Clinical Director - Population Health

Main duties of the job

NEL ICB is responsible for commissioning most health services across NEL and is accountable for NHS spend and performance, ensuring all parts of the local health system work effectively together. The ICS serves a rapidly growing population of two million people that live in North East London. Our agreed ambition as a partnership is that "We will work with and for all the people of north east London to create meaningful improvements in health, wellbeing and equity." Central to delivery of this ambition is making sure everything we do is informed by those with experience of developing and providing services and the lived experiences of patients and our populations. Expert input and leadership from front line clinical and care professionals is a fundamental ingredient to identifying effective and responsive service improvements and transformation.

About us

These place-based partnerships bring together the NHS, local government and providers of health and social care services, including the VCSE sector, people and communities, to provide a strong understanding of what works well with and what is needed by local communities. Working together in this way brings the ability to integrate local services across health and care and the levers to tackle some of the wider determinants of health, such as housing and employment. Plans for these partnerships are rapidly developing and expected to respond differently, reflecting specific local factors and priorities. They will identify how to meet the needs of the local population better and reduce health inequalities. Many programmes of work will also continue to span the ICS and there is a key role to ensure these wider workstreams are supported by NEL level clinical and care professional leadership, working hand in hand with provider collaboratives and places. Some specialist services and providers operate at an ICS or London wide scale and connecting these together is as critical to our future success and drilling down at place. These NEL level leadership roles are also critical to ensuring consistency and equity are maintained across our system and providing a link with NHSE or wider London Networks.

Details

Date posted

12 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 9

Salary

£121,528 to £138,529 a year

pro rata inc HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

161-NELICB-399-A

Job locations

Canary Wharf

20 Churchill Place

London

E14 5HJ

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• oRegistered Clinical practitioner and current valid registration with the relevant regulatory body (GMC, NMC, HCPC etc).

Experience

Essential

• oExperience and evidence of clinical leadership at very senior and system level including currently operating at senior management level.
• oExperience of managing and delivering large scale projects, including managing a related, substantial budget.
• oSignificant experience of working in a clinical commissioning role and experience of working with senior colleagues to deliver commissioning plans.
• oExperience in design and delivery of large scale pathway transformation programmes.
• oExperience of working with regional and national NHS colleagues.

Knowledge

Essential

• oLeadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills.
• oHighly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex, sensitive or contentious matters in difficult situations and influence colleagues
• oHigh level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner; assessing options and drawing appropriate conclusions
• oDetailed knowledge of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy in London and appreciation of the implications.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• oRegistered Clinical practitioner and current valid registration with the relevant regulatory body (GMC, NMC, HCPC etc).

Experience

Essential

• oExperience and evidence of clinical leadership at very senior and system level including currently operating at senior management level.
• oExperience of managing and delivering large scale projects, including managing a related, substantial budget.
• oSignificant experience of working in a clinical commissioning role and experience of working with senior colleagues to deliver commissioning plans.
• oExperience in design and delivery of large scale pathway transformation programmes.
• oExperience of working with regional and national NHS colleagues.

Knowledge

Essential

• oLeadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills.
• oHighly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex, sensitive or contentious matters in difficult situations and influence colleagues
• oHigh level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner; assessing options and drawing appropriate conclusions
• oDetailed knowledge of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy in London and appreciation of the implications.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

NHS North East London

Address

Canary Wharf

20 Churchill Place

London

E14 5HJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://northeastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NHS North East London

Address

Canary Wharf

20 Churchill Place

London

E14 5HJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://northeastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• oRegistered Clinical practitioner and current valid registration with the relevant regulatory body (GMC, NMC, HCPC etc).

Experience

Essential

• oExperience and evidence of clinical leadership at very senior and system level including currently operating at senior management level.
• oExperience of managing and delivering large scale projects, including managing a related, substantial budget.
• oSignificant experience of working in a clinical commissioning role and experience of working with senior colleagues to deliver commissioning plans.
• oExperience in design and delivery of large scale pathway transformation programmes.
• oExperience of working with regional and national NHS colleagues.

Knowledge

Essential

• oLeadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills.
• oHighly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex, sensitive or contentious matters in difficult situations and influence colleagues
• oHigh level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner; assessing options and drawing appropriate conclusions
• oDetailed knowledge of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy in London and appreciation of the implications.