CEO Kent & Medway Primary Care Provider Collaborative

Kent PLC; Maidstone; Hybrid; GBP 135,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

Kent Local Medical Committee on behalf of the Kent & Medway Primary Care Provider Collaborative (PCPC) seeks a Chief Executive Officer to lead mobilisation, governance and strategic direction. The role will shape the collaborative's future and position primary care as a credible partner in the wider system.

This leadership position requires experience at senior level in complex health environments, political acumen and the ability to mobilise diverse stakeholders to deliver measurable impact.

Qualifications

• Strong track record of executive leadership in complex health environments.
• Ability to lead multistranded programmes with confidence.
• Strategic thinker with ability to see the whole system and act with clarity.

Responsibilities

• Lead mobilisation, governance and strategic direction for the PCPC.
• Shape its vision, build relationships and develop new models of care.
• Engage across practices, federations, regulatory bodies, and national networks.

Skills

Executive leadership

Strategic thinking

Relationship building

System thinking

Job description

This role has been advertised by the Kent Local Medical Committee on behalf of the Kent & Medway Primary Care Provider Collaborative.

Chief Executive Officer Kent & Medway Primary Care Provider Collaborative (PCPC)

Flexible contract with a minimum 3 days per week. Big influence. Real system impact.

Salary up to £150k per annum pro rata.

Kent & Medway is creating something new a Primary Care Provider Collaborative that will give general practice and the wider primary care family a stronger, more strategic and more unified voice. Were looking for a Chief Executive who can take this from concept to reality and shape its future.

This is a role for a leader who thrives in complexity and knows how to build trust fast. You will be the architect of the PCPCs mobilisation, governance and strategic direction, and position primary care as an authoritative, credible partner in the wider system.

Main duties of the job

• You’ll bring senior level experience, political acumen and the confidence to operate at Chief Executive level. You’ll understand the pressures and potential of primary care and know how to turn ambition into delivery. You’ll connect people, challenge convention and create the conditions for genuine collaboration.
• Your work will set the tone for the collaboratives future. You’ll shape its vision, build its relationships, and lead the development of new models of care that shift activity upstream and closer to communities. You’ll ensure the PCPC is digitally enabled, data driven and equipped to deliver measurable value for practices, partners and the population.
• You’ll be the voice of primary care at scale in system conversations clear, credible and influential. You’ll engage widely across practices, federations, regulatory bodies, professional bodies, the ICB and national networks; building momentum and strengthening collective impact.

Qualifications and Experience

• To succeed, you’ll need a strong track record of executive leadership in complex health environments and the ability to lead multistranded programmes with confidence. You’ll be a strategic thinker, a relationship builder and a leader who can see the whole system and act with clarity.

If you’re excited by the opportunity to build on strong existing foundations, bring people and ideas together, and help primary care find a stronger, more influential voice, this is your moment.

The Kent & Medway Primary Care Provider Collaborative (PCPC) will launch in 2026 to provide a unified, strategic and influential provider voice for primary care. The Chief Executive will lead the mobilisation, legal establishment, governance, and strategic positioning of the collaborative during its critical first year.