Job Description

Business Development Manager | Spire Norwich Hospital | Full Time | 37.5 | Permanent |

Following an internal move, Spire Norwich Hospital is seeking an experienced and driven Business Development Manager (BDM) to join our team. This highly visible role will act as a key point of contact for both existing and prospective consultants, playing a vital part in shaping the hospital’s commercial success.

As a results‑focused and proactive professional, the BDM will provide a broad range of support across the hospital’s business development activities. This includes strengthening consultant relationships, supporting commercial opportunities, and contributing to targeted activity growth and service performance improvements.

Working closely with the Senior Management Team (SMT) and the Business Development Director (BDD), the BDM will help deliver our local growth strategy, ensuring alignment with both site‑specific and wider Hub business development plans.

Duties and responsibilities

• To be a highly visible member of the team seeking to identify and resolve issues and identify improvements for consultants leading to increased activity and share of practice
• Support the Hospital Director Business Development Director to deliver business development initiatives with a specific focus on supporting the hospitals consultant body
• Support the Hospital Director to identify and deliver emerging opportunities in line with the hospital growth strategy, including engaging with consultants to promote and develop their practice
• Collaborate with internal teams to resolve blockers for practice growth and develop a comprehensive consultant engagement plan
• To deliver the national BDM framework of reporting and engagement as outlined in the BDM Play Book
• Liaise with the Hub BDE acting PR opportunities that involve the hospitals consultants or services
• Work with the Business Development team as directed in promoting and developing new services conforming to Spire guidelines.
• Support the delivery of patient events, including but not limited to liaising with Hub BDE on appropriate Consultants as part of the wider Business Development plan
• Communicate and support the inclusion and administration of key networks e.g. Hip and Knee or cataract networks
• Promoting the use of Business Development tools including but not limited to direct PMI and online bookings and facilitating Consultants signing up to PMI networks
• Act as a change champion for digitisation and transformation projects that impact consultants supporting their adoption

Hours: 9:00am - 17:00pm or 10.00 – 18.00, Monday to Friday

Who we're looking for

• Experience of working with consultant surgeons in a private or NHS setting
• Understanding of the UK private healthcare system
• Commercial awareness
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and spoken
• Strong prioritisation and time management skills, with the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
• A passion and drive to succeed

Benefits:

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

We commit to our employee’s well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

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.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.