Job summary
Celebrating 30 years of operations this year, Education for Health delivers a wide range of Higher Education and CPD-accredited short courses, specialising in long-term conditions such as asthma, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. With an evolving portfolio and growing demand for flexible, clinically relevant learning, the organisation continues to transform the way healthcare professionals access education, supporting better outcomes for patients across the UK and beyond.
With ambitious growth plans we are seeking to recruit an ambitious Director of Clinical Partnerships to lead on the clinical integrity and commercial growth of our programmes.
A newly created senior role, this is a fantastic opportunity for someone with clinical expertise and an eye for identifying and developing opportunities to work closely with the CEO to shape and influence the future direction of the organisation and be instrumental in realising the next phase of our growth and expand our impact and reach.
If you are an ambitious, entrepreneurial candidate that is passionate about education as a tool to improve patient outcomes and want to help shape the future of clinical learning, we would love to hear from you
Main duties of the job
As a member of the Executive Team, you will play a key role in developing and delivering a commercially robust, customer-focused strategy. You will lead business development and partnership activities - ensuring that our courses are evidence-based, aligned to current NHS and sector priorities, and recognised as best-in-class.
This is a dynamic and outward-facing role that will require exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, a clear understanding of the healthcare landscape, and a credible clinical voice. You will work closely with the Income Generation team, Learning Design and Quality team, and a range of external organisations across the private, public, and voluntary sectors.
About us
To be successful in this role, you will need:
To be a registered healthcare professional, with significant clinical experience
Strategic leadership experience, income generation experience within the healthcare sector desirable
A strong track record of working within ABPI guidance and clinical governance frameworks
Excellent people skills, with the ability to develop departmental partnerships
An enabling and collaborative leadership style, with excellent communication skills
A deep understanding of long-term conditions, NHS service development, and wider healthcare priorities
The ability to operate confidently at Executive Team level, balancing clinical insight with commercial acumen
Job description
Job responsibilities
Director of Clinical Partnerships
Reports to: Chief Executive
Location: Hybrid working, Wednesday and Thursday, mandated office days in Wellesbourne, Warwickshire and offsite travel required
Hours: Full time
Salary: £61,000 +profit share
Job Overview
To support the Chief Executive in developing a customer-centric organisation, and leading clinical development and commercial performance across the portfolio reflecting evidence-based practice within the clinical and healthcare market. The Director of Clinical Partnerships is responsible for leading the sales and clinical development strategies across the portfolio of the organisations products, including liaison with the Learning Design and Quality directorate. They are responsible for creating strong partnerships with external organisations covering private, public and the 3rd sector and ensuring their clinical knowledge and expertise is shared at both a strategic level with the board and executive directors and an operational level with other staff members and our team of associates. This requires an excellent understanding of various long-term conditions, and developments within the clinical and healthcare sector to ensure EfH remains at the leading edge of health initiatives. This is a new role and there will be considerable opportunities to develop and evolve the position for the right candidate.
Key Responsibilities
Commercial
Customers
Partnerships
Organisational
Demonstrate, by example, effective cross-team working, building, and strengthening relationships with other directorates
These contents are not exhaustive or exclusive and post holders may be required to undertake additional duties from time to time in line with business needs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Director of Clinical Partnerships
Reports to: Chief Executive
Location: Hybrid working, Wednesday and Thursday, mandated office days in Wellesbourne, Warwickshire and offsite travel required
Hours: Full time
Salary: £61,000 +profit share
Job Overview
To support the Chief Executive in developing a customer-centric organisation, and leading clinical development and commercial performance across the portfolio reflecting evidence-based practice within the clinical and healthcare market. The Director of Clinical Partnerships is responsible for leading the sales and clinical development strategies across the portfolio of the organisations products, including liaison with the Learning Design and Quality directorate. They are responsible for creating strong partnerships with external organisations covering private, public and the 3rd sector and ensuring their clinical knowledge and expertise is shared at both a strategic level with the board and executive directors and an operational level with other staff members and our team of associates. This requires an excellent understanding of various long-term conditions, and developments within the clinical and healthcare sector to ensure EfH remains at the leading edge of health initiatives. This is a new role and there will be considerable opportunities to develop and evolve the position for the right candidate.
Key Responsibilities
Commercial
Customers
Partnerships
Organisational
Demonstrate, by example, effective cross-team working, building, and strengthening relationships with other directorates
These contents are not exhaustive or exclusive and post holders may be required to undertake additional duties from time to time in line with business needs.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Registered healthcare professional
- Operational and clinical leadership experience working in customer-facing teams
- A demonstrable track record in clinical practice and working within clinical guidance and ABPI guidelines
- Enabling leadership style with excellent listening skills
- Able to operate at Executive Team level
- Able to work both strategically and operationally
- Capable of connecting seemingly abstract concepts and bringing them into a cohesive process
- Knowledge of the characteristics of high-performing teams and how to build them
- Demonstrates alignment with EfHs organisational values
- Clinical expertise focused on long-term conditions
- Excellent people management skills
- Blend of operational and strategic thinking
- Highly confident in data analysis and business intelligence, translating these into business/ commercial development plans
- Commercially astute, able to support externally facing teams
- Skilled in developing departmental partnership working
- Well-honed organisational and budgeting skills, able to mobilise resources to meet shifting demands.
- Excellent communication skills able to communicate clearly with a wide range of people to develop education and training opportunities at scale
- A commitment to working efficiently and to a high standard
- Willingness to travel when required
- Demonstrates a flexible and adaptable attitude towards meeting and exceeding the requirements and needs of customers
- A demonstrable commitment to collaborative working
- Able to influence with integrity and take people with them
- Leads by example
Desirable
- Strategic level experience and demonstrable track record in income generation within the healthcare sector
- Ability to access new markets, demonstrating innovation with tangible outcomes
- Experience of income generation in healthcare at a senior level, building and fostering good relationships with an established network
- Aptitude to balance varying priorities, understanding client and learner perspectives, and provide solutions most appropriate to their needs
- Familiar with traditional and digital learning practices, e-commerce and contracting
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level
- Qualified Health Care Professional
Desirable
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Registered healthcare professional
- Operational and clinical leadership experience working in customer-facing teams
- A demonstrable track record in clinical practice and working within clinical guidance and ABPI guidelines
- Enabling leadership style with excellent listening skills
- Able to operate at Executive Team level
- Able to work both strategically and operationally
- Capable of connecting seemingly abstract concepts and bringing them into a cohesive process
- Knowledge of the characteristics of high-performing teams and how to build them
- Demonstrates alignment with EfHs organisational values
- Clinical expertise focused on long-term conditions
- Excellent people management skills
- Blend of operational and strategic thinking
- Highly confident in data analysis and business intelligence, translating these into business/ commercial development plans
- Commercially astute, able to support externally facing teams
- Skilled in developing departmental partnership working
- Well-honed organisational and budgeting skills, able to mobilise resources to meet shifting demands.
- Excellent communication skills able to communicate clearly with a wide range of people to develop education and training opportunities at scale
- A commitment to working efficiently and to a high standard
- Willingness to travel when required
- Demonstrates a flexible and adaptable attitude towards meeting and exceeding the requirements and needs of customers
- A demonstrable commitment to collaborative working
- Able to influence with integrity and take people with them
- Leads by example
Desirable
- Strategic level experience and demonstrable track record in income generation within the healthcare sector
- Ability to access new markets, demonstrating innovation with tangible outcomes
- Experience of income generation in healthcare at a senior level, building and fostering good relationships with an established network
- Aptitude to balance varying priorities, understanding client and learner perspectives, and provide solutions most appropriate to their needs
- Familiar with traditional and digital learning practices, e-commerce and contracting
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level
- Qualified Health Care Professional
Desirable
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
