Job Title: Lead Clinical Reviewer
Salary: £45,000 per annum based on full time equivalent
Location: Homebased
Contract Type: Permanent Hours: Full Time, 37 hours per week/Part Time minimum 3 days per week
Right to live and work in the UK without any restrictions is required for this role. Successful candidates will be required to undergo BPSS security clearance.

Role Summary
Optima Health Medical Assessments are proud to partner with Serco, the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) and consortium partners to deliver critical recruitment services for the UK's Armed Forces. Together, we are helping to shape the future of the Armed Forces Recruitment Service (AFRS).

As Lead Clinical Reviewer, you'll provide expert clinical oversight, coordination and delivery of clinical reviews, ensuring decisions are safe, consistent, objective and of the highest quality.

Acting as the senior subject matter expert for clinical review processes, you'll support the team with complex medical information and provide senior clinical judgement where required. You'll play a key role in promoting consistency in clinical decision-making, while supporting effective clinical governance, quality assurance and continuous improvement across Optima Health Medical Assessments.

Main duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead, coordinate, and quality assure clinical reviews across the service, ensuring accuracy, objectivity, and adherence to clinical governance standards.
• Undertake high complexity and high-risk candidate medical record reviews, providing senior clinical judgement and clear rationale.
• Develop and maintain review templates, frameworks, and guidance to enhance consistency and quality.
• Quality, Assurance & Governance
• Ensure that all reviews align with JSP leaflet 6-7-7 standards and the relevant Optima Health Medical Assessments policy.
• Identify themes, risks, and learning from reviews; produce high-quality reports for governance committees and senior leadership.
• Support incident investigation processes providing clinical expertise
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of clinical standards, pathways, and policies.
• Undertake 50% of clinical review work during the week, it is anticipated that this could be part days.
• Lead or support quality improvement projects arising from review findings.
• Provide mentorship, supervision, and training for clinical reviewers and wider clinical staff.
• Facilitate reflective practice, learning sessions, and case discussions.
• Act as a role model for professional standards, clinical reasoning, and compassionate leadership.
• Undertake clinical audit for clinical reviewers, identify trends from the audit. Audit can include target auditing.
• Participate in own audit.
• Deliver training as required.
• Communicate review outcomes sensitively and effectively to candidates.
• Work collaboratively across the clinical review team and engage with the doctor escalation process to promote a culture of openness, learning, and accountability.
• Produce high-quality written summaries of candidate records.
• Analyse review data to identify trends and provide actionable insights.
• Contribute to quality and Governance reports, regulatory submissions, and assurance documentation.
• Undertake any other duties as requested by the Line Manager as deemed
• Some travel may be required for meetings and training; this may include the occasional overnight stay.
• The core hours of work are Monday to Friday, but you may be required to work outside the normal business hours to meet demands.

Experience, Skills, and Knowledge Required for the Role:
Essential:

• Registered healthcare professional (e.g., NMC, HCPC, GMC).
• Extensive clinical experience in a relevant setting with evidence of advanced decision-making.
• Proven experience conducting clinical record reviews, audits, or investigations.
• Strong understanding of clinical governance, quality assurance, and risk management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly.
• Ability to analyse data, identify themes, and produce high-quality summaries.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to influence and support others.

Desirable:

• Experience leading a clinical review team.
• Knowledge of relevant JSP 950 leaflet 6-7-7 standards.

What Can We Offer You?

• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Buy and Sell Holiday Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Pension Scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• Volunteer Days
• YuLife Employee Benefits Platform
• Save As You Earn Scheme
• Eye Test Vouchers
• Flu Vaccination Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Clinical Training Academy
• Paid CPD Days
• Professional Registration Fees Paid
• RAVE Awards
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Right to Request Flexible Working From Day 1

About Us:
Optima Health is the UK's largest provider of Occupational Health and wellbeing services, supporting organisations across both the public and private sectors. With a heritage dating back to 1947, we have been helping employers create healthier, high-performing workplaces for generations, and we continue to evolve with innovative, practical solutions that make a real difference.

At the heart of our story are our people. We bring together like-minded professionals who are passionate about improving workplace health and wellbeing and delivering meaningful support to the organisations we work with across the UK.

When you join Optima Health, you become part of something bigger. We invest in our people/you through structured induction, ongoing training and tailored career development, helping you build the skills and experience to grow your career.

Together, we live our values:
One Team – There are no barriers in our business. We trust each other and work together as one team to deliver what our clients need. We all have a part to play in our future, and everyone's contribution is important and valued.

Doing the Right Thing – We operate to the highest standards. Success is underpinned by honesty and integrity, and by doing what we say we will do. We care about the impact of our work on our people, our clients, their employees, society, and the world we live in. Caring for our colleagues' wellbeing and respecting their time, energy and balance is fundamental to this value.

Shaping Tomorrow – We are always looking for ways to improve and innovate. We train, support and empower future leaders, invest in market-leading propositions and use technology to advance service and clinical outcomes. We evolve how we work - embracing smarter, more flexible approaches that help our people thrive both professionally and personally.

Never Too Big to Care – We always retain a client-first approach. Every client, and every one of their employees that we support, matters. We work in partnership to optimise workplace health and wellbeing, sharing in the benefits of growing together.

All salaries are displayed as Full Time Equivalent (FTE)