Associate Clinical Director Evidence Based Clinical PolicyNHS
Job summary
The role maintains and develops the prior authorisation and clinical policy processes of the ICB, ensuring efficient, and equitable care is commissioned for populations and individuals
Main duties of the job
The Associate Clinical Director plays a pivotal leadership role within the Integrated Care Board (ICB), ensuring the effective delivery of the organisation's plans and priorities. Working closely together with other clinical Directors, the Associate Clinical Director provides strategic and operational leadership across a portfolio of programmes, ensuring that system ambitions are translated into tangible improvements in care, outcomes, and experience for local populations. They act as a key interface between strategic planning and operational delivery, ensuring that the ICB's vision and objectives are fully embedded across teams, partners, and programmes.
A core part of the Associate Clinical Director's role is to drive delivery of the ICB plan, ensuring alignment with national policy, local strategies, and partner priorities. This includes overseeing progress against the ICB's core "must-do" requirements while maintaining a sharp focus on longer-term transformation and system development. The Associate Clinical Director ensures that delivery is underpinned by robust governance
Job description
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About us
We are committed to promoting equal opportunities to achieve equity of access, experience and outcomes and to recognising and valuing people's differences. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity; we see this as a strength and part of our founding mission, values and behaviours. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers patient outcomes.
We are committed to creating the best place to work, where your contribution is valued, your wellbeing is supported and all our colleagues can reach their full potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of their protected characteristic. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone, including making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition and support with the recruitment process for people with lived experience.
We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles.
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