About this role
Job summary
Job summary
Are you a visionary clinical leader ready to drive excellence and innovation in patient care? In Urgent Care we are seeking an inspiringClinical Leadto join our senior leadership team and make a lasting impact on the future of healthcare delivery.
WCHCis a forward-thinking organisation committed to exceptional healthcare and continual patient-centred improvement. As aClinical 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.
About us
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.
Job description Job 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.
Person Specification
Essential and Desirable Essential
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 MRCGP qualification
Desirable
Formal leadership or management qualification
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.
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 Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address Urgent Care, Arrowe Park Hospital
Arrowe Park Road
Birkenhead
CH49 5PE
Employer's website https://www.wchc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)