# NHS Business Development Director

**Company**: CHEC
**Location**: Watford
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: Negotiable
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

As CHEC continues its ambitious growth journey, we're seeking an exceptional NHS Business Development Director to lead our NHS commercial strategy, develop influential relationships across the NHS, and secure long-term partnerships that benefit patients, commissioners, and healthcare systems.

The NHS Business Development Director will be accountable for building, managing, and converting senior NHS relationships into sustainable commercial partnerships. Working directly with Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), NHS Trusts, and other key stakeholders, the Director will drive revenue growth through the acquisition of new contracts and the expansion of existing agreements across CHEC's services.

Key responsibilities include:

- Building relationships with executive-level decision-makers and positioning CHEC as the partner of choice for improving patient access, reducing waiting times, and delivering outstanding patient outcomes.

- Developing and executing CHEC's NHS commercial growth strategy.

- Building and managing a high-value pipeline of opportunities across ICBs and NHS Trusts.

- Leading Indicative Activity Plan (IAP) negotiations and contract expansion opportunities.

- Identifying new partnership opportunities across multiple specialties, including Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, and ENT.

- Supporting market analysis and identifying opportunities for sustainable growth.

- Building influential relationships with ICB Directors, NHS Trust Executives, Commissioners, and Clinical Leaders.

- Acting as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to NHS stakeholders.

- Developing a comprehensive stakeholder engagement strategy across active and target NHS accounts.

- Owning the NHS commercial pipeline, forecasting, and order book.

- Working with Finance to ensure alignment with business objectives.

Requirements:

- Significant experience in NHS business development, commissioning, or healthcare commercial leadership.

- Proven track record of negotiating and securing contracts with ICBs and NHS Trusts.

- Strong understanding of NHS commissioning structures, procurement processes, and IAP frameworks.

- Experience influencing senior stakeholders at Board, Executive, and Director level.

- Excellent commercial acumen with the ability to translate data into compelling business cases.

- Outstanding communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.

- Degree educated or equivalent professional experience.

Desirable experience includes:

- Experience in independent healthcare or NHS elective recovery services.

- Knowledge across Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, and/or ENT pathways.

- Tender and bid-writing experience.

- Established network of NHS commissioning and provider contacts.

- Experience producing Board-level reports and commercial submissions.

- Familiarity with CRM systems such as HubSpot.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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## Skills

### Required
- NHS business development
- commissioning
- healthcare commercial leadership
- relationship building
- commercial acumen
- communication
- negotiation
- presentation

### Nice to have
- independent healthcare
- NHS elective recovery services
- Ophthalmology
- Dermatology
- Gastroenterology
- ENT pathways
- tender and bid-writing
- CRM systems

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