job descrption

We are currently looking to recruit a Head of Primary Care Delivery to join our team, to work as part of the Primary Care Place team within the Primary Care Directorate working across the places of North East London (NEL), to implement the Primary Care strategy.

The post-holder will provide leadership to a designated place and work with the Director of Primary Care Delivery and Deputy Director of Primary Care Delivery to oversee and implement the strategic and operational development of primary care across a designated place within the ICB.
• Working with the Deputy Director, manage the team’s business support function, including developing and managing the team’s annual work programme, progress and dashboard reporting and risk and issue management
• Ensuring that the ICB has the required systems and processes in place to take decisions in relation to the commissioning, procurement and management of primary medical services contracts in line with the delegation agreement from NHS England having due regard for conflicts

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• Manage all business returns, including planning and workforce returns, liaising with internal and external parties as appropriate
• Develop and implement a primary care management system to ensure information is properly managed and best practice is shared across Place, the team, wider NEL directorate and the wider NHS and Social Care organisations
• Support the strategic planning of the directorate’s programmes and projects, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impact on the wider organisations priorities, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary
• Develop and deliver project plans, allocating tasks as appropriate, identifying risks, issues and dependencies, considering best practice and current options, and monitoring the progress of projects such as the roll out of the fuller programs.
• Produce and present reports on primary care issues for Boards and Committees as required

North East London is steeped in history and culture, and home to over two million people (and rising). It’s the most diverse area of the UK; and because of that, one of the most exciting and vibrant places to work.

NHS North East London works with our health, social care, voluntary and community partners and residents) to plan and buy health services to meet our population’s needs, making sure all parts of the local health and care system work effectively together. We work as part of the North East London Integrated Care System northeastlondonhcp.nhs.uk

We make sure residents and visitors have the best physical and mental health and have good access to high-quality health and care services. We have a vision to “work with and for all the people of North East London to create meaningful improvements in health, wellbeing and equity.”

We serve eight local authority areas: Barking and Dagenham; City of London; Hackney; Havering; Newham; Redbridge; Tower Hamlets; and Waltham Forest.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: William Cunningham-Davis Job title: Director of Primary Care Delivery Email address: william.cunningham-davis@nhs.net