Element: No

The post holder will provide clinical leadership toABCs team of Non-Medical Prescribers including Clinical Pharmacists, Advanced Paramedic Practitioners and Advanced Nurse Practitioners.

As Alliance for Better Care continues to recruit and embednon-medical prescribers to support its clinical team, the role will have astrong focus on the integration of these teams to facilitate enhanced team-working and improved service efficiencies and capacity. The role will provide leadership to ABCs non-medical prescribers, including regular clinical supervision and one-to-ones, review of clinical consultations, quality improvement, prescribing, incidents and holistic support and mentorship.

The ideal post holder will have experience in service development, strategic planning and quality improvement.

Alliance for Better Care (ABC) is a GP Federation uniting 77 NHS GP member practices across 98 sites within 24 Primary Care Networks in Sussex and Surrey. We support our Primary Care colleagues
-and their patients - to transform how healthcare is delivered in their communities.

We work closely with GP Practices, PCNs, Hospitals, Community Organisations, and the Third Sector. These vital partnerships enable us to deliver a truly integrated approach that offers the support and expertise needed to effectively serve our populations.

Our Values

If we can do something better, we should

• Weare honest

Even when it is difficult

And put the patient first

• Weare inclusive

We listen and we act

• Wedeliver

And we're known to like achallenge!

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Bespoke training programme
• Cycleto Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
• NHSdiscounts
• Leadership Development Programme
• Salary sacrifice schemes technology and electric vehicle
• Opportunities for secondments

Strategic Planning and Service Development

• To provide expert leadership, governance and oversight for all Non-Medical Prescribers and non-medical prescribing activity
• Toensure that non-medical prescribing practice is safe, legally compliant,evidence based and aligned with national and local frameworks
• Develop and maintain robust clinical governance arrangements for non-medical prescribing including audits, incident reviews and safety monitoring

Quality Improvement and Data Oversight

• Ensure service and prescribing audits are completed, reported and actions followed upas necessary
• Identify improvements and developments in non-medical prescribing activity, working closely with the appropriate Service Manager(s) to ensure implementation

Leadership, Workforce Development and Line Management

• Develop and implement competency frameworks, supervision models and CPD plans for Non-Medical Prescribers
• Leading and managing ABCs team of Non-Medical Prescribers including supervision,competency development and performance oversight
• Lead recruitment, induction and performance management of Non-Medical Prescribers
• Support Non-Medical Prescribers in maintaining competence and developing their scope of practice
• Support workforce capability and confidence in prescribing
• Toprovide structured clinical supervision and guidance to all Non-Medical Prescribers
• Toprovide and facilitate reflective learning

Thereare opportunities for a study leave allowance.

Supervision

Regular supervisions on a one-to-one basis including an annual formal appraisal will beheld with a line manager. If you are in a patient-facing role, you will also receive regular…