Director of Operations

3 weeks ago


Bushey Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Spire Healthcare Group plc Full time

Operations Director - Spire Bushey - Hertsmere, Hertfordshire, East of England

£Comprehensive Market Leading Package

The story so far…

Spire Healthcare was established following the acquisition and rebranding of 25 BUPA hospitals in 2007. Substantial capital investment in our organisational infrastructure since then grown the business significantly and today we have 38 hospitals along with 50 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms across England, Wales and Scotland. We work closely with more than 8,760 distinguished consultants providing outstanding personalised care to more than 926,000 patients annually and are a trusted partner of the NHS.

Spire Bushey, one of our largest and flagship hospitals, located close to the town centre and within easy reach of the M1 and M25. The Hospital comprises 4 facilities, including a state of the art diagnostic centre. Importantly, the hospital has developed strong community relations whilst establishing its strong employer brand together with an enviable reputation for providing high quality personalised care. Long term investment across the site means there are many ongoing capital and organisational transformation projects, making this thriving hospital an exciting, challenging and developing career proposition.

As a group, Spire Healthcare was announced as winner of the ‘Best Workplace for Learning and Development - Over 1,500 Nursing Staff category’ at the Nursing Times Workforce Summit & Awards 2021. The award recognised the introduction of a whole range of learning and development initiatives for clinical and non-clinical colleagues, including Spire’s new nurse apprenticeship programme.2023, provided treatment for more than 114,000 in-patients. Services include: diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care in areas including orthopaedics, gynaecology, cardiology, neurology, oncology and general surgery.

Setting the precedence…

What sets us apart within our market is our people, who are firmly committed to our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this Purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion and collaboration across the business. This has enabled us to achieve sector leading inspection ratings underpinned by a safe, patient focussed working environment. Today, 98% of our hospitals are rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by Regulators and we are on track to achieve 100% in 2024.

Searching for a role where you can you make a positive difference?

Following the promotion of the current incumbent, we seek to appoint a new Operations Director, a pivotal and key member of the Hospital’s local Senior Management Team. Your role will be instrumental to delivering the Hospital's Annual Operating Plan, in line with Spire's corporate strategy.

You will lead an established multifunctional team, working alongside a committed local workforce who enjoy sound working relationships with our consultants and local NHS partners. Other aspects of your role include:

  • Managing the capacity of the Hospital to maximise the throughput of patients and utilisation of all facilities in line with safe standards of care
  • Leading all non-clinical services and colleagues within the Hospital through their Heads of Departments, to build highly engaged teams who provide efficient and consistent ways of working in line with the Spire Healthcare one best way
  • Managing the day to day operational performance of the Hospital to deliver the financial targets and key performance indicators

Looking to the future, this is an ideal role to progress within Spire on to becoming a a senior leader within our business, perhaps as a Hospital Director.

Interested?

To be successful in this role you will need to offer:

  • Substantial business operations leadership experience, having spent time in a similar role within the heath and care related sectors, or, comparable experience within a similarly complex and regulated environment
  • Proven success in leading and delivering complex business change and capital investment projects
  • Naturally engaging leadership skills that promote effective team working
  • Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills able to build momentum that delivers continuous professional & service improvement, whilst operating successfully within a complex, matrix and multi-stakeholder environment.

We firmly believe that it is our people that make our business successful and everyone should have the opportunity to work in a motivated team, free from discrimination on any grounds. We therefore, are keen to receive and review applications from all candidates of under-represented groups who feel they offer the requisite skills.

If you feel you could apply your experience to this demanding role where you can positively impact Peoples’ lives, I would like to talk to you.

For more information, contact Simon Potts, Talent Acquisition Director;

Simon.Potts@Spirehealthcare.com



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