Executive Medical Director
An exceptional opportunity has arisen for an outstanding clinical leader to join NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board (ICB) as Executive Medical Director.
This substantive, full-time Board-level role offers the opportunity to lead strategic clinical improvement across Norfolk and Suffolk, serving nearly two million people across diverse urban, rural and coastal communities.
As Executive Medical Director, you will provide system-wide clinical leadership, working closely with the Chief Executive Officer, Board colleagues and partners to improve population health, reduce inequalities and drive innovation in service delivery.
You will champion clinical quality, patient safety and professional leadership across the ICB, ensuring services are evidence-based, effective and responsive to local need. You will also play a central role in shaping strategy, leading transformation programmes and supporting the development of modern models of care that deliver sustainable improvement across health and care services.
Interviews will be held week commencing 15 June 2026.
Main duties of the job
* Core parts of the Executive Medical Director’s portfolio will include:
* Clinical professional leadership across the system and to the ICB
* Medicines optimisation and pharmacy, to include antimicrobial resistance
* Population health management and the interface with public health
* Research and innovation
* Learning from Deaths
Provide professional leadership for medical and clinical governance across the system, ensuring alignment with the NHS Long Term Plan, Health and Care Act 2022, and the Shared Commitment to Quality.
Act as the ICB’s Caldicott Guardian and Clinical Safety Officer (though duties may be delegated as appropriate), providing leadership on data security, patient confidentiality, and safety assurance.
Lead the development and implementation of clinical policy and effectiveness frameworks.
Provide strategic oversight for Individual Funding Requests (IFR) and local funding decisions.
Support the delivery of End-of-Life care strategies in collaboration with Place and Neighbourhood Directors.
Provide strategic oversight on reducing health inequalities, working closely with Primary Care and Neighbourhood Directors.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Must hold current registration as a medical practitioner with the General Medical Council (GMC).
* Evidence of sustained commitment to continuing professional development (CPD).
* Masters degree in health or social care, public health, business administration, or a related field, and a relevant professional qualification.
Experience
* Substantial senior leadership experience at board level within the NHS, social care, or related sectors.
* Demonstrated experience of leading clinical strategy and quality improvement at system level, including across organisational and regional boundaries.
* Proven experience in managing complex change, stakeholder engagement, and strategic partnerships.
* Experience of engaging with political stakeholders, media, and regulators, including within a regional collaborative context.
* Track record of championing clinical innovation, research, and evidence-based practice.
Knowledge
* Strong understanding of NHS clinical governance, commissioning, population health, regulation, and workforce development.
* Knowledge of health inequalities affecting East of England communities (e.g., rural health, coastal deprivation, digital exclusion).
* Expertise in patient safety, safeguarding, quality improvement methodologies, and clinical risk management.
Skills
* Skilled in critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making, including under complexity and uncertainty.
* Excellent leadership, influencing, communication, and partnership-building skills.
Personal Values
* Commitment to NHS values, Nolan Principles, and Fit and Proper Persons requirements.
* Embodies compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leadership behaviours.
* Strong commitment to improving patient outcomes, reducing inequalities, and tackling unwarranted variation across the East of England.
* Demonstrates high personal integrity, openness, and accountability.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
The closing date is 07 June 2026
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