Business Development Manager

Company: NHS
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Location: Nottingham
Job Description:

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.

Main duties of the job

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 site‑specific and wider Hub business development plans.

  • 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 & the Business Development Director in delivering business development initiatives with a specific focus on supporting the hospital’s consultant body.
  • 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.
  • Deliver the national BDM framework of reporting and engagement as outlined in the BDM Play Book.
  • Liaise with the Hub BDE for PR opportunities involving the hospital’s consultants or services.
  • Promote and develop new services in accordance with Spire guidelines.
  • Support the delivery of patient events, 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 & Knee or cataract networks).
  • Promote the use of Business Development tools, including direct PMI and online bookings, and facilitate consultants signing up to PMI networks.
  • Act as a change champion for digitisation and transformation projects that impact consultants and support their adoption.

About us

Spire Nottingham Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Business Development Manager to join the team on a full‑time basis. 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. Our vision is to be recognised as a world‑class healthcare business, bringing together the best people who are dedicated to developing excellent clinical environments and delivering the highest quality patient care.

Qualifications

  • 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

  • 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 1,000 retailers.
  • Free Bupa wellness screening.
  • Private medical insurance.
  • Life assurance.

Our values

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

We commit to our employees’ well‑being through work‑life balance, ongoing development, support and reward. Spire Healthcare is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

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.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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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Posted: March 25th, 2026