About this role
Job summary
We are recruiting three Senior Clinical Leads (2 PAs each) to support the development of our Integrated Neighbourhood Team programme across Lambeth and Southwark.
We welcome applications from senior secondary care clinicians with expertise in:
Children and Young People with Complex Care Needs Multiple Long-Term Conditions Frailty Working alongside primary care leads and system partners, post-holders will provide clinical leadership for the design, implementation and delivery of neighbourhood-based models of care, supporting our ambition to improve population health outcomes.
These are fixed-term roles for one year, with scope expected to evolve as the programme develops. Successful candidates will work closely with clinical, operational and executive colleagues across the system.
Application deadline: 22 July 2026Interview date (provisional): 5 August 2026
For further information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Alice Jarvis, Director of Operations and Partnerships - [email protected] Dr Bidisha Lahoti, Deputy Medical Director (Evelina) - [email protected] Dr Shaheen Khan, Deputy Medical Director (ISM) - [email protected]
Main duties of the job
This role sits within the Lambeth and Southwark Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT) programme, which is developing neighbourhood-based models of care across ten neighbourhoods. During the current implementation phase, the programme focuses on three priority cohorts: Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC), Frailty, and Children & Young People (CYP) with complex needs.
The Secondary Care Clinical Lead will provide clinical leadership and expertise for one of these cohorts, working with primary care leads and system partners to improve the quality, coordination and consistency of care. They will support the design and delivery of neighbourhood-based services, pathway redesign, and provide leadership across Lambeth and Southwark.
Responsibilities include supporting multidisciplinary team working, workforce development, service improvement, digital transformation, population health management, and reducing health inequalities. The postholder will strengthen integration between primary care, secondary care, community health, mental health, social care and the voluntary sector, ensuring seamless, person-centred care.
This role requires an experienced clinician with expertise in managing complex patients, including multi-morbidity, diagnostic uncertainty, safeguarding and clinical risk. The successful candidate will work across organisational boundaries, support clinical teams, improve outcomes for their cohort, and help shape the future of neighbourhood-based care.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) is one of the UK's leading NHS organisations, providing hospital and community services across Lambeth and Southwark. The Trust combines high-quality patient care with innovation, research, education and service improvement.
As part of GSTT, you will contribute to the GSTT 2030: Better, Fairer, Faster strategy, helping to improve outcomes, reduce health inequalities and deliver more integrated, person-centred care. The Trust works closely with local communities, NHS organisations, local authorities, primary care and voluntary sector partners to improve services for diverse populations.
GSTT is a founding partner of King's Health Partners, bringing together healthcare, research and education to drive improvements in patient care and support innovation across the health system.
The Trust's culture is underpinned by three core values:
Caring - putting patients first Ambitious - striving for excellence and innovation Inclusive - valuing diversity, respect and collaboration Staff are expected to demonstrate these values in their daily practice. Leaders are encouraged to lead with kindness, promote equality and inclusion, work collaboratively across organisational boundaries, and support continuous improvement.
Working at GSTT offers the opportunity to contribute to a forward-thinking organisation and help shape the future of integrated care across Lambeth and Southwark.
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will:
- Provide clinical leadership to support the design and delivery of INT models of care, contributing to service re-design, including identification of cohort, and designing interventions
- Work with primary care and other stakeholders to lead development and delivery of neighbourhood health systems for children and young people
- Establish clinical governance within the neighbourhoods, to ensure delivery of consistent, high-quality clinical care
- Support complex clinical decision-making, including risk and escalation
- Design care models that is proactive, preventative, and holistic, to reduce local health inequalities.
- Monitor outcomes and oversee clinical governance using performance dashboards and ensuring best use of available resources and aligning with wider health system priorities.
Build strong relationships with:
- Primary care providers in both boroughs
- Secondary care providers in both boroughs
- Community services
- Mental health teams
- Social care
- VCSE organisations
This description is not exhaustive and additional responsibilities will be considered to respond to changing priorities and as part of the regular review of the scope of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
A tertiary qualification in a clinical/professional discipline, with relevant post graduate qualifications, accreditations and current registrations and ongoing CPD
Desirable
Doctorate level qualification Management qualification.
Professional/ Statutory Registration Essential
Membership of relevant professional body
Desirable
Membership of specialist networks
Previous experience Essential
Significant leadership experience within a multi professional team Broad clinical experience and current clinical expertise A proven track record of strategic and operational performance management and delivery at a senior level Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships; Excellent stakeholder management, conflict resolution, data interpretation, and project management skills. Sound political judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complex policy, and diverse interest groups;
Desirable
Leadership experience within a NHS setting
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability Essential
Collegiate Team working including with Executive colleagues
Desirable
Advanced quality improvement skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address All Trust sites including community
London
SE1 7EH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)