Deputy Director - Neighbourhood Health

Help shape the next chapter of neighbourhood health in Kent and Medway. As Deputy Director of Neighbourhood Health and Community Services, you will provide senior strategic leadership for the development and commissioning of integrated, high-quality services, turning ambition into meaningful change for our communities.

Kent and Medway is the first Integrated Care Board (ICB) to have developed a local variation to the Primary Care Network Directed Enhanced Service (PCN DES), underpinning our neighbourhood model. This is an opportunity to build on that pioneering foundation and help shape what comes next. Working with NHS partners, local authorities, primary care and voluntary and community organisations, you will develop neighbourhood health models that respond to population needs, improve outcomes and reduce inequalities. You will lead the community and neighbourhood health elements of our five-year strategy, translating national policy and local intelligence into clear commissioning priorities and service transformation.

Children and young people will be central to your work. You will champion their voices and lived experiences, working with them and their families to shape services that meet their needs and create seamless pathways across all ages.

You will combine strategic vision with a strong focus on delivery, overseeing delegated budgets, contracts and quality to ensure value for money and statutory compliance. Providing expert advice, building strategic partnerships and deputising for the Commissioning Director for Primary, Community and Neighbourhood Health as required, you will help turn shared priorities into integrated services for the people of Kent and Medway. If you are motivated by the opportunity to shape services, bring partners together and make a lasting difference, we would welcome your application.

You will lead the community services and neighbourhood health elements of the ICB's five-year strategy, shaping commissioning intentions, needs assessments and planning processes. Building on the local variation to the PCN DES that underpins our neighbourhood model, you will develop and commission the next phase of neighbourhood health, aligned to national guidance and informed by best practice in commissioning and service design. You will ensure the needs of Kent and Medway residents drive delivery against our strategic commissioning framework and policies. Through co-production, you will shape inclusive service models and a seamless, all-age approach that connects with adult services and provides consistent care pathways. Working across the ICB and with system partners, you will strengthen integration between neighbourhood health, community services, primary care, elective care and wider system priorities. You will manage community and neighbourhood health budgets and contracts, ensuring compliance with the Provider Selection Regime (PSR), value for money and robust provider performance management

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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