Business Development Officer

Overview

In this role you support the management and business development activities for key users of the St John & St Elizabeth Hospital, driving commercial success. You work with consultants, GPs, AHPs and other referrers to promote the hospital and generate profitable leads. You collaborate with the Marketing team to coordinate outreach and align activities with the hospital’s strategic direction. You will help maximise capacity, run targeted events, and gather market insights to inform new initiatives. This is a mission-driven opportunity at a charitable private hospital with a strong track record and community impact.

Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with consultants and prioritise resource allocation
• Maximise consultant time utilisation and capacity
• Assist in new consultant inductions and practice setup
• Lead specialty-specific projects to develop best-practice services
• Support specialty meetings with clear purpose linked to hospital strategy
• Organise regular GP and Consultant engagement events
• Gather market intelligence to inform new initiatives
• Collate feedback on services and drive improvement
• Promote GP educational programme and events
• Analyse financial and activity data to influence business
• Leverage local business knowledge to raise awareness and referrals for self-pay and PMI opportunities

Key requirements

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent Business Development experience)
• At least 1 year experience in business development and/or sales
• Ability to work independently and make decisions while meeting deadlines
• Knowledge of Independent Hospitals and experience in the independent hospital sector
• Proven track record of managing projects collaboratively and under pressure

• Independent and decisive
• Collaborative and professional
• Ability to work under pressure and deliver to deadlines
• Business development and sales
• Market intelligence gathering
• Data analysis of financial and activity-based data

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