Clinical Services Coordinator
WellBN
Hove, BN3 1AE · BRIGHTON, BN41 1XR · HOVE, BN3 8GQView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£16.00
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
26 October 2026
7 days leftJob description
The Clinical Services Coordinator is a key operational role supporting the Director of Clinical Services in the safe, effective, efficient and sustain...
The post-holder will provide high-level coordination and operational oversight across the clinical workforce, clinician rotas, appointment capacity, clinical workflows, pathology and imaging, clinician tasks, QOF, long-term condition activity, trainees and students, clinical education, clinical meetings, audit and service improvement.
A central purpose of the role is to ensure that available clinical resource is used effectively to meet patient demand. Working closely with the Director of Clinical Services, the post-holder will use workforce, appointment, activity and performance data to identify variation, unused capacity, clinical waste, workflow pressures and opportunities for improvement.
The role will work closely with GPs, multidisciplinary clinicians, Clinical Team Leads, managers, pharmacists, trainees, students, educational supervisors and external education providers, providing a key operational link between clinical leadership, clinical teams and wider practice operations.
Clinical Workforce and Rota Coordination
- Coordinate GP & multidisciplinary clinical workforce rotas across WellBN.
- Support effective deployment of
the clinical workforce in response to patient demand & service
- Coordinate annual leave, planned
absence, clinic scheduling & changes to clinical sessions.
- Maintain accurate & current
clinical workforce information.
- Identify anticipated or emerging
workforce gaps & escalate these promptly.
- Work with the Director of Clinical
Services & Clinical Team Leads to support appropriate distribution of
clinical resource across services & sites.
- Support forward workforce planning
to reduce avoidable gaps in clinical capacity.
- Identify opportunities to improve
workforce utilisation while maintaining safe staffing & appropriate
clinical oversight.
- Support the development of
consistent clinical working arrangements across WellBN.
- Maintain operational oversight of
appointment capacity & clinical workforce utilisation.
- Monitor the relationship between
patient demand, available appointments & clinical resource.
- Produce regular capacity & utilisation information for the Director of Clinical Services.
- Identify unused, underutilised or
mismatched clinical capacity & support timely corrective action.
- Support forward planning of
appointment capacity based on anticipated patient demand & workforce
availability.
- Monitor emerging capacity
pressures & escalate risks to patient access or service delivery.
- Support the Director of Clinical
Services in reviewing appointment structures, session utilisation & deployment of the multidisciplinary workforce.
- Support work to improve same-day
access, planned care & continuity of care.
- Assist with identifying
opportunities to release additional clinical capacity through improved
pathways, workflows & use of the wider multidisciplinary team.
- Support the development of a
clinical model that matches the right patient to the right clinician,
through the right pathway, at the right time.
- Work closely with the Director of
Clinical Services to develop & coordinate a programme of clinical
operational audits.
- Audit clinical activity
appointment utilisation, workforce deployment, clinical workflows & capacity.
- Identify variation in clinical
activity & utilisation across clinicians, services & sites.
- Identify unused capacity
avoidable duplication, unnecessary follow-up activity & other areas of
clinical waste.
- Support audits of appointment
types, consultation activity & clinical pathways to identify
opportunities to improve productivity.
- Collate, analyse & present audit
findings to the Director of Clinical Services.
- Translate audit findings into
clear actions & monitor delivery against agreed improvement plans.
- Coordinate re-audit to demonstrate
whether improvements have been achieved & sustained.
- Support the Director of Clinical
Services in assessing whether clinical workforce resource is being
deployed effectively.
- Support identification of
opportunities to release capacity without compromising quality, continuity
or patient safety.
- Produce dashboards demonstrating
clinical activity, capacity, utilisation, productivity & improvement.
- Support evidence-based decisions
regarding workforce investment & service redesign.
- Contribute to the development of a
clinically effective & financially sustainable primary care operating
model.
- Support measurement of the impact
of service changes, including improvements in capacity, productivity,
patient access, quality & resource utilisation.
- Coordinate & monitor clinician
tasks & clinical workflows across WellBN.
- Maintain oversight of outstanding
clinician tasks & identify delays, backlogs & areas requiring action.
- Coordinate the timely filing & administrative processing of clinician pathology & imaging results.
- Monitor outstanding pathology & imaging workflows to support timely clinical review & action.
- Ensure clinical tasks, pathology & imaging results are appropriately allocated to the relevant clinician
or clinical team.
- Identify overdue, outstanding or
unallocated clinical tasks & escalate these promptly.
- Monitor workflow pressures & support redistribution or escalation where appropriate.
- Escalate significant delays
recurring backlogs or potential patient safety concerns to the appropriate
Clinical Team Lead or Director of Clinical Services.
- Support consistent & auditable
processes for the management of clinician tasks, pathology & imaging
workflows.
- Produce information on outstanding
clinical tasks & workflow pressures to support capacity planning & clinical governance.
- Support assurance processes
demonstrating that clinical tasks and results are appropriately allocated,
reviewed & actioned within agreed timescales.
- Identify recurring workflow
problems & support the Director of Clinical Services in developing
sustainable solutions.
- Coordinate QOF delivery & support proactive performance management throughout the QOF year.
- Monitor relevant clinical
indicators & identify areas requiring additional focus.
- Support effective long-term
condition recall programmes & clinical pathways.
- Coordinate administrative activity
relating to patient recalls & reviews.
- Monitor outstanding clinical
activity & support teams to maximise completion of appropriate patient
care.
- Produce regular QOF & clinical
performance dashboards.
- Identify variation, gaps & emerging areas of underperformance.
- Escalate areas of concern to the
Director of Clinical Services.
- Support targeted improvement plans
where performance is below expectation.
- Work collaboratively with clinical & administrative teams to improve recall effectiveness & reduce
avoidable missed opportunities.
- Support effective planning
throughout the year rather than reliance on year-end recovery activity.
- Coordinate induction programmes
for clinical trainees, students & newly appointed clinicians.
- Coordinate educational timetables & learner placements.
- Manage the administrative
coordination of trainee & student placements.
- Liaise with Training Hubs
universities & other education providers.
- Liaise with educational
supervisors, named educators & clinical supervisors.
- Support educators & supervisors
with trainee & student requirements.
- Maintain appropriate records
relating to trainees, students & clinical placements.
- Coordinate onboarding arrangements
for new clinicians & trainees.
- Coordinate relevant meetings & communications relating to learner placements.
- Ensure educational commitments are
appropriately reflected within workforce & capacity planning.
- Provide high-level operational & administrative support to the Director of Clinical Services.
- Coordinate MDTs & relevant
clinical meetings.
- Prepare agendas, papers
performance information & action logs.
- Monitor agreed actions & ensure
appropriate follow-up.
- Support communication between the
Director of Clinical Services, Clinical Team Leads, clinicians & operational teams.
- Coordinate clinical administrative
processes across services.
- Support implementation of changes
to clinical pathways & working practices.
- Maintain effective systems for
monitoring clinical operational priorities.
- Identify operational issues that
may adversely affect clinical delivery & escalate these appropriately.
- Support optimisation of SystmOne
to improve clinical efficiency, workflow & patient care.
- Support the development & maintenance of appropriate clinical templates & workflows.
- Support improvement of clinical
recall systems.
- Identify opportunities to reduce
unnecessary administrative & clinical workload through improved digital
processes.
- Support effective use of clinical
systems to monitor tasks, results, recalls, appointment activity & clinical performance.
- Work with relevant teams to
improve data quality & consistency.
- Support the Director of Clinical
Services in ensuring that digital processes support rather than create
barriers to effective clinical delivery.
- Coordinate & support clinical
service redesign projects.
- Support implementation of agreed
changes to clinical pathways & operating models.
- Monitor implementation & provide
assurance that agreed actions are being delivered.
- Use data to demonstrate whether
service changes are achieving the intended outcomes.
- Work collaboratively with clinical & operational teams to improve patient pathways & reduce unnecessary
steps or duplication.
- Support improvements in patient
access, continuity, clinical capacity & workforce utilisation.
- Clinical Governance, Quality & CQC Readiness
- Support the Director of Clinical
Services in maintaining effective operational clinical governance systems.
- Coordinate relevant clinical
meetings & maintain clear records of decisions and actions.
- Maintain action logs & actively
follow up outstanding actions.
- Support the collection & organisation of evidence demonstrating safe and effective clinical
systems.
- Provide information & evidence
to support quality assurance and CQC readiness.
- Support audits & improvement
activity arising from clinical incidents, complaints, performance concerns
or identified service risks.
- Identify recurring themes from
operational data & escalate these to the Director of Clinical Services.
- Contribute to maintaining clear
auditable evidence that agreed clinical processes are operating
effectively.
WellBN is preparing to launch a new
organisation in January 2027, alongside an upcoming rebrand and under new
management led by Dr Tom Lever. Its an exciting time to join us as we develop
a progressive, modern approach to general practice, with compassionate patient
care, collaborative working and staff wellbeing at its heart.
WellBN serves approximately 25,500 patients
across our Brunswick, Burwash and Benfield sites in Brighton, Hove and
Portslade.
Our team includes a strong pharmacy
service, paramedics and practice nurses, with a focus on collaboration and
staff wellbeing. We care for a diverse community, including neurodiverse
patients and trans, non-binary and intersex patients, with training and support
provided.
As we move towards the launch of the new
organisation, our ambition is to build a modern, inclusive practice where
patients receive excellent care and colleagues feel supported, valued and able
to develop.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Highly organised, methodical and detail-oriented.
- Self-motivated, proactive and solution-focused.
- Able to exercise sound judgement and manage competing demands.
- Collaborative, adaptable and committed to continuous improvement.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Highly organised, with the ability to coordinate multiple priorities in a complex, fast-moving environment.
- Able to work independently, prioritise effectively and meet competing deadlines.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills across clinical and operational teams.
- Able to analyse data and produce clear reports, dashboards and actionable insights.
- Able to identify trends, variation, inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement.
- Confident using clinical and administrative systems, including SystmOne.
- Proactive, solution-focused and able to anticipate service pressures.
- Able to work collaboratively with the Director of Clinical Services to deliver measurable, sustainable improvements.
Experience
Essential
- Experience coordinating clinical services, rotas, projects, workflows or healthcare administrative processes.
- Experience working with GPs and multidisciplinary clinical teams.
- Experience analysing workforce, capacity, appointment or performance information.
- Experience monitoring high-volume workflows and escalating outstanding actions appropriately.
Qualifications
Essential: - GCSE English and Maths at Grade 4/C or above, or equivalent.
Desirable: - Relevant qualification in healthcare management, business administration, data analysis or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
- Understanding of the operational pressures and complexities of modern primary care.
- Understanding of the relationship between patient demand, workforce deployment, clinical capacity and patient access.
- Understanding of how clinical productivity and resource utilisation affect financial sustainability.
- Commitment to patient safety, quality, confidentiality, accuracy and professional standards.
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First seen
12 October 2026
Last checked
14 October 2026
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