Strategic Clinical Leader for System-wide NHS Transformation

The Methodist Church in Britain; Wolverhampton, Birmingham; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunities to influence system-wide

Flexible engagement across portfolio

Cross-organisational leadership

Job summary

Sessional senior clinical leadership roles within the Medical Directorate of Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull ICB, for a three-year term. The work centres on providing clinical advice and leadership across an allocated portfolio, shaping commissioning, pathways and transformation across the cluster.

Portfolios span primary care governance, long-term conditions, mental health, cancer and diagnostics, urgent care, and women's and children's services, with sessions shared between leads.

Qualifications

• Substantial senior clinical leadership experience.
• Experience across system-level commissioning and transformation.
• Ability to influence across organisational boundaries.
• Evidence-based clinical governance and CPD.

Responsibilities

• Provide credible, evidence-based clinical leadership, advice and constructive challenge to inform strategic commissioning, transformation and improvement
• Lead clinical engagement and build partnerships across primary, community, acute, mental health, local authority and wider system services
• Influence clinical strategies, pathways and service models to improve quality, safety, patient experience and outcomes
• Champion prevention, population health, reducing health inequalities and more integrated care closer to home
• Support innovation, digital transformation, productivity and effective use of system resources
• Lead or contribute to clinical programme groups, governance arrangements and system-wide improvement priorities
• Work across organisational and professional boundaries with commissioners, providers, primary care, local authorities and voluntary partners
• Work with fellow clinical leaders and the Medical Leadership Team to turn strategic ambitions into measurable improvements
• Lead within an allocated clinical or strategic portfolio, which may change with system priorities
• Embed clinical leadership in strategic decision‑making across the cluster

Skills

Senior clinical leadership

NHS commissioning knowledge

Strategic planning

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Data interpretation

Education

Medical degree or clinically based scientific degree

Membership of professional body

Job description

Sessional senior clinical leadership roles within the Medical Directorate of Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull ICB, for a three-year term. The work centres on providing clinical advice and leadership across an allocated portfolio, shaping commissioning, pathways and transformation across the cluster.

Portfolios span primary care governance, long-term conditions, mental health, cancer and diagnostics, urgent care, and women's and children's services, with sessions shared between leads.