Job Title: Director of Primary Care
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: Yes
DBS Check Level: Enhanced Both Lists
Salary Range: T2
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Part Time
Term Time only post: No
Advert Closing Date: 28/09/2026
Job Overview
Advert wording – to be used on Connect, and to professional bodies:
This role is instrumental in developing and delivering primary care strategy for the island. The role holder will work ESSH, HCJ and with the Health and Care Partnership Board and primary care providers to develop a more integrated health and care system for Jersey.
The Director of Primary Care will be a key member of the Health and Care Partnership Board, and will provide expert advice to Ministers, bringing primary care expertise to influence the strategic direction of health and care at the highest levels. This will include having oversight (including budgetary) for the Health Insurance Fund (HIF) activities and contracts, advising on how available funding can be best utilised to support the availability of effective, highly quality services, and leading the resulting partnership arrangements with primary care providers (including, where relevant, responsibility for contracts and the achievement of associated health and care outcomes).
Job Purpose
Crucial to the success of this role is the ability to be a visible, values-driven leader, working in partnership with Jersey’s Medical Officer of Health, Chief Pharmacist and Nursing & Allied Health Professions Advisor, along with other whole system strategic health and care professional leads, fostering a culture of openness, transparency and partnership. They will develop strong, trusted relationships to drive cultural change and champion improvements in patient care.
Person specification
The Director of Primary Care will:
- be a key member of the Health and Care Partnership Board
- provide strategic and clinical advice across primary care
- provide expert advice to Ministers, bringing primary care expertise to influence the strategic direction of health and care at the highest levels
- be the budget holder for the Health Insurance Fund (HIF), advising on how available funding can be best utilised
- lead partnership arrangements with primary care providers (including, where relevant, responsibility for contracts and the achievement of associated health and care outcomes)
- provide primary care expertise into the development of whole system clinical, workforce and digital strategies
- lead on the implementation and monitoring of agreed developments, improvements and solutions across primary care
- foster a culture of openness, transparency and partnership
- develop strong, trusted relationships to drive cultural change and champion improvements in patient care.
Job Description
Jersey Public Service Careers
Across the Jersey Public Service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wide range of opportunities—working with recognised experts across teams, learning new skills, and developing their careers. We actively seek to recruit people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives, creating a richer, more varied environment where you’re exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new opportunities to build an exciting and rewarding career.
To maintain the highest standards of public service, we have a rigorous screening process, to ensure candidates align with our values, skills, and professional requirements. This helps us create a trusted, capable workforce that can deliver excellence and safeguard our community.
For regulated activity roles (working with children and adults at risk of harm), an enhanced level of screening will be conducted to include enhanced DBS checks.
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