Commercial Programme Lead

Job summary

Commercial Programme Lead- Fix term 2 years

The post holder will be the Trust's lead specialist for commercial development within Imaging, accountable for establishing, growing and managing a private and commercial imaging service across all modalities, from identifying opportunities and building business cases through to contract negotiation, implementation and ongoing performance management.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will work across clinical, operational and corporate teams to develop opportunities, support delivery, and ensure alignment with organisational priorities, governance and NHS policy.
• The post holder will engage with both, insurer and local businesses to market, and negotiate billable service opportunities to meet the needs of the population of Croydon and the local health economy.
• This post is intended to work closely with imaging leads to facilitate the creation of dedicated private patient/commercial patient access to across all imaging modalities as part of a strategic development to broaden the access to local imaging beyond traditional NHS pathways.
• Income ambition: £1m per annum from private and commercial imaging within five years. The post holder will be accountable for establishing the commercial service and delivering agreed annual income targets towards this. The post holder will hold delegated budgetary responsibility for commercial activity within the Radiology budget, and authority to approve expenditure, pricing and contractual commitments in line with the Trust's Scheme of Delegation and Standing Financial Instructions for the post.

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that's making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're looking for.

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