Director of Private Care
Job overview
Our commercial operations and our private practice in London are instrumental in enabling Moorfields to continue to deliver world leading outstanding care with world leading clinicians at the forefront of this delivery. Reporting directly into our CEO, and forming an important part of our executive team, we are looking for an exceptional individual to join as the new director of private care.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will provide leadership to the delivery of our UK commercial work alongside a team of committed clinical and non-clinical staff, helping to shape the model of delivery that will drive revenue, margin and enable substantial growth in many of our key service lines.You will lead a growing commercial operation, one that already generates a considerable financial surplus, but that has ambitious growth targets over the coming years. We have a strong presence in the London market. In addition, our Oriel development provides our new director of private care with the chance to work with clinicians to harness the commercial potential of one of the largest vision research collaborations in the world and support us in developing new ways of delivering private care in the ophthalmic market.
This is a significant opportunity to grow an already successful business which occupies a strategically important position in Moorfields’ overall strategic aims.
The successful candidate will be coming into an organisation that has pioneered new digitally-led clinical pathways and that operates at the vanguard of innovation when it comes to developments in AI for the betterment of patient care.
This role presents a unique opportunity in the private and commercial market for a talented and ambitious leader with a proven track record in private healthcare delivery and of building successful, results-focused teams.
Working for our organisation
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a world leading provider of eye health services in the UK and is a world-class centre of excellence for ophthalmic research and education with a successful private healthcare division, Moorfields Private.This division has been operational since 2004 and has grown to operate across multiple sites in London.
At Moorfields, we are committed to sustaining and building on our pioneering history and ensuring we remain a global leader whilst also providing almost 50% of the eye care delivered across London and outside London in Bedford and Potters Bar.
This is an exciting time for Moorfields as Oriel, the project to build our new world class eye health centre in Camden is moving ahead at pace with construction well under way. The new integrated centre, which is due to open in 2027, is a joint initiative between Moorfields Eye Hospital, UCL IoO and Moorfields Eye Charity and will bring together world leading eye care, research and education under one roof to enable us to deliver the highest quality eye care, research and education.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about this outstanding opportunity, please see www.odgers.com/92286 for a candidate brief containing application instructions, or contact us on 020 7529 6314 quoting the reference 92286.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Masters level qualification or equivalent management qualification.
- Senior leadership at director level in a commercial health care organisation.
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria- Demonstrable commercial knowledge of health care markets and how they operate.
- Demonstrable leadership and ambassadorial skills with an ability to demonstrate a flexible leadership style — consensual and participative but decisive when warranted.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria- Passionate about providing high quality patient-centred services.
- Visionary, keen to take on new challenges.