Nuffield Health
Director Of Operations

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Director of Operations
Brighton Hospital | Operations Management | Full Time | Permanent
Up to £80,000.00 Per Annum depending on experience
37.5 hours per week
Nuffield Health is Britain’s largest Healthcare Charity. If you’re passionate about creating success and driven to continually improve the work environment for the good of others, there’s nowhere better to be. So, why not bring your expertise to our Nuffield Hospital and help us build a healthier nation?
As an integral part of Brighton’s Senior Management Team you will support the development of the Charity’s overall strategy and be accountable for ensuring operational performance is focused on service excellence. You will contribute to our purpose to build a healthier nation by providing leadership to a broad range of non-clinical services across your hospital to deliver the highest standards of performance and customer service to all key stakeholders.
Operations include, but are not limited to, business development, process improvement, facilities management, housekeeping, administration, communication, information governance, health & safety, third party providers, maintenance and service contract delivery.
As Director of Operations you will:
- Support the Health Systems Director and Director of Clinical Services leading and developing the Hospital ensuring that performance exceeds agreed quality and financial targets
- Provide clear leadership and direction for specific services within the organisation, in line with Nuffield Health strategic goals
- Share knowledge, expertise, best practice and efficient, effective ways of working across the site and with colleagues in Nuffield Health.
- Budget management – to develop budgets to support the service functions with accountability for working within budgets; and providing timely management information
- Provide insight to help shape the local self-pay pricing strategy to ensure local competitiveness
- Deliver a patient pathway that ensure high levels of customer service to all beneficiaries
- Endorse the charity’s connected service propositions to the local consumer market in line with the Hospital's sales plan
- Guarantee the delivery of the Hospitals growth plans and achievement of revenue targets through service development activities.
- Foster a cross-functional working relationship with other hospitals in the region, looking at opportunities to share resource and knowledge.
- Coach, mentor and role model a ‘Customer First’ culture.
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- Experience of managing outsourced services
- Project management experience
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We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. From free private healthcare to gym membership, a cycle to work scheme and more. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.
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At Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital, we work with leading medical Consultants to provide first-class treatments and high standards of care for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of a wide range of medical and surgical conditions using the latest facilities and technology. We take pride in delivering high standards of patient care to both private patients and the NHS. Our facilities include 44 purpose built en-suite rooms, 3 operating theatres plus 1 endoscopy theatre. Other facilities include physiotherapy and a diagnostic department. We are located in Woodingdean, on the east side of Brighton with easy access by rail and road, including free parking.
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