Regional Medical Officer jobs

You will provide senior clinical leadership within the ICB as part of the Chief Medical & Outcomes Officer (CMOO) team.

You will be the CMOO lead for all aspects of commissioning of primary and community care, including the Neighbourhood Health programme.

Provide clinical leadership on all aspects of primary care and neighbourhood working in conjunction with the Director of Primary and Community Care.

Lead communications and delivery of the GP, Pharmacy, Optometry and Dentistry Development Plans as well as Neighbourhood development and delivery

Provide key clinical leadership and oversight of clinical directors

Clinical oversight and direction concerning new and existing local services

Support the Primary Care Estates strategy from a clinical perspective

Support the Chief Digital Officer and CCIO digital development in Primary Care and Neighbourhood.

Provide clinical leadership for all primary care delegated services (GP and POD) including holding to account primary care colleagues where performance concerns have been identified.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

We are committed to a culture that supports all staff at NHS Kent and Medway to be the best version of themselves.

Our ability to improve outcomes for our population depends on how effectively clinical, operational, financial and strategic professionals work together to make informed commissioning decisions. That’s why our workforce works a minimum of two days-a-week on-site, with the expectation that all one-to-ones are held face-to-face and that colleagues will regularly visit the services we are commissioning to understand more about them.

We believe regular on-site working supports stronger collaboration, faster problem-solving, peer learning, visible leadership and the integration of colleagues into our organisation. We also know that culture is built through shared experiences and day-to-day interactions.

We are a flexible working friendly organisation; we aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.

We work with staff to agree objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal and access to training opportunities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation.

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