Divisional Director - North

Comprehensive Market Leading Remuneration and Package

Spire Healthcare was founded from the acquisition and rebranding of 25 Bupa hospitals in 2007. Substantial capital investment in the organisational infrastructure has led to our current standing as a very successful, FTSE 250 business. Spire is the largest independent healthcare provider in terms of revenue, operating from 39 hospitals and more than 50 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms across England, Wales and Scotland. We work closely with more than 8,740 distinguished consultants that in 2024, provided outstanding personalised care to more than 1.3 million patients.

Setting the precedence for outstanding patient care

What sets us apart across our sector is our people, who are passionately 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 whilst offering safe, patient focussed working environment. Today, 98% of our hospitals are rated 'Good' or 'Outstanding' by Regulators.

Can you make a positive difference?

This is a great opportunity to step into a highly visible and impactful role within our business.

Leading 15 Hospitals in our Northern Regionyou will report directly toourGroup Chief Nursing Officer & Chief Operating Officer. Youwill lead the operational team and Hospital Directors to deliver the Operating Plan and support the creation and execution of the operational strategy. This will include:

• Developing the regions Annual Operating Plan with the Operational Finance team
• Leading the Operational Team -supporting and contributing to the development of a high-performing Hospital Director group who are engaged in the Spire vision and purpose.
• Operational People and Hospital Director talent management
• Delivery of the Annual Operating Plan and P&L management
• Building and maintaining highly effective working relationships with wider central teams to ensure operational voice is heard.
• Leading on delivering group-wide change, transformation and business improvement projects.

Interested?

To succeed in this role, you'll need to demonstrate a passion for leadership, be a collaborative team player and have the ability to positively influence others. This is an excellent opportunity to build momentum for your career, while contributing to continuous professional and service improvement in a dynamic and multi-stakeholder environment.

To be considered for this position you will ned to demonstrate previous experience in:

• Proven experience of leading a multi-site business with full profit and loss accountability
• A strong strategic and business mind-set
• Proven ability to manage own initiatives and exceed expectations with ability to find solutions and deliver results within a rapidly changing culture
• Proven ability to lead strategic change and programme management experience
• Proven experience of 'Matrix' style management structures. Able to manage and implement in conjunction with theChief Commercial / Operations / Finance Officers the sales forecasting, planning and patient driven sales and marketing processes
• Solid understanding of data analysis, budgeting and business operations across multiple industries
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Strong influencer - ability to take teams with them on the journey- willingly and well
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal capabilities
• Culturally aligned to Spire Purpose and Values

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 role where you can positively impact peoples' lives, we would like to hear from you.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.

We have achieved our market leading position because of 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, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated 'Good' or 'Outstanding' by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.