Interim Associate Director - Primary and Community Care (Band 8D)Duration: 6 months (Interim) Location: South East (hybrid working)An NHS Integrated Care Board in the South East is seeking an experienced interim leader to provide senior, strategic and operational leadership across Primary and Community Care, with a strong focus on community-based care, neighbourhood working and integrated delivery across a Local Care Partnership.This is a high-profile role in a fast-paced environment, working closely with primary care, community providers, local authority colleagues, VCSE partners and system teams to strengthen out-of-hospital care and improve outcomes and equity.The roleLocal Care Network / neighbourhood development - driving integrated, multi-disciplinary models and ensuring resident and VCSE voices are embedded.Primary care transformation - supporting PCNs and system partners to reduce unwarranted variation, improve quality and sustainability, and deliver at-scale contracting and market development where needed.Long-term conditions - providing strategic leadership, convening partners and strengthening delivery and performance insight through effective governance and dashboards.Planning, commissioning and performance - aligning local plans to system strategy, supporting commissioning activity and improving oversight of performance and delivery.Medicines optimisation link leadership - acting as the key interface with the system medicines optimisation function to support plac