Clinical Director for Population Health

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. NHS North East London Clinical Director for Population Health The closing date is 08 November 2026 Apply for this job Job summary NHS North East London (NHS NEL) is recruiting Clinical Director for Population Health at what is a critical time for in developing population health management in North East London. The post holder will be providing clinical leadership, support and guidance to the NHS NEL's Chief Clinical and Quality Commissioning Officer. It is expected that the post holder is already an experienced and embedded senior clinical leader with an existing profile in population health at system level. Being clinically led is key to the success enjoyed to date by the Population Health management programmes operating in north east London. This role is primarily focused on supporting the Chief Clinical and Quality Commissioning Officer to further develop and implement the improvement and transformation across NHS NEL, ensuring robust clinical consultation and engagement. This role will support and work closely with senior colleagues within NHS NEL, assuming SRO / Chairing responsibilities for some key programmes and committees. If you have the skills and experience to make a valuable contribution to the development of digital technology in north east London, we'd love to hear from you. Main duties of the job NEL ICB is responsible for commissioning most health services across NEL and is accountable for NHS spend and performance, ensuring all parts of the local health system work effectively together. The ICS serves a rapidly growing population of two million people that live in North East London. Our agreed ambition as a partnership is that "We will work with and for all the people of north east London to create meaningful improvements in health, wellbeing and equity." Central to delivery of this ambition is making sure everything we do is informed by those with experience of developing and providing services and the lived experiences of patients and our populations. Expert input and leadership from front line clinical and care professionals is a fundamental ingredient to identifying effective and responsive service improvements and transformation. About us These place-based partnerships bring together the NHS, local government and providers of health and social care services, including the VCSE sector, people and communities, to provide a strong understanding of what works well with and what is needed by local communities. Working together in this way brings the ability to integrate local services across health and care and the levers to tackle some of the wider determinants of health, such as housing and employment. Plans for these partnerships are rapidly developing and expected to respond differently, reflecting specific local factors and priorities. They will identify how to meet the needs of the local population better and reduce health inequalities. Many programmes of work will also continue to span the ICS and there is a key role to ensure these wider workstreams are supported by NEL level clinical and care professional leadership, working hand in hand with provider collaboratives and places. Some specialist services and providers operate at an ICS or London wide scale and connecting these together is as critical to our future success and drilling down at place. These NEL level leadership roles are also critical to ensu