Head of Women’s + Urology Service Line

Job Title:

Job Title: Interim Head of Women’s + Urology Service Line

Location: Central London with travel
Full time 37.5 hours per week
Fixed Term Contract
Salary: Competitive with a range of exceptional benefits

We’re looking for an Interim Head of Women’s + Urology Service Line to join our Service Line team based in Central London.  

As Interim Head of Women’s + Urology Service Line you’ll be responsible for working with the CEOs of the services to drive quality, revenue and profit growth within the service lines across all HCA UK facilities.

In this role you will continue and support the existing top priorities for strategic growth and tactics for these service lines. You will be responsible for execution of strategy to yield growth and performance in partnership with senior executives.

You will proactively ensure business intelligence, best practices, and institutional knowledge are distributed across the division, contributing towards ‘One-HCA’. You will work alongside the Chief Medical Officer, Medical Director of Clinical Service Lines and the Clinical Services Group to ensure appropriate reporting, and follow-up of key clinical and quality performance indicators.

Above all else, we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life. It’s this guiding vision that influences everything we do at HCA UK. From the CEO to the colleagues on the floor we all have a part to play in delivering exceptional care to our patients. Other’s may think this is just a role in the Service Line team, but to us, you’ll be part of a wider team with a unique sense of purpose, one that helps improve lives on a daily basis.

What you’ll do:

• With the service line CEO(s), you will support Women’s Health and Urology development as defined by the Next Generation Growth (NGG) plan and associated tactics in partnership with the facility CEOs, MD, CMO, division leadership, commercial team and Strategy & Development team to ensure sustained revenue and profit growth in these service lines.

• Promote operational standards and ensure that Women’s services and Urology services are established and coordinated across the division.  Make recommendations and act where appropriate to ensure consistency of service delivery and standards across all sites. Take ownership to ensure plans are realized.

• Execute the existing division service line growth plan and associated tactics as agreed with the service line CEO and Department Chief Medical Advisors.  Provide regular reports and progress updates to ensure that the service line plan is realised. Regularly review, develop and recommend corrective action resulting from measurement reporting.

• Provide leadership in managing, facilitating and communicating change within service line while fostering innovation and continuous improvement.  Ensure any ideas or research that support the service line strategy are progressed and executed as appropriate.

• Work with the MD, CMO, service line CEO and Strategy & Development team to ensure translation and execution of the division strategy within Women’s Health & Urology service lines.

• Work closely to support Corporate Sales and HCA’s Private General Practitioners to engage corporate clients and integrate pathways to ensure seamless transition to secondary care.

• Work closely with HCA’s Commercial Contracts team to develop and ensure appropriate Private Medical Insurer engagement and contracting.
• Establish collaborative relationships with departments and managers within the hospitals to ensure the successful delivery of the service line strategy.  Establishing and leading a cohesive service line structure that supports both clinical service delivery and growth at each of the hospital sites.

• Serve as a subject matter expert for Women’s Health (Breast, Gynaecology, Obstetrics, Fertility) and Urology programmes and technology.  Making recommendations for improvement and development of the service lines.   Utilise and compares HCA clinical data for Women’s Health & Urology Services to national data sets to inform and support the growth agenda.

• Seek and distributes market intelligence and trends to inform strategic decision making at division and facility level.

What you’ll bring:

• A master’s degree within a relevant subject. Alongside 5 plus years clinical experience or healthcare / strategy consulting.
• Demonstrative knowledge and experience within women’s health and urology within a hospital / multi-site setting.
• Demonstrative stakeholder engagement and influence skills at C Suite level, coupled with exceptional verbal and written communication and people management skills
• A creative problem solver coupled with the ability to interpret, analyse and evaluate skills.
• The ability to travel across all of HCA Healthcare UK facilities as and when required.
• Highly competent IT user – MS Excel and PowerPoint.

Why HCA UK?

Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing. 

By caring for our employees, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. As Interim Head of Women’s + Urology Service Line you’ll be eligible for:

• 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you
• Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
• Private pension contribution which increases with length of service
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme
• Group Life Assurance from day one
• Critical illness cover
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
• Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland
• Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you
• Discounts with over 800 major retailers

Culture and values

At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other.

Our mission is simple, above all else we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:

• Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual
• Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion
• Honesty, integrity and fairness: - We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness
• Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity

Reasonable adjustments

We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them.