Medical Director for Primary Care

The East of England regional team are seeking a regional medical director for primary care who will be a champion for primary care across the region working alongside other teams within the region as well as a link to the National Team.

This role will provide clinical and professional leadership for primary care, taking leadership responsibility for improving all aspects of clinical care and outcomes, particularly focusing upon general practice.

Please note that the appointment will be a 0.6 WTE position. The post holder will support the Regional Medical Director, the Regional Director of Primary Care and Public Health, and the national Medical Director for Primary Care. The post-holder will be a practising primary care clinician and will be expected to maintain a regular clinical commitment.

Main duties of the job

The key accountabilities include the following:

• Supporting regional delivery effectively across the primary care portfolio, particularly in supporting the delivery of Integrated Care Systems and primary care networks.
• Supporting the region effectively with specific areas of work requiring a primary care perspective and clinical leadership.
• Supporting effective system leadership across the regional primary care systems with ability to develop system leadership skills.
• Developing productive partnerships with key regional and local influencers and stakeholders in primary care.
• Operating effectively in a changeable, demanding and politically sensitive environment.
• Supporting the regional team as experts in primary care, developing the authority and respect of peers and senior regional and local leaders in general practice.
• Successfully managing potentially antagonistic situations with stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes, often dealing with complex and conflicting issues.
• Employing effective communication, negotiation and influencing skills to enable stakeholder relationships to deliver objectives.

About us

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all. We will achieve this purpose by:

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care.
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for more details about the role and its responsibilities.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Experience, registered practising Primary Care clinician with a well-developed understanding of current health and social care issues and policy.

Experience and Knowledge

• Commitment to and focused on quality, equality and inclusion, promotes high standards in all they do.
• Consistently thinks about how their work can help, and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients.
• Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
• Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and can take actions which support and promote this agenda.
• Experience of working in or with a PCN and supporting their development.
• Experience and ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior and other stakeholders.

Skills, Abilities and Attributes

• Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources (verbal/written and numerical).
• Demonstrable ability to plan over short/medium- and long-term time frames and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
• Demonstrable commitment to partnership working with a range of external organisations.