Job summary
- Main area
- Managing Director International and Private Care
- Grade
- Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 271-IPC-7204035
- Employer
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
- Town
- London
- Closing
- 10/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 02/07/2025
Employer heading
Managing Director - International and Private Care
Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
Job overview
International & Private Care (I&PC) at Great Ormond Street Hospital provides tertiary and quaternary specialist care to children from over 90 countries each year as well as UK private patients. The patients attending I&PC often cannot access the complex treatment and care they require in their home country and are funded by their government, employer or insurance to access care in I&PC.
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the postholder will provide strategic leadership to existing and new international activities within GOSH, with a primary focus on the delivery of a high performing and financially successful private patient business.
The postholder will be responsible for the provision of a responsive service in our purpose built Octav Botnar Wing. I&PC treats and cares for children with an unrivalled range of medical and surgical conditions including haematology/oncology, immunology, neurology, neurosurgery, gastroenterology, ENT, metabolic and nephro-urology disorders.
I&PC has extensive links with many of the Gulf States and has an overseas office in United Arab Emirates through which our network is maintained and developed. The office helps smooth the process for admission to I&PC at GOSH as well as provide follow-up support to patients and their families once they have returned home.
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer informal conversations to those who have not been shortlisted for interview.
Interviews are expected to take place on Wednesday 2 July 2025.
Main duties of the job
- Provide leadership and direct oversight to the operational management of GOSH’s private practice business, through an understanding of the business models and the challenges they face.
- Specifically be accountable for the delivery of the effective operations of the private patient service within the UK and internationally, ensuring its year-on-year growth alongside a clear strategy for improving profit margins.
- Ensure all operations meet the required standards of clinical and corporate governance applicable to the areas in which they operate.
Working for our organisation
We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage, people with a disability, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By growing an ever more diverse workforce, we’ll have a greater range of perspectives and knowledge, meaning that we can provide the children and young people at our hospital with even better care.
Our hospital is committed to creating an environment that is open and inclusive. Our staff are encouraged to engage with colleagues through the following networks: REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) ENABLED (Enhancing Abilities & Leveraging Disabilities Network), PRIDE and Women’s networks; all of which are sponsored by a member of our Executive Management Team.
We want to ensure that all of our people, regardless of their background, are seen and heard. We want to attract applicants that share our commitment to inclusion and that understand diversity is a strength that is embraced and valued.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the
qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential criteria
- Masters level qualification or equivalent management qualification
- Evidence of on-going personal and professional development
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential criteria
- Our Always Values
- Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives
- Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace
- Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Senior leadership at director level in a commercial health care organisation
- Effective management of considerable resources and budgets, delivering long term financial sustainability and outstanding value for money
- Building and leading successful and effective teams to create positive and productive workplaces for innovation and commercial activity to thrive
- Negotiating and managing commercial contracts and investment programmes to maximise the benefits and outcomes
- Running a patient and customer focused business with emphasis on excellence, safety, profitability, productivity and efficiency
- Experience of dealing with a range of complex issues within a political or demanding stakeholder environment
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable commercial knowledge of health care markets and how they operate
- Exceptional interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills
- Ability to think and act strategically and to articulate a clear sense of direction and vision to internal and external audiences
- Ability to build effective relationships internally and externally, and the ability to inspire confidence with key partners
- Demonstrable leadership and ambassadorial skills with an ability to demonstrate a flexible leadership style – consensual and participative but decisive when warranted
- Commitment and passion for excellence in clinical care, research and education, with the ability to embed such an ethos at all levels of the organisation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Teju Segobetun
- Job title
- Business Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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