4 Medical Administration jobs in the United Kingdom

We have an exciting opportunity for a Director of Organisational Strategy & Performance to join us!  

The Director of Organisational Strategy & Performance will be responsible for the development and implementation of iFM’s strategy, undertaking a vital role in shaping the future of iFM Bolton Ltd including business performance, and associated growth opportunities for the Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company. 

We're looking for  an individual  who can lead transformational change across IFM, in collaboration with the ICB, GM and local Council , to enhance positive health, safety and environmental culture, for all our patients, visitors and staff. 

You will also have direct responsibility for managing estates planning including the community and further development of relationships with Bolton Place, landlords and tenants, including NHS Property Services, Community Health Partnerships and any other organisation where a landlord/tenant relationship exists. You'll work with operational management in the Community & local Council to ensure our community clinical customers and our patients receive the high quality services.  

Experience and Skills we’re looking for:   

·   In depth experience of managing complex Estates planning and Business strategy  

·   Specialist Business / Strategic Management related knowledge and qualifications acquired through specific and bespoke courses and experience  

·   Minimum of 5 years related experience at director level  

·   Comprehensive understanding of Heathcare FM functions in large highly regulated environments, including related legislative requirements.  

·   Excellent decision making, interpersonal and communication skills  

For full details regarding this role please view the job description and person specification.  

Why work for IFM?   

Integrated Facilities Management (iFM) Bolton Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. We provide facilities management services at the Royal Bolton Hospital and the surrounding community health centres. Most inpatients will come into contact with iFM Bolton staff during their stay through our various services.  

Our company is one built with local people at the heart of everything we do. Our services ensure the smooth running of the health care services within the community of Bolton. Our colleagues are dedicated professionals who share a passion to provide the best service possible. If you want to work for a company that makes a difference, supports the local community and is the backbone of vital services within healthcare, then look no further.  

Benefits:   

·   NHS discounts  

·   Car leasing scheme 

·   NEST Pension – 8% contribution, (Employee contribution of 4%) includes 

Death in service benefit – 3x annual salary 

·   Career progression opportunities 

This role is subject to Standard DBS disclosure.  

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from candidates with a disability and commit to interview these candidates if their application meets the minimum criteria for the role – just tell us when applying.  

To ensure you have the best experience with us, please let us know if we can make any adjustments to our application or interview process and feel free to note in your application which pronouns you use. Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK. 

This is your opportunity to make a real impact by providing innovative solutions to improve our healthcare systems and join one of the leading healthcare strategy teams. We are a fast-growing management consulting and data science company dedicated to innovation in healthcare.  We work across the entire healthcare industry including health systems and life sciences companies, as well as working with health investors and their portfolio companies. We inspire clients to make change happen and improve health outcomes. We support our people to be courageous in doing the right thing.

By joining our team as a Manager  with healthcare expertise, preferably with a background delivering on operational change programmes within the NHS, you will become an integral part of a passionate group of healthcare consultants committed to enhancing health and care for all. Our team comprises dedicated experts, including esteemed leaders from the NHS and renowned consultancies, who possess a wealth of experience in driving impactful change within the healthcare sector.

Collaborating with the industry's leading healthcare institutions, you will tackle the greatest challenges our population's health and wellbeing face today. Your expertise will be instrumental in solving complex problems and implementing solutions that have a lasting positive impact on society. This role offers an extraordinary opportunity for professional growth and career advancement within a supportive development environment. You will gain invaluable experiences, unlocking your potential to reach new heights in your career journey.

Requirements

• In-depth knowledge of the healthcare sector, preferably with experience within the NHS (nice to have: operational restructuring, performance improvement)
• Must have 3+ years of experience working in Management Consulting
• Ability to think strategically and develop comprehensive plans to address complex healthcare challenges
• Strong project management skills, including multitasking, resource management, and delivering successful outcomes
• Proficiency in data analysis, with the ability to collect, interpret, and leverage complex data sets for informed decision-making
• Exceptional leadership abilities, with the capacity to inspire and mentor team members for high-performance results.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to establish and nurture client relationships
• Strong business development acumen, including identifying new opportunities and contributing to organisational growth
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying updated with industry trends and best practices
• Willingness and ability to travel
• Educated to a degree level (or equivalent experience)

Desired

• MBBS or postgraduate degree in a relevant scientific field, e.g. Public Health

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include, but not limited to:

• Manage and lead problem solving for entire engagement, breaking down into manageable workstreams as appropriate to team members
• Plan problem solving meetings with leadership to make best use of time on behalf of whole team
• Project manage delivery of work to agreed scope, quality, timeframe and resources
• Develop the capacity to manage competing demands within projects and other areas of work
• Oversee the delivery high quality, client ready end products from beginning to end
• Own the day-to-day management of client interactions
• Support team to address concerns and solve issues in delivery
• Build constructive relationships with individuals from previous, existing and new clients, including engaging clients in discussion of future requirements
• Identify new opportunities with existing clients and support positioning CF in an optimal way to secure revenue
• Be commercially aware of project profitability and upcoming opportunities
• Significantly contribute to the development of high-quality proposals for existing and new clients, and support responses to competitive tenders
• Create effective team working internal to CF and with clients

Flexible working

We follow a hybrid working model that balances in person connections and remote work to drive exceptional client impact. We enjoy working in person together with clients and colleagues and work where clients need us to be.

In supporting flexibility and remote working, team members can work from home one day per week as standard. Additionally, we offer 44 remote working days per year  which can be used to top up your working from home days and enable you to work from home up to two days per week-subject to client needs. Alternatively, you could use your allowance in blocks to manage school holidays or other commitments. Our core in person working hours are from 10am until 4pm allowing you that extra flexibility to manage your schedule in a way that works for you. 

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building an inclusive and supportive culture where diversity thrives, and all our people can excel. We only recruit, promote and reward our people based on their skills and contribution, without regard to gender, race, disability, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or other characteristics.

We are Disability Confident Accredited, and we want you to feel comfortable and able to perform at your best in the recruitment process, if you require any reasonable adjustments for any part of the recruitment process, please let us know.

About us

CF is dedicated to improving healthcare through working with health systems and the life sciences industry. We offer clients consulting and data services and products.

Our work with health systems includes work with public and private providers of all kinds of care as well as their commissioners and regulators. We work at every level including national, regional, place and local level. We support health systems on critical strategic, performance and organisational issues to deliver the best outcomes for the populations they serve.

Our work with the life sciences industry includes pharmaceutical and biotech companies as well as medical devices, diagnostics, and health tech companies as well as their investors. We support the life sciences industry in the uptake of innovation including access, pathway transformation, and use of data & digital, and how they partner with health systems to improve patient outcomes.

Benefits

• Holiday entitlement: 25 days/year for staff and 30 days/ year for leadership (Manager role included), increasing by 1 day for every year of service up to a maximum of 35 days of holiday per year
• We contribute 7% of your salary into your pension, while you contribute 3% (or more if you like)
• Access to a flexible benefits programme giving you the chance to increase pension contributions, gain access to a cash plan or benefit from a ClassPass subscription
• Annual leave purchase: employees with less than 35 days annual leave entitlement are able to purchase additional annual leave days
• Income protection: in the event of long-term incapacity and a qualifying claim, 75% of salary will be paid
• Enhanced sick pay benefit beyond Statutory Sick Pay for up to a total 12 weeks in any 12-month period
• Life insurance covering four times your basic salary in a tax-free lump sum payable to your beneficiaries in the event of your death whilst in service
• Enhanced family leave policies: additional pay for parents who have a baby or adopt
• Access to an interest free loan of up to £10,000
• Access to an interest-free season ticket loan, repayable by 12 monthly instalments
• Workplace nursery scheme: access to a scheme to help working parents save tax and NI on the cost of the nursery care
• Flexible working policy: including the ability to work fully remotely for up to 4 weeks a year
• An employee assistance and wellness Program: including access to telephone counselling, life coaching, interactive tools online and digital content downloadable from Lifeworks
• Seasonal flu jabs: provided by Boots annually
• Eye care tests: vouchers and discounts at Vision Express
• Ride to work scheme, saving up to 42% on bikes and cycling accessories at Evans Cycles
• Membership to the Health Service Journal (HSJ)

About us

Carnall Farrar (CF ) is a growing consultancy which works across all aspects of the health sector from supporting the NHS to serving major life science companies. We are passionate about, and experts in, health and healthcare. Founded in 2013 we have grown to a core staff base of management consultants, technical consultants, a data operations team and corporate functions. We have a strong reputation with the NHS, and our actively seeking to spread awareness of our brand and offers across the health sector more broadly. We are highly regarded both internally and externally for the level of support and development we give our people. As a professional services business, CF has three primary assets – its people, its knowledge and its data and associated products.

Our strategic intent  

We are focused on building the leading consulting company dedicated to the health sector. We serve the entire sector including healthcare systems (providers, payors, regulators), life sciences (pharma, biotech, devices, and diagnostics), health investing, health tech (data, digital and apps) and the wider suppliers to the sector (infrastructure, consumables and supporting services). Our clients include public sector organisations, private sector companies and investors.   

We help organisations to improve population health and the effectiveness of life sciences and healthcare through understanding their aspirations, helping them to identify the opportunities to create value, spotting and applying innovation in practice, adopting best-in-class management approaches and providing hands-on support to deliver improvements.   

Our consulting is renowned for its use of data and the insights this creates. We have access to more UK healthcare data than any other company and are expert it its safe use for delivering healthcare, improving health, managing services, supporting uptake of innovation, undertaking research, and generating evidence. Our access to data and our engineering and data science capabilities supports our consulting, and they are also available for direct client services including in multidisciplinary teams.   

We are growing a team of expert consultants who want to be at the leading edge of the profession and who have a passion for health. With structured career development from Analyst to Partner in a model of apprenticeship, mentorship, and formal training alongside opportunities to work in industry we are cultivating the leaders of the future. We support future leaders to grow and develop their own unique focus that builds on their expertise, our capabilities and creates value for our clients.  

About the role

Join our team as Senior Manager with deep healthcare expertise, ideally with a track record of leading strategic transformation programs within the NHS. You will play a vital role in shaping and executing impactful, high-level changes across the healthcare landscape, working alongside some of the industry's most respected thought leaders, including former NHS executives and top consultants with extensive experience in healthcare innovation.

As part of our collaborative team, you will partner with leading healthcare institutions to address today’s most pressing health and wellbeing challenges. In this strategic role, your insights and leadership will be crucial in crafting solutions to complex problems, delivering sustainable improvements, and advancing population health outcomes. This position presents a unique platform for professional development and progression, offering you the opportunity to make a substantial societal impact while furthering your career in a supportive and growth-oriented environment. You will bring a developing brand and growing reputation in the market built through extensive experience in healthcare consulting delivery at Manager or Senior Manager level or through a combination of consulting and senior healthcare industry experience.  Areas of expertise may include: design and execution of major strategic transformations; development of healthcare business models and model of care; quality, performance and financial improvement; workforce development; and digital and data programmes.

Requirements

• In-depth knowledge of the healthcare sector, preferably with experience within the NHS (nice to have: operational restructuring, performance improvement)
• Experience of working in the healthcare sector 
• 5+ years in a managerial position within strategy/management consulting 
• Proven track record of leading self and others, experience in managing teams and coaching others to high performance 
• The ability to think strategically about business and industry trends and use analytical, problem-solving techniques to break down issues into the ‘so what’ 
• Track record of successful programme delivery across a range of client challenges 
• The ability to understand client needs and go extra mile to deliver high quality solutions 
• The interpersonal skills to develop enduring relationships with clients and become a trusted advisor 
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, including demonstrated experience in communicating with senior Executives 
• Educated to a degree level (or equivalent experience) 

Desired

• A clinical or operational background within the NHS combined with strategy, transformation or policy development
• Experience working on high profile projects (eg those that include public consultation)

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements from strategy development to execution, using analytical, hypothesis-driven thinking to solve complex problems.
• Build and sustain trusted senior client relationships, engaging in discussions on future needs and opportunities.
• dentify and secure new business through opportunity qualification, proposal development, and presentation
• Oversee project delivery, ensuring high-quality, client-ready outputs within agreed scope, timeline, and resources.
• Manage client interactions, addressing concerns, solving issues, and ensuring smooth execution.
• Provide leadership in practice-building efforts, including recruitment, mentoring, performance management, and training.
• Develop persuasive, concise, and insightful documents for executive audiences.
• Maintain commercial awareness of project profitability and upcoming opportunities.
• Enable collaboration within internal teams and with clients to drive effective teamwork and results.
• Continuously develop your own skills, seek feedback, and share knowledge to stay ahead of industry trends and best practices

Flexible working

We follow a hybrid working model that balances in person connections and remote work to drive exceptional client impact. We enjoy working in person together with clients and colleagues and work where clients need us to be.

In supporting flexibility and remote working, team members can work from home one day per week as standard. Additionally, we offer 44 remote working days per year  which can be used to top up your working from home days and enable you to work from home up to two days per week-subject to client needs. Alternatively, you could use your allowance in blocks to manage school holidays or other commitments. Our core in person working hours are from 10am until 4pm allowing you that extra flexibility to manage your schedule in a way that works for you. 

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building an inclusive and supportive culture where diversity thrives, and all our people can excel. We only recruit, promote and reward our people based on their skills and contribution, without regard to gender, race, disability, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or other characteristics.

We are Disability Confident Accredited, and we want you to feel comfortable and able to perform at your best in the recruitment process, if you require any reasonable adjustments for any part of the recruitment process, please let us know.

About us

CF is dedicated to improving healthcare through working with health systems and the life sciences industry. We offer clients consulting and data services and products.

Our work with health systems includes work with public and private providers of all kinds of care as well as their commissioners and regulators. We work at every level including national, regional, place and local level. We support health systems on critical strategic, performance and organisational issues to deliver the best outcomes for the populations they serve.

Our work with the life sciences industry includes pharmaceutical and biotech companies as well as medical devices, diagnostics, and health tech companies as well as their investors. We support the life sciences industry in the uptake of innovation including access, pathway transformation, and use of data & digital, and how they partner with health systems to improve patient outcomes.

Benefits

• Holiday entitlement: 30 days year for leadership, increasing by 1 day for every year of service up to a maximum of 35 days of holiday per year
• We contribute 7% of your salary into your pension, while you contribute 3% (or more if you like)
• Access to a flexible benefits programme giving you the chance to increase pension contributions, gain access to a cash plan or benefit from a ClassPass subscription
• Annual leave purchase: employees with less than 35 days annual leave entitlement are able to purchase additional annual leave days
• Income protection: in the event of long-term incapacity and a qualifying claim, 75% of salary will be paid
• Enhanced sick pay benefit beyond Statutory Sick Pay for up to a total 12 weeks in any 12-month period
• Life insurance covering four times your basic salary in a tax-free lump sum payable to your beneficiaries in the event of your death whilst in service
• Enhanced family leave policies: additional pay for parents who have a baby or adopt
• Access to an interest-free season ticket loan, repayable by 12 monthly instalments
• Workplace nursery scheme: access to a scheme to help working parents save tax and NI on the cost of the nursery care
• Flexible working policy: including the ability to work fully remotely for up to 4 weeks a year
• An employee assistance and wellness Program: including access to telephone counselling, life coaching, interactive tools online and digital content downloadable from Lifeworks
•  Seasonal flu jabs: provided by Boots annually
•  Eye care tests: vouchers and discounts at Vision Express
•  Ride to work scheme, saving up to 42% on bikes and cycling accessories at Evans Cycles
• Membership to the Health Service Journal (HSJ)