Business Relations Manager

Ramsay Health Care; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Nottingham is seeking a Business Relations Manager to enhance stakeholder engagement and drive referral growth. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication and negotiation skills, a solid understanding of the healthcare market, and a proven track record in similar roles. This position offers competitive benefits and a supportive work environment focused on making a difference in patient care.

Benefits

25 Days Leave + Bank Holidays

Flexible Leave Options

Private Pension

Enhanced Parental Leave

Private Medical Cover

Life Assurance

Free Training and Development

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle2Work Scheme

Blue Light Card Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role within healthcare or in sales.
• Full UK driving license required.
• Understanding of the UK healthcare market is essential.

Responsibilities

• Drive growth and increase referrals through stakeholder engagement.
• Organise educational events and develop referral opportunities.
• Use analytics to ensure optimal resource use.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Marketing

Customer Service

Time Management

Teamwork

Flexibility

Strategic Thinking

Job description

Job Description

Business Relations Manager

Nottingham Woodthorpe Hospital - Nottingham, with travel to meet the needs of the business

37.5 hours per week

The Role:

This exciting role is responsible for driving growth and increased referrals across all payor channels into the hospital and Ramsay Health Care as a whole, by developing and delivering excellent stakeholder engagement and communications.

The Business Relations Manager role is based primarily at the hospital and will include some travel around the territory. The role will take accountability for increasing and delivering targeted referrals and revenues by building strong links and effective stakeholder relationships across the referring healthcare community.

You will work within a defined territory with the intent of increasing Ramsay's market share, and brand awareness and will require visits to agreed target groups as and when business needs arise.

The successful candidate will organise and facilitate educational events and develop referral opportunities between consultants, GPs and other external stakeholders through various high quality communication methods, both virtually and face to face. You will be responsible for assisting with developing an engagement strategy and delivering promotional activity.

The role will be supported by using analytics and data insight to ensure optimal use of time and resource for both new and existing referrers in order to develop your portfolio, and to identify opportunities for business development in line with the hospital's strategic business plan and targets.

Where you'll be based:
Woodthorpe Hospital is part of Ramsay Health Care UK, one of the leading independent healthcare providers in England.

The hospital opened in 1877 and has built an excellent reputation for delivering first class healthcare for patients with health insurance, patients who are self-funding treatment and NHS patients exercising choice through the e-referral system.

By investing in the latest advanced medical technology, we offer a wide range of treatments and services.

What you'll bring with you:

• Experience of working in a similar role within healthcare or proven track record in sales and account management environment.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and autonomously when in a field based role.
• Strong marketing skills
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Tenacity and resilience; a strong desire to achieve targets.
• Strong IT literacy.
• Flexibility to work evenings and some weekends for planned schedule of events / hospitality.
• Great customer service skills with the ability to build lasting client relationships
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to re-prioritise and adapt quickly
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain commercial relationships and networks
• Strategic thinker with strong business acumen
• An understanding of the UK healthcare market
• Full UK driving licence

Benefits:

• 25 Days Leave + Bank Holidays
• Buy & Sell Flexi Leave Options
• Private Pension where Ramsay will match up to 5% after a qualifying period
• Enhanced Competitive Parental Leave Policies
• Private Medical Cover with option to add partner & dependants
• Life Assurance (Death in Service) x3 base salary
• Free Training and Development via the Ramsay Academy
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle2Work scheme available, in partnership with Halfords
• The Blue Light Card Scheme

About Us:

Ramsay Health Care UK is a well-established global hospital group with over 50 years' experience. We are a global provider operating in 8 countries, with 88,000 staff who treat 8 million patients each year. It is well respected within the healthcare industry and is one of the leading providers of independent hospital services in England. We are well known for our strong, long-standing relationship with the NHS.

We love people with a positive, "can do" attitude who want to make a difference in their work. "Our employees are Ramsay." The skills and commitment of our employees forms the basis for our success.
We are able to support training and development to our employees, to deliver a high standard of clinical care whilst ensuring patient safety, dignity and confidentiality. We are a progressive and caring facility and support the Ramsay vision "People caring for People". We know our people are our greatest asset, our business is growing and we would like you to join us.

We are proud of our 'Speak Up for Safety' programme and ensure that the patient is at the heart of everything we do. Join us and have more 'Time to Care'.

We care.

It's more than what we do, it's who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964.

"The Ramsay Way" culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.

We are proud to support the UK's Armed Forces and Reservists and have already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD's Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a company we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and this includes our staff as well as our patients.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.