Job summary
PELC is a Community Benefit Society providing
health and social care services. The Society has created an Interim
Transformation Board as a sub-committee of Council to provide direction and
leadership to the organisation, initially for a two-year period. Its role is to strengthen and develop the
Society specifically in the following areas, to prepare for services currently
provided by PELC being re-tendered by North East London ICB:
Business
development, including relationship building
Succession
planning and management development
Climate
change and green policies
Digital
future, including AI
Clinical
skill-mix
Human
Resources
Community
engagement to demonstrate influence on service provision
Non-Executive Directors are accountable to
the Chair of Council and recruited to be specialists in the one of the following
areas:
Finance
Business
Development
Clinical
Services
Main duties of the job
The Non Executive Director Clinical Services provides strategic clinical leadership, independent challenge and senior level expertise to support PELCs transformation, future commissioning readiness, and long term sustainability.The role exists to add clinical credibility, broaden strategic thinking, and strengthen the organisations capability as it prepares for upcoming service retendering and wider system integration priorities noted by the Council (including clinical innovation, digital models and patient engagement priorities).The post holder will not be involved in operational management or daytoday service delivery. Their contribution is strategic, future focused and designed to enhance organisational assurance, leadership capacity, and external confidence in PELCs clinical direction.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide seniorlevel, independent clinical expertise to inform strategic decisionmaking and organisational transformation.
- Strengthen PELCs readiness for future procurement, supporting development of a safe, sustainable and innovative clinical model aligned to NHS priorities.
- Act as a source of constructive challenge and critical friendship to the Executive Team through the Interim Transformation Board (ITB).
- Offer advice on future skillmix, digital opportunities, sustainability and clinical governance assurance in line with the organisations transformation ambitions and the risks identified by Council committees.
About us
The Partnership of East London Co-operatives (PELC) is anot-for-profit, GP led social enterprisedelivering NHS urgent and out-of-hours healthcare services across North East London and West Essex. PELC provides urgent care to a population of over2 million people, operatingfour Urgent Treatment Centresat Queens Hospital (Romford), King George Hospital (Goodmayes), Barking Hospital and Harold Wood Polyclinic. In addition, PELC deliversOut of Hours home visiting servicesand works in partnership withLondon Borough of Redbridgeto operate acommunity bus service, supporting patient access to local healthcare services. All services areCQC-regulated, patient-centred, and focused on safety, quality and responsiveness. As a social enterprise, PELC reinvests any surplus back into service improvement and workforce development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Role Summary
PELC is aCommunity BenefitSociety providing health and social care services. TheSocietyhas created an Interim Transformation Board as a sub-committee of Council to providedirection and leadership to the organisation, initially for a two-year period.
The NonExecutive Director Clinical Services provides strategic clinical leadership, independent challenge and seniorlevel expertise to support PELCs transformation, future commissioning readiness, and longterm sustainability.
The role exists to add clinical credibility, broaden strategic thinking, and strengthen the organisations capability as it prepares for upcoming service retendering and wider system integration priorities noted by the Council (including clinical innovation, digital models and patient engagement priorities).
The post holder will not be involved in operational management or daytoday service delivery. Their contribution is strategic, futurefocused and designed to enhance organisational assurance, leadership capacity, and external confidence in PELCs clinical direction.
2. Key Responsibilities
- Provide seniorlevel, independent clinical expertise to inform strategic decisionmaking and organisational transformation.
- Strengthen PELCs readiness for future procurement, supporting development of a safe, sustainable and innovative clinical model aligned to NHS priorities.
- Act as a source of constructive challenge and critical friendship to the Executive Team through the Interim Transformation Board (ITB).
- Offer advice on future skillmix, digital opportunities, sustainability and clinical governance assurance in line with the organisations transformation ambitions and the risks identified by Council committees.
A. Strategic Clinical Leadership
- Contribute to the development and oversight of PELCs clinical strategy, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and systemwide priorities.
- Advise on future workforce models, including clinical skillmix, sustainability and capacity requirements relevant to future tendering.
- Guide thinking on emerging care models, including digital pathways, AIenabled triage and technologysupported models of care.
- Provide clinical insight into medium and longterm transformation plans developed by the ITB.
B. Quality, Safety & Patient Experience
- Provide independent clinical challenge and assurance relating to:
- patient safety and clinical governance frameworks
- quality indicators, outcome measures and evidence of effectiveness
- patient engagement, experience and voice
- Support the organisation to clearly demonstrate clinical quality and patient impact within tenders, business cases and commissioner engagement.
- Strengthen approaches to clinical risk management in alignment with the organisations BAF and risk register processes noted by committees.
C. Business Development & Tender Readiness
- Contribute to clinical elements of business development, retendering and strategic positioning.
- Help articulate a compelling, credible and evidencebased clinical model for future commissioning.
- Provide expert advice on clinical risk, mitigation strategies and addedvalue propositions in competitive environments.
- Support the development of the organisations clinical narrative, ensuring alignment with NHS priorities, ICS expectations and PELCs social purpose.
D. System Leadership & External Engagement
- Build relationships with clinical and system partners across North East London.
- Act as an ambassador for PELCs clinical values, social mission and transformation objectives.
- Support alignment with NHS reforms, integration priorities and placebased partnerships.
- Provide external horizon scanning on clinical policy, workforce trends, digital transformation and commissioning direction.
E. Governance & Assurance - Serve as a NonExecutive member of the Interim Transformation Board, providing strategic challenge, assurance and leadership.
- Hold the Executive Team to account for delivery of agreed clinical strategies via the Chief Executive.
- Ensure activities align with the ITB Terms of Reference, Council governance arrangements and the improvement priorities discussed in the Council meeting.
- Contribute to strengthening organisational maturity in clinical governance and supporting preparations for future Board evolution.
F. General Responsibilities
- Attend monthly ITB meetings and Council meetings as requested.
- Uphold PELC values, being an appropriate role model for staff and stakeholders
- The post holder must at all times carry out his/her responsibilities with due regard to PELC policies and procedures in particular Equal Opportunities, Health & Safety, Confidentiality and Data protection Act
- The above Job Description is not intended to be exhaustive; the duties and responsibilities may therefore vary over time according to the changing needs of the Society
- Non-Executive Directors do not have any accountability for the overall management of the Society as this sits with the Council
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Role Summary
PELC is aCommunity BenefitSociety providing health and social care services. TheSocietyhas created an Interim Transformation Board as a sub-committee of Council to providedirection and leadership to the organisation, initially for a two-year period.
The NonExecutive Director Clinical Services provides strategic clinical leadership, independent challenge and seniorlevel expertise to support PELCs transformation, future commissioning readiness, and longterm sustainability.
The role exists to add clinical credibility, broaden strategic thinking, and strengthen the organisations capability as it prepares for upcoming service retendering and wider system integration priorities noted by the Council (including clinical innovation, digital models and patient engagement priorities).
The post holder will not be involved in operational management or daytoday service delivery. Their contribution is strategic, futurefocused and designed to enhance organisational assurance, leadership capacity, and external confidence in PELCs clinical direction.
2. Key Responsibilities
- Provide seniorlevel, independent clinical expertise to inform strategic decisionmaking and organisational transformation.
- Strengthen PELCs readiness for future procurement, supporting development of a safe, sustainable and innovative clinical model aligned to NHS priorities.
- Act as a source of constructive challenge and critical friendship to the Executive Team through the Interim Transformation Board (ITB).
- Offer advice on future skillmix, digital opportunities, sustainability and clinical governance assurance in line with the organisations transformation ambitions and the risks identified by Council committees.
A. Strategic Clinical Leadership
- Contribute to the development and oversight of PELCs clinical strategy, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and systemwide priorities.
- Advise on future workforce models, including clinical skillmix, sustainability and capacity requirements relevant to future tendering.
- Guide thinking on emerging care models, including digital pathways, AIenabled triage and technologysupported models of care.
- Provide clinical insight into medium and longterm transformation plans developed by the ITB.
B. Quality, Safety & Patient Experience
- Provide independent clinical challenge and assurance relating to:
- patient safety and clinical governance frameworks
- quality indicators, outcome measures and evidence of effectiveness
- patient engagement, experience and voice
- Support the organisation to clearly demonstrate clinical quality and patient impact within tenders, business cases and commissioner engagement.
- Strengthen approaches to clinical risk management in alignment with the organisations BAF and risk register processes noted by committees.
C. Business Development & Tender Readiness
- Contribute to clinical elements of business development, retendering and strategic positioning.
- Help articulate a compelling, credible and evidencebased clinical model for future commissioning.
- Provide expert advice on clinical risk, mitigation strategies and addedvalue propositions in competitive environments.
- Support the development of the organisations clinical narrative, ensuring alignment with NHS priorities, ICS expectations and PELCs social purpose.
D. System Leadership & External Engagement
- Build relationships with clinical and system partners across North East London.
- Act as an ambassador for PELCs clinical values, social mission and transformation objectives.
- Support alignment with NHS reforms, integration priorities and placebased partnerships.
- Provide external horizon scanning on clinical policy, workforce trends, digital transformation and commissioning direction.
E. Governance & Assurance - Serve as a NonExecutive member of the Interim Transformation Board, providing strategic challenge, assurance and leadership.
- Hold the Executive Team to account for delivery of agreed clinical strategies via the Chief Executive.
- Ensure activities align with the ITB Terms of Reference, Council governance arrangements and the improvement priorities discussed in the Council meeting.
- Contribute to strengthening organisational maturity in clinical governance and supporting preparations for future Board evolution.
F. General Responsibilities
- Attend monthly ITB meetings and Council meetings as requested.
- Uphold PELC values, being an appropriate role model for staff and stakeholders
- The post holder must at all times carry out his/her responsibilities with due regard to PELC policies and procedures in particular Equal Opportunities, Health & Safety, Confidentiality and Data protection Act
- The above Job Description is not intended to be exhaustive; the duties and responsibilities may therefore vary over time according to the changing needs of the Society
- Non-Executive Directors do not have any accountability for the overall management of the Society as this sits with the Council
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant senior-level clinical leadership experience within NHS, ICS or urgent/emergency care settings.
- Experience contributing to or advising on large-scale service transformation, commissioning or re-tendering.
- Background in quality improvement, patient safety, and clinical governance.
- Understanding of digital clinical innovations, AI-supported pathways and future workforce planning.
Skills & Competencies
Essential
- Ability to provide independent, objective and constructive challenge.
- Excellent strategic thinking, clinical risk insight and systems leadership capability.
- Strong communication and influencing skills with senior stakeholders.
- Ability to balance support and scrutiny to strengthen organisational development.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered clinical professional (e.g GP, Consultant, or equivalent senior clinician).
- Evidence of leadership development or senior management learning
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant senior-level clinical leadership experience within NHS, ICS or urgent/emergency care settings.
- Experience contributing to or advising on large-scale service transformation, commissioning or re-tendering.
- Background in quality improvement, patient safety, and clinical governance.
- Understanding of digital clinical innovations, AI-supported pathways and future workforce planning.
Skills & Competencies
Essential
- Ability to provide independent, objective and constructive challenge.
- Excellent strategic thinking, clinical risk insight and systems leadership capability.
- Strong communication and influencing skills with senior stakeholders.
- Ability to balance support and scrutiny to strengthen organisational development.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered clinical professional (e.g GP, Consultant, or equivalent senior clinician).
- Evidence of leadership development or senior management learning
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
