Clinical Director

Clinical Director - Primary Care Services

Salary: £120,000 - £126,000 + NHS Pension

Location: Hybrid | East of England and South West (multi-site, travel required)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Compass Associates are partnering with a leading provider of integrated and community healthcare services to recruit an experienced Clinical Director.

This is a rare opportunity for a senior GP leader to shape the clinical direction of a large, multi-site healthcare organisation delivering primary care services across the UK. Working as part of the executive clinical leadership team, you will drive quality, innovation, governance and service transformation while supporting and developing a network of Lead GPs and senior clinicians.

If you're a collaborative, values-driven GP leader with a passion for improving patient outcomes and developing high-performing clinical teams, we'd love to hear from you.

The Role

As Clinical Director, you will provide strategic and operational clinical leadership across urgent and primary care services, working closely with senior operational colleagues to ensure safe, effective, and patient-centred care.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and developing a team of Lead GPs and senior clinicians
• Providing clinical leadership across multiple service locationsSupporting quality improvement, governance, patient safety and service performance
• Leading reviews of incidents, complaints, audits and clinical outcomes
• Driving clinical innovation, transformation and service improvement initiatives
• Supporting the mobilisation of new services and contracts
• Developing medical education programmes and GP workforce engagement
• Acting as a senior ambassador with commissioners, stakeholders and healthcare partners
• Participating in senior clinical on-call responsibilities

About You

We are keen to speak with compassionate and authentic clinical leaders who can bring teams together, influence change and create a positive culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

To be considered, you will have:

• Full GMC registration and inclusion on the GP Register
• Inclusion on the English Performers List
• Current clinical practice as a GP
• Proven senior clinical leadership experience
• Experience managing and developing teams of clinicians
• A track record of delivering service improvement and organisational change
• Strong communication, coaching and stakeholder engagement skills
• A collaborative, humble and values-led leadership style
• Passion for patient-centred care and clinical excellence

Experience within urgent care, out-of-hours, NHS 111, CAS or integrated care services would be advantageous.

Location

This is a hybrid position combining remote working with travel across service locations and leadership meetings.

Candidates should be comfortable travelling regularly and building relationships across geographically dispersed teams.

Salary & Benefits

Salary £120,000 - £126,000 PA DOE

Benefits:

• 38 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Blue Light Card discounts
• Health & wellbeing support services
• Healthcare cash plan
• Financial wellbeing support and Credit Union access
• Leadership and professional development opportunities
• Employee recognition and reward schemes
• Free parking at service locations
• Regular internal training and career progression opportunities

Contact Information

For a confidential discussion about this opportunity, please contact:

Catherine McConnachie

Principal Consultant - Primary Care - Compass Associates

0161 938 1188

[email protected]

Compass Associates Ltd is acting as a recruitment consultancy for this vacancy.