Clinical Team Lead- Home Visiting Service

The Clinical Team Lead is a senior clinical role within the service, providing professional leadership, supervision, and support to the Home Visiting Service clinical team. The post-holder will work closely with the Clinical Directors to ensure the safe, effective and consistent delivery of the service., Clinical Leadership and Support

Provide line management and clinical guidance to Home Visiting Service clinicians, supporting complex decision-making and patient management.

Support coordinators and clinicians with clinical triage and referrals, ensuring appropriate patient selection and escalation.

Provide triage cover when required to maintain service continuity.

Review and appropriately challenge referrals made outside the HVS inclusion criteria, ensuring safe, appropriate patient pathways.

Offer advice and support to coordinators when uncertain about accepting referrals.

Provide case-based learning and feedback following complex cases, incidents or audit findings.

Support the integration of clinical governance principles into daily practice. Participate in and lead clinical audits to ensure safety, quality and effectiveness of the HVS.

Provide clinical supervision and mentoring for both substantive and locum clinicians.

Identify training needs and develop learning events to support professional development across the team.

The role would be suitable for an advanced nurse practitioner, senior practice nurse, consultant nurse, senior paramedic, or advanced clinical practitioner. The candidate should have line management experience.

Sutton has a population of approximately 200,000 residents registered across 21 GP practices within four Primary Care Networks (Carshalton, Cheam & South Sutton, Central Sutton, and Wallington). Each PCN serves a population of approximately 50,000 patients.