Overview
In this role you lead and develop the Advanced Paramedic Practitioner cohort within the Cumbria & Lancashire clinical leadership area, ensuring safe, effective clinical practice and governance. You work closely with senior clinical leads to drive high-quality pre-hospital care and professional development. You balance people leadership with operational coordination, clinical governance, and improvement initiatives to enhance patient safety and outcomes. This is a mission-driven opportunity to shape advanced pre-hospital services at scale.
Responsibilities
- Provide visible line management and clinical leadership for the Advanced Paramedic Practitioner team, including appraisal, wellbeing, performance, and development
- Deliver clinical supervision and maintain medicines governance and CPD assurance
- Plan and coordinate rostering, vehicle, equipment and consumables to support safe service delivery
- Maintain advanced clinical competence through shifts and perform clinical leadership during significant incidents
- Monitor clinical quality, audit findings, incidents, risks and performance indicators; translate learnings into improvements
- Coordinate complex case management and contribute to patient safety investigations under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework
- Chair the Area Enhanced Care Forum and support learning across the regional clinical leadership network
- Represent or deputise for the Area Consultant Paramedic and collaborate with operational teams and partners
Key requirements
- HCPC-registered paramedic
- Masters-level qualification in advanced practice
- Formal teaching or mentoring qualification
- Full UK driving licence including category C1
- Appropriate emergency driving qualification
- Substantial autonomous advanced clinical practice and clinical leadership experience
- Ability to communicate complex information and work across professional boundaries
- Compassionate and inclusive leadership with sound judgment and credibility
- Experience applying HR processes, auditing and evaluating, and leading clinical governance
- Compassionate and inclusive leadership
- Effective communication
- Collaborative working across teams
- Advanced pre-hospital clinical practice
- Clinical governance and medicines governance
- Audit and quality improvement
Clinical Support Manager in Preston employer: National Health Service
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work environment for healthcare professionals in North Wales. With a commitment to employee development and a focus on compassionate care, staff have access to continuous professional development opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact in both acute and community paediatrics. The Health Board's integrated approach ensures that employees are part of a dynamic team dedicated to improving health outcomes for the local population.
