Clinical Senate Chair | NHS England
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 10 Chwefror 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £105,000 per annum pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 12 Mawrth 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | London, E14 4PU |
| Cwmni: | NHS England |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7718433/990-LON-786-E |
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We are seeking applications from experienced practicing clinicians, with system leadership experience and evidence of a commitment to delivery of the 10 Year Plan, for an exciting opportunity to lead this independent clinical body which provides strategic advice and leadership to support best healthcare in London.
The London Clinical Senate provides independent, strategic advice and leadership for healthcare in London, bringing together a broad range of experienced health and care professionals with patients and carers. It is an important part of London’s support to the capital’s Integrated Care Boards to deliver the best health and care outcomes for patients, their families and communities.
We do this by:
• Providing independent clinical advice on major service change to support the NHS England assurance process
• Acting as a clinical critical friend
• Enabling leadership development
• Supporting learning and sharing across systems regionally and nationally
• Working through our strong patient and public partnership model.
The Senate is a non-statutory body hosted by NHS England London. The Senate Council consists of multi-professional health and social care leaders as well as a Patient and Public Voice perspective from patients, carers and citizens.
As an established advisory body, the Clinical Senate can bring together independent multi-disciplinary expertise and experience and at no additional cost to commissioners and providers.
The Chair leads the strategic and operational development and delivery of coherent and effective senate arrangements to shape strategic change and improve the quality of services provided to London's population. Supported by the Head of Senate and Vice Chair they ensure activities are aligned to and support commissioners in improving outcomes for patients and to benefit population health.
The postholder has overall responsibility for clinical leadership, engagement and influence of Senate activities, and chairs Council meetings, overseeing relevant clinical senate reviews and working groups and ensuring effective Patient and Public Voice input.
The regional clinical senate is a flexible and adaptable resource meeting the evolving nature of NHSE and the overall commissioning landscape whilst retaining its independent and impartial remit.
We are looking to appoint a Chair for 2 sessions per week until 31st October 2026 on a fixed term contract or secondment basis (with potential for extension). The chair must be a clinician with recent and in-depth experience and knowledge of the local London healthcare landscape and of working within the London region and with a current registration to their professional body; the remuneration will be medical leader 1 or an equivalent professional salary if the successful applicant is non-medically qualified. Salary payable will be subject to offer
The hours would be worked flexibly and require occasional travel across the London region.
Our work supports the NHS to deliver high quality services for patients and best value for taxpayers.
Our staff bring expertise across hundreds of specialisms — including clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
We lead the NHS in England by:
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money
Earlier this year, the Government announced that NHS England will gradually merge with the Department of Health and Social Care, leading to full integration. The aim is to create a smaller, more strategic centre that reduces duplication and eliminates waste.
If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the recruitment process.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed explanation of the main responsibilities of the post.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
This advert closes on Tuesday 24 Feb 2026