Deputy Head of Primary & Community Care

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board; Bromley; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in South London is looking for a Deputy Head of Primary & Community Care. The role involves leading primary care improvements, engaging with healthcare leaders, and managing critical projects. Ideal candidates should have a master's degree and extensive knowledge of healthcare contracts and primary care networks. A commitment to improving health services in Bromley is essential.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Support for personal development

Collaborative team environment

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent professional qualification or management experience.
• In-depth knowledge of the primary care agenda at national and local level.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex problems and provide recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead primary and community care improvement across Bromley.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and support to team members.
• Engage with GPs and other healthcare leaders for successful transformation.

Skills

Facilitative skills

Influencing skills

Negotiating skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Tools

Healthcare contracts knowledge

Understanding of Primary Care Networks

Job description

Go back NHS South East London Integrated Care Board

Deputy Head of Primary & Community Care

The closing date is 27 October 2025

Join Bromley's integrated primary and community transformation team to be a key part of designing and delivering our whole-system model of care, in ine with One Bromley's strategic plan. Like the wider NHS, Bromley faces growing demand for health services in the future; transformation and improvement is required to ensure the sustainability of primary care and the healthcare system as a whole.

We are seeking to recruit to a pivotal role in our team to lead primary and community care improvement across Bromley. The postholder will be leading the design and delivery of key local and national priorities, providing leadership, guidance and support to team members and work with senior leaders on high profile projects. The postholer will represent the team internally and externally, engaging directly with GPs and other primary care leaders, the LMC and wider health and care stakeholders to bring about successful transformation of primary and community care in the borough.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will have individual responsibility for business critical projects and discrete work areas, will be expected to work with a high degree of autonomy and will be required to engage confidently with internal and external partners. The successful individual will demonstrate their ability to use their subject matter expertise in primary care contracting and commissioning together with their understanding of the primary and community care sector to effect positive change for patients.

As Deputy Head of Primary & Community Care, you will work with senior clinical leaders, healthcare professionals and the public. You will be expected to build close working relationships with GP practices and One Bromley health and care partners. You will be required to use your understanding of healthcare policy, population health management and data-driven approaches in your work.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate their knowledge and technical skills as well as excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, plus an ability to build strong working relationships across the health and care system. They will have a flexible, considered and delivery-focused approach to resolving issues and finding solutions to problems.

About us

The South East London Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together the health and care partners that serve our vibrant and highly diverse populations resident in the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Greenwich - our Places.Our partnership brings together six local authorities, over 200 general practices (operating within 35 Primary Care Networks), Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS FT, King's College Hospital NHS FT, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, South London and the Maudsley Mental Health FT and Oxleas FT. Importantly, the ICS seeks to be connected to the communities we serve (circa 1.92m residents) and work with the widest possible range of community, voluntary and third sector groups and organisations in each borough. The reach of our NHS provider portfolios extends beyond the borders of the ICS, across London, the south of England and nationally for some services.Our vision for the ICS is a highly performing, sustainable system that looks after its staff, responds to its communities and takes action to reduce the inequalities they experience.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the duties and responsibilities of the role.

This post is based within a friendly, dedicated and energetic integrated team dedicated to improving health services for people in Bromley. Working in Bromley will offer you the opportunity of peer support and challenge, a chance to learn from a diverse group of people and a collaborative atmosphere in a team which takes pride in its effective teamwork and communication.We recognise the importance of personal development and will support individuals to maximise their potential. The postholder will be expected to work in the Bromley office regularly, in line with the ICBs advice to staff, as well as visiting health care providers, services and patients located across the borough.

Person Specification

Education

• Master's degree or equivalent professional qualification or management experience or
• Knowledge acquired through experience or training

Experience & Knowledge

• Knowledge of healthcare contracts and experience of public sector contracting and procurement
• In-depth knowledge of the primary care agenda at national and local level, especially Primary Care Networks
• Understanding of the workings and challenges of general practice

Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrated ability of highly developed facilitative, influencing and negotiating skills with a range of stakeholders, including clinicians, providers, partners and the public
• Demonstrated ability to provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups, including general practice and the public
• Demonstrated ability to analyse complex problems from sometimes incomplete and multiple sources of information, and produce conclusions and recommendations to clinical and non-clinical decision-makers.
• Demonstrated ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales.

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.

Employer name

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board

£70,396 to £80,837 a yearper annum inclusive of Inner HCAS