About this role
Director Of Operations
Chichester Hospital - Permanent – Full Time
Up to £80,000 depending on experience
37.5 hours per week
Are you a strategic leader with a passion for operational excellence and business growth?
At Nuffield Health, the UK’s largest healthcare charity, everything we deliver for our patients, members, and customers starts with you. Your expertise, your commitment, and your drive to make a difference enable us to provide exceptional care and transform lives. Whether it’s leading connected health initiatives, improving patient experiences, or shaping your own career, we’ll give you the support and resources to make it happen. Join us on this journey—because it begins with you.
We’re looking for a Director of Operations to lead non-clinical services at our Chichester Hospital, driving performance, service excellence, and strategic partnerships. You’ll be part of a dynamic senior management team, shaping the future of healthcare delivery in our community.
What you’ll be doing:
Leading business development, sales, and client relationships
Overseeing administration, facilities, and third-party contracts
Driving financial performance and operational efficiency
Championing a ‘Customer First’ culture across the hospital
Collaborating regionally to share resources and best practices
What you’ll bring:
Proven commercial and business development experience
Strong leadership and influencing skills
Financial and project management expertise
Experience in change management and outsourced services
Healthcare or regulated sector experience (ideal but not essential)
Why Nuffield Health?
We offer a modern working environment, a supportive team culture, and a benefits package that includes:
Free gym membership
Health assessments
Retail discounts
Pension options
Helping you feel good.
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. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.
Applications will be considered as they are received, and interviews will be arranged accordingly. We reserve the right to close adverts early, for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications. Therefore, please apply early to ensure you are considered for the post.
It starts with you.
Other facts
About Nuffield Health
Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells hospital provides high quality private healthcare for the residents of Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding areas. As a not-for-profit hospital, we reinvest our profits into improving our facilities and services.
We work with industry-leading consultants to offer a wide range of services and treatments and have a special focus on orthopaedics, paediatric care, oncology, urology and cosmetic surgery.
Our highly trained staff, led by our resident matron, provide care on an individual basis to encourage a speedy recovery and wellbeing.
What you'll do
- The Director of Operations will lead non-clinical services at Chichester Hospital, focusing on performance, service excellence, and strategic partnerships. Responsibilities include overseeing administration, facilities, and driving financial performance.
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