Head of Clinical

Overview

In this senior clinical leadership role, you shape Morelife’s clinical model and ensure safe, effective care across contracts. You will lead a high-performing clinical team, drive quality, and act as the CQC Nominated Individual. You’ll influence the digital evolution of our behaviour-change offerings and contribute to business development with clinical data. This role combines hands-on clinical leadership with strategic governance to advance our mission.

Responsibilities

• Set strategic direction for all clinical services to be evidence-based and aligned with organisational goals
• Build and mentor a high-performing clinical team and ensure high standards of practice
• Hold accountability for clinical outcomes and KPI performance across contracts, driving improvement
• Act as the CQC Nominated Individual and Clinical Safety Officer, ensuring inspection readiness and compliance
• Set and maintain clinical protocols, audit outcomes, and oversee safeguarding, incident reporting, and risk management
• Provide hands-on escalation support for complex clinical cases
• Lead clinical input into the Morelife app and digital behavior-change curriculum, directing research and evaluation
• Represent Morelife with ICBs, local authorities and NHS trusts, supporting business development with clinical data and tender input

Key requirements

• 5+ years of clinical leadership experience in a senior role
• Relevant clinical qualification in obesity medicine, nutrition, psychology or related field with substantial weight management/behaviour change experience
• Experience in CQC management, regulatory compliance, inspection readiness, clinical governance, safeguarding and incident reporting; eligible for CQC Nominated Individual status
• Strong data analysis skills for clinical, operational and patient outcomes; proficient in Microsoft Office, CRM systems and electronic health records
• Strategic thinker who can align clinical services with organisational goals
• Strong communicator able to explain complex clinical information to patients, staff, commissioners and senior stakeholders
• Calm, effective, and solutions-focused when managing complex cases or service pressures
• Commitment to patient-centred care, continuous learning and research-informed practice
• Alignment with values of caring, accountability and expertise

• strong communication
• calm under pressure
• problem solving
• data analysis
• electronic health records
• CRM systems

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