Head of Clinical Effectiveness Team

Job overview

The postholder will lead and coordinate the Clinical Effectiveness Programme (CEP) across North West London, providing senior leadership and strategic oversight of clinical effectiveness activities. The North West London (NWL) CEP leads system‑wide clinical quality improvement across NWL, using primary care and population health data to understand variation, reduce inequalities, and support better outcomes for local residents. While its core focus is NWL, the programme is not limited to this geography and its approach can be extended across the wider West North London Integrated Care System (ICS) footprint where beneficial. Working as part of a provider‑hosted ICS function, CEP collaborates across neighbourhood, borough, and NWL‑wide structures to turn data into meaningful insights that improve everyday clinical practice.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will oversee the Clinical Facilitation Manager and team of Clinical Facilitators, the CEP Programme Manager, and the Senior Information Manager, enabling these roles to operate cohesively, effectively and in line with agreed system ambitions.

The postholder will provide strategic, analytical and programme expertise to ensure that CEP has the capability, capacity and coordination required to deliver high‑quality, evidence‑based clinical effectiveness work across borough, multi‑borough and system levels.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please note: This vacancy does not meet the criteria for Skilled Worker sponsorship, unless you meet the criteria by temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22/07/2025. “Separate provisions are applied to workers who have been sponsored and held continuously Skilled Worker visa since prior to 04/04/2024."

As such, if you don’t meet the Transitional Provision (above) we are unable to consider your application unless you can provide documentary evidence of your right to work in the United Kingdom. If you believe you are eligible for sponsorship or already hold a valid right to work in the UK, please ensure you provide full details of your immigration status in the Pre-Screening Immigration section of your application form.

Please note role eligibility also depends on whether the role meets the salary threshold for the relevant occupational code (SOC CODE).

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MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide autonomous, senior‑level leadership of the NWL Clinical Effectiveness programme, shaping strategic direction and overseeing cross‑system delivery
• Drive system‑wide improvements in outcomes, prevention, early intervention and equitable access, ensuring alignment with ICS and national priorities
• Model exemplary professional and strategic leadership standards, providing authoritative insight, intelligence and evidence‑based recommendations to senior leaders and governance groups
• Ensure emerging risks, system pressures and performance issues are identified, analysed and escalated appropriately to enable informed, timely decision‑making.

• Duties and Responsibilities:  the post holder will:
• Lead the development and delivery of a coherent programme strategy for clinical effectiveness across NWL, ensuring alignment with ICS priorities, the NHS Long Term Plan, prevention, early intervention, improved access and reducing health inequalities
• Use population‑health intelligence, stratified data and analytical insight to shape targeted interventions that address unwarranted variation and improve outcomes for disadvantaged groups
• Embed inclusive, culturally competent and co‑produced approaches in programme design and delivery, ensuring meaningful engagement of diverse communities and Experts by Experience
• Plan, design, implement and evaluate programmes using recognised improvement methodologies (e.g., logic models, theories of change, KPIs, PDSA), ensuring measurable impact and sustainable system‑wide change
• Develop robust business cases, investment proposals and commissioning recommendations with clear scope, quality standards, measurable benefits, and financial implications
• Manage programme budgets and resources, ensuring effective financial controls and alignment with governance and organisational priorities.
• Communications and Relationships :  the post holder will:
• Lead identification, mapping and strategic engagement of senior stakeholders across the ICS, including clinical leaders, operational managers, commissioners, system partners, VCSE organisations and residents
• Oversee governance of culturally competent engagement and co‑production, ensuring communities meaningfully influence strategic priorities, service design and evaluation
• Act as the senior liaison between central, borough and place‑based teams, ensuring alignment with strategic plans, consistent communication and coordinated delivery
• Lead collaborative working across ICS organisations and national partners, including NHS England, provider collaboratives and local authorities
• Provide authoritative analysis and strategic recommendations to executive leaders, programme boards and governance groups, articulating risks, dependencies and change impacts to inform decision‑making.
• Staff Management and Leadership:  The post holder will:
• Provide senior, values‑driven leadership aligned with CNWL’s SCARF principles, modelling professionalism, accountability and continuous improvement
• Offer high‑level guidance and assurance to senior clinicians and programme leads to support effective, evidence‑based decision‑making
• Support the CEP Programme Manager to deliver high‑quality outputs, manage interdependencies and meet key milestones
• Foster a high‑performing, inclusive and culturally competent culture that empowers clinical leaders, programme teams and Experts by Experience to collaborate on service redesign and evaluation
• Ensure effective cross‑system coordination and delivery of clinical effectiveness priorities through strong relationships, credibility and strategic engagement.
• Project Management: The post holder will:
• Provide strategic oversight of CEP initiatives and wider system clinical effectiveness programmes, ensuring alignment with ICS priorities, evidence‑based practice and population health needs
• Lead the development of system‑level programme strategies, outcomes frameworks and evaluation approaches that define benefits and guide direction
• Shape and steer complex change strategies promoting digital innovation, data‑driven transformation and analytical insight to improve outcomes, pathway quality and efficiency
• Oversee programme risks, interdependencies, and mitigation planning through robust governance, scenario planning and appropriate escalation
• Ensure all digital and quality improvement initiatives align with national interoperability and regulatory standards
• Oversee data, insight and analysis functions supporting system assurance, ensuring high‑quality reporting, strong governance and audit‑ready documentation
• Apply senior‑level change control processes to assess and approve modifications to scope, timelines or resources, ensuring strategic alignment
• Provide strategic input into financial planning and investment decisions, working with Finance, Estates, Workforce, IT and Quality to ensure programme alignment with organisational and ICS strategies
• Ensure compliance with information governance, data protection legislation and clinical quality standards.
• Autonomy and Freedom to Act: The post holder will: