Strategic Clinical Director – Integrated & Population Health
| Posting date: | 18 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £109,725 - £145,478 plus London weighting pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 20 March 2026 |
| Location: | London, NW1 2BU |
| Company: | University College London Hospital |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7815708/309-UCLH-7484 |
Summary
A Vacancy at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a collaborative and system-minded clinician to lead on the next phase of UCLH’s strategy for integrated and population health. This is a brand-new role, initially for 12 months, which will require an individual with exceptional leadership skills and significant expertise in partnership working and integrated health and care.
Following UCLH’s joint appointment alongside partner organisations as the integrator for Camden and Islington, strategic clinical leadership is required to help drive our emerging programmes of work on neighbourhood health and ‘left shift’. Working with colleagues within and outside UCLH, the Strategic Clinical Director will also take a leading role in shaping our Trust-wide integration and population health priorities, aligned with our refreshed organisational strategy.
If you are an experienced consultant working within UCLH or an experienced GP working within our wider system with a passion for working with partners to improve the health of our local population and ensure that the best care is delivered in the right place, we want to hear from you.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a stakeholder panel, followed by a formal interview if successful at stakeholder stage. Preliminary dates for these are as follows:
Stakeholder panel:
11am – 1pm Wednesday 4 March
9am – 11am Friday 6 March
Interviews: 1.30 – 5pm Tuesday 10 March
The post holder will provide clinical leadership to UCLH’s neighbourhood health delivery programmes in Camden and Islington, as well as informing the Trust’s approach to strategic integration and ‘left shift’.
Reporting to the Deputy Director of Strategy, the Strategic Clinical Director (SCD) is expected to ensure that the neighbourhood health programmes have patient safety, quality of care and clinical outcomes at their centre.
The SCD will be responsible for providing strategic clinical leadership and vision to enable the Trust to meet its objectives as an integrator organisation and anchor institution for our local poplation. Central to this role is effective relationship-building and communication with our key system partners and clinicians across NCL, to build a ‘coalition of the willing’.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Key responsibilities and results areas
The SCD is accountable to the Director of Strategy for:
· The effective clinical leadership, design and delivery of a neighbourhood health programme/service for Camden & Islington.
· The design and testing of new health and care pathways to support the delivery of neighbourhood health and left shift.
· Clinical governance of any workstreams/projects agreed as part of this programme (in conjunction with the operational leads for these service areas).
· The cultivation of strong working relationships across NCL with other system partners, including primary and secondary care (acute, mental health and community), Local Authorities, VCSE organisations and NCL ICB.
· The development of an informal ‘coalition’ of clinicians across NCL providers who are, or have ambitions to be, taking a more integrated approach to the delivery of health and care.
· Supporting the design and delivery of a strategic communications programme to increase awareness of existing and future integrated care and population health work at UCLH and beyond, particularly with UCLH staff.
Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
*UCLH top trust to work at in England- In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit:Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit:Why Choose UCLH?
This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Mar 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a collaborative and system-minded clinician to lead on the next phase of UCLH’s strategy for integrated and population health. This is a brand-new role, initially for 12 months, which will require an individual with exceptional leadership skills and significant expertise in partnership working and integrated health and care.
Following UCLH’s joint appointment alongside partner organisations as the integrator for Camden and Islington, strategic clinical leadership is required to help drive our emerging programmes of work on neighbourhood health and ‘left shift’. Working with colleagues within and outside UCLH, the Strategic Clinical Director will also take a leading role in shaping our Trust-wide integration and population health priorities, aligned with our refreshed organisational strategy.
If you are an experienced consultant working within UCLH or an experienced GP working within our wider system with a passion for working with partners to improve the health of our local population and ensure that the best care is delivered in the right place, we want to hear from you.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a stakeholder panel, followed by a formal interview if successful at stakeholder stage. Preliminary dates for these are as follows:
Stakeholder panel:
11am – 1pm Wednesday 4 March
9am – 11am Friday 6 March
Interviews: 1.30 – 5pm Tuesday 10 March
The post holder will provide clinical leadership to UCLH’s neighbourhood health delivery programmes in Camden and Islington, as well as informing the Trust’s approach to strategic integration and ‘left shift’.
Reporting to the Deputy Director of Strategy, the Strategic Clinical Director (SCD) is expected to ensure that the neighbourhood health programmes have patient safety, quality of care and clinical outcomes at their centre.
The SCD will be responsible for providing strategic clinical leadership and vision to enable the Trust to meet its objectives as an integrator organisation and anchor institution for our local poplation. Central to this role is effective relationship-building and communication with our key system partners and clinicians across NCL, to build a ‘coalition of the willing’.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Key responsibilities and results areas
The SCD is accountable to the Director of Strategy for:
· The effective clinical leadership, design and delivery of a neighbourhood health programme/service for Camden & Islington.
· The design and testing of new health and care pathways to support the delivery of neighbourhood health and left shift.
· Clinical governance of any workstreams/projects agreed as part of this programme (in conjunction with the operational leads for these service areas).
· The cultivation of strong working relationships across NCL with other system partners, including primary and secondary care (acute, mental health and community), Local Authorities, VCSE organisations and NCL ICB.
· The development of an informal ‘coalition’ of clinicians across NCL providers who are, or have ambitions to be, taking a more integrated approach to the delivery of health and care.
· Supporting the design and delivery of a strategic communications programme to increase awareness of existing and future integrated care and population health work at UCLH and beyond, particularly with UCLH staff.
Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
*UCLH top trust to work at in England- In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit:Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit:Why Choose UCLH?
This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Mar 2026
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