Business Development Officer

Job description

Job responsibilities

Business Development Officer | Sevenoaks Medical Centre, Sevenoaks

Full Time Permanent | 37.5 hours | £32,000-£38,000 Depending on Experience

Are you a skilled Business Development professional with experience within the medical and healthcare industry?  Join us at Sevenoaks Medical Centre, where you’ll play a crucial role in accelerating growth and expanding services for KIMS Hospital.

As a Business Development Officer, you’ll drive revenue growth within our Sevenoaks Medical Centre by collaborating with consultants, management, and primary care providers. You’ll work with a team of dedicated healthcare professionals—from nurses to radiographers—providing a wide range of outpatient and diagnostic services in specialties such as orthopaedics, dermatology, urology, and more.

Role Responsibilities include:

• Cultivate effective partnerships and relationships with consultants and their Medical Secretaries, understanding the best utilisation of their time, maximising capacity and efficiencies to maximize service capacity, efficiency, and patient care.
• Being involved in new consultant inductions and understanding the onward referral pathway processes to KIMS Hospital.
• Analyse financial and activity data to identify trends and drive business opportunities. Lead specialty specific projects to developing new services, whilst working with local businesses, raising awareness of services available at Sevenoaks Medical Centre and the wider KIMS Hospital / Lyca Health network.
• Build on local healthcare knowledge to promote the integrated proposition between the Sevenoaks Medical Centre and the wider KIMS Hospital /Lyca network.
• Identify partnership opportunities to deliver seamless referral pathways with other local primary care providers.
• Expand NHS relationships to enhance service offerings available at Sevenoaks Medical Centre.

Person Specification:

• Proven experience working with consultants, GPs, medical secretaries, and healthcare professionals in a private hospital setting.
• Strong knowledge of medical terminology, healthcare specialties, and private healthcare practices.
• Data-driven mindset with the ability to identify trends and insights.
• Excellent relationship-building skills, adaptable communication style, and a calm approach during challenges.
• Ability to adapt communication style and demonstrate constructive and calm approach
• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload amid conflicting demands and busy work periods.

KIMS Hospital employees enjoy the following benefits:

• Competitive Salary
• 33 Days annual leave plus extra time off for your birthday
• Free staff parking
• Pension scheme
• Private health insurance
• Life assurance
• Up to 40% off some of KIMS Hospital services
• Employee Assistance Platform
• Retail discounts and cashback
• Annual flu vaccination
• Free eye test

If you have any queries regarding this vacancy, recruiter Liz would be happy to help. Please give her a call on 01622 231694 or email recruitment@kims.org.uk

At KIMS Hospital we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive working environment. We strive to create a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and are proud to be an equal opportunities and disability confident employer.

Any offers of employment made by KIMS Hospital for this/these position(s) will be subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK and receipt of a satisfactory DBS Certificate from the Disclosure & Barring Service.   Information about the DBS checks can be found at https://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• - Proven experience working with consultants, GPs, medical secretaries, and healthcare professionals in a private hospital setting.
• - Strong knowledge of medical terminology, healthcare specialties, and private healthcare practices.
• - Data-driven mindset with the ability to identify trends and insights.
• - Excellent relationship-building skills, adaptable communication style, and a calm approach during challenges.
• - Ability to adapt communication style and demonstrate constructive and calm approach
• - Ability to prioritise and manage own workload amid conflicting demands and busy work periods.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

KIMS Hospital

Address

Sevenoaks Medical Centre

London Road

Sevenoaks

Kent

TN13 2JD

Employer's website

https://kims.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)