Medical Lead

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Make a lasting impact on the care of older people across inpatient and community services.

We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Medical Lead to provide clinical leadership and expert medical care across our inpatient community units in Swindon and North Wiltshire. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of integrated care services for older, frail patients with complex health needs, while supporting the development of a high-performing multidisciplinary team.

Reporting to the Medical Director, BSW , you will play a key leadership role within HCRG Care Group, driving excellence in patient care, supporting medical colleagues through job planning and appraisals, and contributing to the strategic development of our inpatient services.

About the Role

As Medical Lead, you will provide medical oversight and care for patients within our inpatient community units, focusing on older adults living with frailty, multimorbidity, and advanced clinical needs. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, you will help deliver safe, effective, person-centred care that supports recovery, rehabilitation, and timely discharge.

You will be based predominantly across:

• Swindon Intermediate Care Centre - 60 rehabilitation and stroke beds across two wards.
• Savernake Hospital, Wiltshire - 30 inpatient beds.

Most patients are transferred from Great Western Hospital as a step-down from acute care, with others admitted directly from community services. This vital role helps bridge the gap between hospital and community-based care, ensuring the best possible outcomes for patients.

As a Medical Lead, youll be part of our valued team at HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £120,000 - £126,000 per annum (pro-rota for part-time hours)
• NHS Pension!
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
• Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location

Working within a multidisciplinary team of Advanced Practitioners, Consultant Practitioners and therapists, you will provide expert clinical leadership and care for patients with urgent, complex and frailty-related healthcare needs. You will play a key role in assessing, diagnosing and managing patients referred through the Urgent Community Response service and wider clinical pathways, supporting individuals who would otherwise require hospital admission or who need timely discharge from acute care.

Working closely with Care Coordination, Flow Teams, acute hospitals and 111/999 services, you will help develop and improve patient pathways, maximising the use of community services, Hospital at Home and inpatient capacity. You will be responsible for coordinating high-quality, person-centred care across primary, community, acute and social care settings, while maintaining clinical accountability throughout the patient journey and delivering the best possible outcomes for patients with complex healthcare needs.

As Medical Lead, you will be responsible for:

• Providing expert clinical leadership and oversight for patients with urgent, complex and frailty-related healthcare needs across community and inpatient services.
• Delivering high-quality, evidence-based assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and ongoing management, ensuring safe and effective patient care throughout the care pathway.
• Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, including Advanced Practitioners, Consultant Practitioners, therapists and wider healthcare professionals, to achieve the best possible outcomes for patients.
• Supporting the development and optimisation of patient pathways into, through and out of services, helping to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitate timely discharge from acute settings.
• Partnering with Care Coordination, Flow Teams, 111/999 services and acute hospitals to maximise the use of community services, Hospital at Home and inpatient capacity.
• Leading the coordination of care for patients who would otherwise require hospital admission, ensuring seamless transitions across primary, community, acute and social care services.
• Maintaining clinical accountability for patient caseloads, ensuring appropriate escalation, intervention and management of deteriorating patients.
• Prescribing and review medications in line with clinical need, working closely with pharmacy colleagues to support safe medicines management and discharge planning.
• Acting as a visible clinical leader and role model, promoting excellence, quality and patient safety while supporting collaborative and innovative ways of working.
• Leading appraisals and contribute to the job planning and professional development of medical colleagues within the inpatient units.
• Driving continuous improvement through clinical audit, research, quality improvement initiatives and the implementation of evidence-based practice.
• Fostering a positive learning culture by supporting education, training and development opportunities for colleagues and students.
• Championng a culture of ...