Healthcare Operational and Financial Improvement Consultant

• Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment including up to 5 days per week on a client site.
• Roles can be based in our London or Manchester office
• Apply ASAP

Become part of the team

• Do you enjoy working on complex and challenging projects using your ingenuity to deliver real and meaningful value
• Would you be motivated by contributing to a positive-human future
• Are you keen to work to build improvement capability and operations excellence
• Would you be motivated by working collaboratively in diverse project teams often with a blend of colleagues clients and suppliers
• Is shaping your career pathway and the development of others important to you

If so our Operations and Improvement consultancy roles could be for you! We are actively looking to recruit people at Consultant and Senior Consultant level.

In the UK we work extensively with individual trusts Integrated Care Systems NHS England and other ALBs Department of Health. Our primary areas of focus are:

• Operational and financial productivity
• Acute care collaboration
• Organisational PMO design and deployment
• System financial modelling

Qualifications :

We are seeking talented individuals with experience across healthcare financial and operational improvement with a range of clinical and non-clinical backgrounds.

We are looking for candidates with skills and experience in the following areas:

• Core experience of delivering improvement in healthcare operational environments from patient facing role to corporate and commercial roles.
• Previous experience in delivering large scale Cost improvement / Productivity using project management principles.
• Core experience of working and delivering within the Healthcare sector.
• A track record of realising business benefits and improved outcomes in healthcare setting.
• Experience deploying advanced techniques such as digital technologies cost improvement change management operational risk management and supply chain management.
• The ability to demonstrate leadership skills in large and diverse project teams.
• Experience working in partnership with clinical and operational teams to deliver improved performance.
• Confidence to work across multiple levels of an organisation with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and navigate challenging discussions.
• An aptitude for delivering creative and ingenious solutions.

The ideal candidate will also have:

• Experience working/delivering in one of the following sub-sectors:
  • Healthcare in public and private sectors
    • DHSC NHS Trusts healthcare delivery providers (predominantly payers and/or providers)
• It is expected the post holder will be able to work independently developing excellent relationships with stakeholders internally and externally and delivering the highest customer service and business standards.
• Excellent interpersonal and team working skills; a natural integrator comfortable navigating across system finance care model design governance capacity and workforce modelling clinical and operational excellence and working as part of wider teams.
• A drive for personal and professional progression.

Facilitating workshops providing compelling evidence-based insights and helping to manage complex and senior stakeholders. We pride ourselves on partnering with clients providing a service that delivers real and long-lasting value.

Our Operations and Improvement consultants are expected to be hands-on working together with our clients to bring energy direction and expertise in helping to solve the most difficult operational and supply chain challenges.

In addition to the formal benefits set out below we are passionate about the personal and career development of our consultants. Our team is committed to providing the opportunities support training and coaching required at all levels to ensure our consultants can all achieve their potential.

We know the skill-gap and somewhat need to tick every box can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates so please dont hesitate to apply wed love to hear from you.

Apply today by completing our online application

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Additional Information :

Life At PA encompasses our peoples experience at PA. Its about how we enrich peoples working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work. 

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams and support our communities to deliver insight and impact solving the worlds most complex challenges. Were focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self. 

Find out more about Life at PA here. 

We are dedicated to supporting the physical emotional social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits: 

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days 
• Generous company pension scheme 
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives 
• Annual performance-based bonus 
• PA share ownership 
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work give as you earn) 

Were committed to advancing equality. We recruit retain reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age background disability genetic information parental or family status religion or belief race ethnicity nationality sex sexual orientation gender identity (or expression) political belief veteran status or other by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups. 

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