Senior Primary Care Network Development Manager

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Part time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a dynamic Senior Primary Care Network Development Manager to lead healthcare transformation projects. This part-time role involves project oversight, stakeholder engagement, and commitment to improving primary care services across London. Candidates should have prior experience in project management, primary care, and team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in project management.
• Understanding of primary care and change management.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall planning and oversight of PCN development and transformation.
• Manage projects addressing health inequalities and improving population health.
• Engage with stakeholders to support service delivery.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Degree or equivalent

Project Management qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Health Policy Tools

Job description

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16 hours a week based on-site.

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delivery of patient centered projects?

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• Health Inequalities
• Population Health Management
• GP Practice resilience
• Integrated care

Job Summary

16 hours a week based on-site.

Are you an experienced project manager with a good knowledge of primary care? Do you have skills in partnership working and the delivery of patient centered projects?

We would love to hear from you!!

Our Team Delivers Projects In:

• Health Inequalities
• Population Health Management
• GP Practice resilience
• ARRS development
• Integrated care
• Improving patient access
• Community engagement
  
  

You will be part of a team that works closely to support and learn from one another, and across PCNs.

• You will be a qualified Project Manager with at least 2 years of experience.
• You will be able to demonstrate delivery in the primary care sector.
• You will understand the pressures faced by staff in GP practices.
• You will be a team player with excellent communication skills.
• You will have an eye for detail and a sound understanding of common project management processes.
  
  

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a dynamic and motivated person with experience of primary care and project management.

You will be used to working in a fast-paced changing environment whilst and using resources to create service models.

You Will:

• Ensure the delivery of key targets and a range of business, transformation, and improvement initiatives across the PCN providing leadership and supporting strategy.
• Develop strong relationships and engage with a wide range of stakeholders across the PCN to ensure collaborative approaches to service development and delivery of the recommendations of the Fuller Stocktake.
• Be responsible for managing agreed projects which focus on addressing inequalities and improving population health in the PCNs. The post holder will ensure that these are evidence based, data driven and directly address the needs of the local population
  
  

About Us

The West London GP Federation (London Medical Associates) was established in 2014 and restructured in 2020 to a "Federation of PCNs"

The LMA Federation has developed a range of primary care services services at scale to support our PCNs and practices which include: a hub delivery of extended hours and frailty home visiting service, supporting ARRS roles in practices, and administrating the suite of out of hospital services delivered by GP practices in West London. The Federation covers five PCNs ranging in size from 31,000 to 102,000 population.

This role is part of a wider integration and transformation team across the five PCNs to share best practice and offer peer support and learning. You will be innovative in nature and willing to lead at a place level.

Details

Date posted

16 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience Up to £65,000 pro rata, role is 16hrs a week

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

2 years

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

B0178-23-0007

Job locations

Earls Court Health Centre

Hogarth Road

London

SW5 0PT

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Transformation oversight and delivery

• Support the Clinical Director to lead the overall planning and oversight of PCN development and transformation.
• Lead and support the review and development of systems to monitor PCN development and maturity, and practice resilience and performance.
• Interpret national and local health policy and guidance in areas of responsibility to inform the work of the PCN.
• Update, maintain, organise, gather, and analyse information to predict/meet future organisational and team needs.
• Develop relationships with current and potential partners to progress mutually beneficial initiatives and service developments.
• Promote positive working relationships with other services and other organisations and agencies externally.
  
  

Project Management

• Systematic approach to project delivery and governance o Ensure that business cases, project initiation document (PIDs), project plans, and service specifications are produced to a high standard and that projects meet key milestones.
• Chair or participate in relevant project team meetings or working groups, providing expert advice and information, and coordinating stakeholders in the development and delivery of designated projects
• Work with clinicians and service leads to identify service development and re-design opportunities to deliver efficiencies in care delivery and/ or improvements in patient experience for the PCN population.
• Ensure that meaningful systems for involving service users, staff and the public in business and service development are established.
• To horizon scan ensuring that all digital innovation related to primary care and general practice is reviewed and assessed against the needs of the PCN, leading on pilots of new digital technology where appropriate.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of and apply all new directives, health services guidelines, advance letters and any legislation that will impact upon service developments.
  
  

Primary Care Resilience And Developments

• Undertake analysis of performance data and capacity and demand data to identify areas for service redesign and collaborative working.
• Present complex, sensitive and highly contentious information and solutions to managers and teams in a manner that generates understanding and support, having analysed the evidence and options.
• Where necessary work with practices who are underperforming to develop action plans based on the NWL Clinical Effectiveness model
  
  

Population Health

• Support Population Health Management (PHM) & Clinical Effectiveness (CE) including the development and implementation of PHM and CE workstreams across practices and the PCN interfacing with colleagues in the, ICB, borough NHS team, inequalities and WSIC team.
• Use appropriate data and population health tools to identify need in the PCN and to evaluate impact of key projects and interventions.
• Promote and develop services in a way which demonstrates the impact population health outcomes.
  
  

Job description

Job responsibilities

Transformation oversight and delivery

• Support the Clinical Director to lead the overall planning and oversight of PCN development and transformation.
• Lead and support the review and development of systems to monitor PCN development and maturity, and practice resilience and performance.
• Interpret national and local health policy and guidance in areas of responsibility to inform the work of the PCN.
• Update, maintain, organise, gather, and analyse information to predict/meet future organisational and team needs.
• Develop relationships with current and potential partners to progress mutually beneficial initiatives and service developments.
• Promote positive working relationships with other services and other organisations and agencies externally.
  
  

Project Management

• Systematic approach to project delivery and governance o Ensure that business cases, project initiation document (PIDs), project plans, and service specifications are produced to a high standard and that projects meet key milestones.
• Chair or participate in relevant project team meetings or working groups, providing expert advice and information, and coordinating stakeholders in the development and delivery of designated projects
• Work with clinicians and service leads to identify service development and re-design opportunities to deliver efficiencies in care delivery and/ or improvements in patient experience for the PCN population.
• Ensure that meaningful systems for involving service users, staff and the public in business and service development are established.
• To horizon scan ensuring that all digital innovation related to primary care and general practice is reviewed and assessed against the needs of the PCN, leading on pilots of new digital technology where appropriate.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of and apply all new directives, health services guidelines, advance letters and any legislation that will impact upon service developments.
  
  

Primary Care Resilience And Developments

• Undertake analysis of performance data and capacity and demand data to identify areas for service redesign and collaborative working.
• Present complex, sensitive and highly contentious information and solutions to managers and teams in a manner that generates understanding and support, having analysed the evidence and options.
• Where necessary work with practices who are underperforming to develop action plans based on the NWL Clinical Effectiveness model
  
  

Population Health

• Support Population Health Management (PHM) & Clinical Effectiveness (CE) including the development and implementation of PHM and CE workstreams across practices and the PCN interfacing with colleagues in the, ICB, borough NHS team, inequalities and WSIC team.
• Use appropriate data and population health tools to identify need in the PCN and to evaluate impact of key projects and interventions.
• Promote and develop services in a way which demonstrates the impact population health outcomes.
  
  

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience and understanding of performance and change management, planning, budget setting and contracting processes, in primary care
• Significant experience of managing the delivery and improvement of services within a complex and diverse organisation.
• Experience of supporting the development of strategies to meet changing organisational needs.
• Experience and understanding of primary care commissioning and PCN development.
• Experience of managing and delivering programmes and projects, including the ability to implement, evaluate and modify as necessary and ability put in place systematic reporting on progress across all projects using a programme management approach.
• Significant experience of working with and manipulating data, producing reports, and data analysis
• Significant experience of working with General Practice
• Knowledge of GP Clinical systems
  
  

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent
• Evidence of ongoing personal and Professional development
• Project Management qualification
  
  

Desirable

• Educated to masters level with additional in-depth professional knowledge in own discipline.
  
  

Essential

Skills and abilities

• Skills and abilities
• The ability to work in partnership with lead clinicians and individuals within and outside the PCN and a partnership approach to working across organisations.
• The ability to analyse complex issues, to think and plan to achieve both tactical and strategic objectives, and to exercise sound judgement in the face of conflicting pressures.
• The ability to work across the system and provide leadership.
• Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales.
• Ability to understand a broad range of highly complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft software packages, particularly fluent in MS Excel and Word.
• Highly developed oral and written communication skills to effectively deliver complex and often sensitive key messages, and information, persuasively to a range of stakeholders both internal and external to the PCN
• Comprehensive knowledge of project principles including PRINCE2
• Personal attributes
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including persuasion and negotiation, with the ability to work closely and effectively with staff at all levels.
• Proven team player who works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects, and learns from the contribution of others.
• Ability to work autonomously while able to deal with an ambiguous and changing environment.
• Tactful and diplomatic
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

• Skills and abilities
• The ability to work in partnership with lead clinicians and individuals within and outside the PCN and a partnership approach to working across organisations.
• The ability to analyse complex issues, to think and plan to achieve both tactical and strategic objectives, and to exercise sound judgement in the face of conflicting pressures.
• The ability to work across the system and provide leadership.
• Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales.
• Ability to understand a broad range of highly complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft software packages, particularly fluent in MS Excel and Word.
• Highly developed oral and written communication skills to effectively deliver complex and often sensitive key messages, and information, persuasively to a range of stakeholders both internal and external to the PCN
• Comprehensive knowledge of project principles including PRINCE2
• Personal attributes
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including persuasion and negotiation, with the ability to work closely and effectively with staff at all levels.
• Proven team player who works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects, and learns from the contribution of others.
• Ability to work autonomously while able to deal with an ambiguous and changing environment.
• Tactful and diplomatic
  
  

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 details

Employer name

West London GP Federation

Address

Earls Court Health Centre

Hogarth Road

London

SW5 0PT

Employer's website

https://westlondongpfederation.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

West London GP Federation

Address

Earls Court Health Centre

Hogarth Road

London

SW5 0PT

Employer's website

https://westlondongpfederation.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

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