Clinical Lead (GP MedTech Startup)

We’re looking for the right individual to join our growing team at Hippo Labs, contributing to important, impactful work in the healthcare technology space.

Our Clinical Lead will be a practicing NHS GP who will work closely on our Proactive Care Automation product, offering clinical input and oversight. You’ll wear many hats including talking to our customers, helping to shape our clinical content and driving our compliance and regulatory agenda.

You don’t need to have had experience working in a software company before, but as a start-up with a fast-paced, high performance culture, we’re looking for a clinician who can adapt quickly and fit in with our team and our culture.

The role is based at our Head Office in London (SE1) with some flexibility to work from home. We’re ideally looking for a part-time candidate (2-3 days per week) but are open to full-time applications provided you maintain at least 1 session per week as a practicing NHS GP.

The salary range for this role will be competitive and aligned with similar positions in the market.

What you’ll be doing in this role

• Clinical Voice: Leverage your knowledge and experience to provide expert clinical input into our product design and development.

• Clinical Content: Review, refine, and build out our clinical content portfolio to ensure it’s accurate, useful, and evidence-based.

• Compliance & Safety: Act as the Clinical Safety Officer and Caldicott Guardian, guiding our compliance and regulatory agenda.

• Collaboration: Work with sales and customer success teams to ensure customers understand the value of our products.

• Product Development: Help evaluate and prioritise feature development to ensure practice needs are met.

• Know everything Hippo: Build a deep understanding of our products and the needs of our practices / their patients – this is critical to everything else.

• Is a qualified GP with an active GMC registration and experience in NHS primary care.

• Has a strong understanding of NHS Primary Care, including QOF, and call/recall processes.

• Is passionate about improving operational efficiency and patient outcomes in primary care.

• Has a strong interest in product and design, ideally beyond healthcare technology.

• Takes initiative, is entrepreneurial and is comfortable owning projects independently.

• Is thoughtful & organised, can manage multiple priorities while maintaining high attention to detail and quality outcomes.

• Loves solving problems, combines curiosity and analytical skills to overcome hard challenges creatively and intelligently.

• Is adaptable and able to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.

• Is curious and eager to learn, bringing their clinical experience into the start-up world.

• Is a team player, able to communicate effectively while also listening to get the best outcomes for our product and customers

Preferred but not required:

• Experience working with digital clinical safety regulations (e.g., DCB0129).

• Experience in healthcare technology or digital health initiatives.

• Experience working in a start-up environment.

Even if you don’t meet all the criteria, we encourage you to apply if you’re excited about the role and believe you have the skills to succeed.

Role Details

• Hours: Part-time (2-3 days per week) preferred, full-time considered.

• Salary: Competitive, based on experience.

• Location: London (SE1) – we prefer working together in the office, but you’ll have the flexibility to work from home when needed.

• Hiring process: Our process will be c. 2-3 stages after application. We’re looking to complete the process by mid-February.