Clinical Lead for Data and Digital Policy in London

Area of work: Policy - Clinical Informatics and data

Contract type: 3-year fixed term (with potential extension)

Employment type: Part-time (2 days per week / equivalent to 4 GP sessions)

Salary: £48,517.12 (Annual take-home equivalent for 16 hours per week)

Location: Hybrid - approx. 1 day per week in London office; the remaining time remote

Start date: ASAP

Closing date: 7 April 2026

Benefits: Comprehensive package including flexible working, professional development, wellbeing support, and active staff networks

Overview: This is a high-impact opportunity for a qualified GP with strong interest or experience in digital health, data policy, and clinical informatics to shape national policy and support the future of data and digital transformation in general practice. As Clinical Lead for Data and Digital, you will provide authoritative clinical insight across a wide portfolio of digital, data, AI and informatics work. You will help ensure policy positions, guidance, research activity and external communications are grounded in credible, current clinical expertise. You will play a visible role, advising on national policy proposals, supporting specialist interest groups, contributing to research programmes (including major data partnerships), and helping strengthen digital capability and confidence across the GP workforce.

What You'll Be Doing

• Policy Influence & Clinical Insight

• Provide expert clinical leadership on digital and data policy affecting general practice.
• Conduct horizon scanning on emerging issues (e.g., AI, voice technology in consultation rooms, data handling challenges, interoperability).
• Shape organisational positions across campaigns, policy and external communications.
• Represent the College at national committees including the Joint GP IT Committee (RCGP-BMA).
• Advise and challenge government proposals relating to NHS digital and data reforms.
• Engage with specialist interest groups (Health Informatics SIG, AI SIG), helping prioritise activity within realistic resource constraints.
• Support devolved nation teams on UK-wide policy consultations.

• Help develop guidance, resources, and e-learning on digital, data and AI issues.
• Identify capability gaps among GP members and advise on relevant training needs.
• Ensure digital and data content aligns with educational and CPD priorities across the College.

• Provide expertise to research programmes using GP data, ensuring ethical, regulatory and professional compliance.
• Support the nationally significant Research and Surveillance Centre, including work with the University of Oxford.
• Promote trust, transparency and confidence in the use of GP data for research and surveillance.
• Advise on evaluating and scaling digital innovations in general practice.

About the Team

You will join a collaborative, multidisciplinary policy and professional team working closely with experts across: policy and public affairs, research and innovation, education and CPD, clinical leadership, and specialist interest groups.

What We're Looking For

• Essential

• Qualified GP (GMC registered and in good standing).
• Experience in health informatics, digital projects, or data-related work in general practice.
• Strong stakeholder engagement experience.
• Good understanding of UK health data policy, GDPR, and relevant regulatory frameworks.
• Ability to interpret and communicate complex information clearly, including supporting data visualisation.
• Strong interpersonal skills, diplomacy and communication.
• Ability to work independently and prioritise effectively with limited time and resources.

• Postgraduate qualification in informatics or equivalent experience.
• Experience developing clinical guidance or educational resources.
• Experience working on regional or national digital health initiatives (NHS England, ICBs, ALBs, think tanks, etc.).

Person Specification

• Collaborative and supportive team member.
• Flexible and responsive to changing priorities.
• Motivated by improving patient care through digital transformation.
• Analytical thinker with strong attention to detail.
• Confident in representing clinical perspectives internally and externally.

Additional Information: 2 days per week = 4 clinical sessions. Hybrid working: typically 1 day a week in London, 1 day remote (flexibility available). Mixture of internal meetings (policy team, clinicians, SIGs) and external engagement (BMA, NHS bodies, committees).