Executive Director - Private Healthcare

Excellent senior management career opportunity with one of the UK’s leading  private healthcare organisations.

Our client, a large, well-established private hospital in the West Midlands region, is currently seeking an exceptional natural leader to assume the hospital figurehead role of Executive Director.

The post holder will take up a comprehensive, challenging remit, with key responsibilities to include but not be limited to:

• Provision of strategic direction and leadership for hospital operations
• Maximising the financial and operational performance of the hospital, whilst maintaining high standards of service delivery, in accordance with professional standards.
• Assuming full P&L responsibility for the site
• Ensuring the hospital delivers cost effective healthcare and safe clinical quality and care standards
• Fulfilling the role of Registered Manager for the site as outlined in the Care Standards Act (2000)
• Formulating and implementing a business plan for the hospital in line with the strategic direction of the Group
• Support, motivation and direction of Senior Management Team
• Consultant engagement and retention
• Relationship management with internal and external hospital partners
• Managing the consistent delivery of good, safe service in all aspects of the patient experience, instilling a culture of excellent customer service throughout the hospital
• Clinical governance – establishing a culture which ensures compliance with internal  corporate policy and external regulatory standards across the hospital

Applicants should be ambitious, results-driven, degree-educated (or equivalent) senior management professionals, with exceptional hands-on leadership skills and significant experience of managerial responsibility for several departments, very preferably gained from within a private healthcare setting.  Outstanding relationship management skills, as well as demonstrative commercial/financial acumen and excellent organisational and planning skills (to include risk management) are all essential, as are experience in change management and a proven record of delivering against targets within competitive markets.

An attractive remuneration package awaits the successful applicant, including competitive annual salary (up to £110k p.a., negotiable D.O.E.), performance related bonus, car allowance, pension, private health insurance and life assurance .

For further details, please contact James Parkin at JP Recruit on tel. 0844 357 1157.

Alternatively, to apply on-line, please click on the link provided, including a CV and covering letter where possible outlining strengths and experience applicable to a senior management role within the private healthcare sector.