Clinical Director – GP – Urgent & Primary Care Services
Location: Hybrid | Remote with Regular Travel Across Service Locations
Hours: 0.9 FTE
Contract: Permanent
Are you an experienced GP leader passionate about developing clinical teams, improving patient care and driving meaningful change?
Compass Associates are partnering with a leading independent healthcare provider delivering NHS urgent, primary and integrated care services to recruit an experienced Clinical Director.
This is an exciting opportunity to join an established and growing organisation, providing clinical leadership across multiple services while helping to strengthen clinical governance, workforce engagement and service delivery.
We are looking for a compassionate, credible and hands-on GP leader who can bring teams together, inspire confidence and create a positive, collaborative working culture.
The Role
As Clinical Director, you will work closely with the senior leadership team to provide strategic and operational clinical leadership across the organisation.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead, support and develop a network of Lead GPs and senior clinicians.
- Build a cohesive and engaged clinical workforce across multiple service locations.
- Provide visible, hands-on clinical leadership across services.
- Drive clinical governance, quality improvement and patient safety.
- Oversee clinical incidents, complaints, audits and performance.
- Support service transformation, innovation and continuous improvement.
- Develop consistent clinical processes, policies and standards.
- Work collaboratively with operational and executive leadership teams.
- Support the mobilisation and development of new services.
- Develop GP workforce engagement, training and medical education initiatives.
- Build strong relationships with NHS commissioners and key stakeholders.
- Participate in senior clinical on-call responsibilities.
About You
We are looking for an experienced, values-driven GP leader with strong clinical credibility and the ability to bring people together.
To be considered, you will have:
- Full GMC registration and inclusion on the GP Register.
- Inclusion on the English GP Performers List.
- Current clinical practice as a GP.
- Proven senior clinical leadership experience.
- Experience managing and developing teams of GPs and senior clinicians.
- Strong knowledge of clinical governance, quality and patient safety.
- Experience delivering service improvement and organisational change.
- Excellent communication, coaching and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to manage different personalities and influence change.
- A collaborative, compassionate and hands-on leadership style.
- Urgent Care / Out-of-Hours Services
- NHS 111 / Clinical Assessment Services (CAS)
- Integrated Care / Community Healthcare
- Multi-site Clinical Leadership
Working Arrangements
- Hybrid working with remote flexibility.
- Opportunity to maintain clinical practice through GP sessions within the organisation.
Salary & Benefits
- 38 days annual leave, including bank holidays
- Blue Light Card discounts
- Health and wellbeing support
- Financial wellbeing and Credit Union access
- Leadership and professional development
- Employee recognition and reward schemes
- Free parking at service locations
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