Job description
As a Healthcare Director in our growing IGH practice, you will play a lead role in work across government and healthcare but have a primary focus on the origination of work for clients related to financial improvement (including the development and implementation of transformation strategy that drives financial improvement) and/or operational transformation within healthcare. You will also lead the design and delivery of a range of projects and large-scale programmes of work.
You will be working with clients from a broad spectrum of organisations, including the NHS and care sector organisations, regulators in health, care, education, and government departments.
Joining our industry leading IGH practice will expose you to work on a range of high-profile assignments helping organisations, politicians, policy makers and civic leaders address their most challenging issues.
You will benefit from working with and alongside specialists from a number of disciplines and experts from our Global Centres of Excellence. Given our position as one of the leading advisors to the NHS, social care, education providers and local and central government we are frequently approached to support the most complex and high-profile programmes of work. Examples of this include our work with NHS England/Improvement, NHS Scotland, the Department of Health and Social Care, the Care Quality Commission, Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council, Health Education England and the NHS Leadership Academy.
The diversity of work, project opportunities, calibre of people you will work with and formal learning opportunities will undoubtedly help accelerate your career - irrespective of whether you stay for three years or the rest of your career.
Successful candidates will work collaboratively with KPMG colleagues and clients to:
- Identify options and solutions to address complex client issues and challenges
- Perform a client delivery focused role which typically involves review of policy and regulatory issues, assessment of client need, development of appropriate solutions and communication and engagement with stakeholders and senior team members.
- Develop new and existing client relationships by demonstrating insight and understanding of the challenges facing clients.
- Lead and develop insightful proposals and propositions, which demonstrate KPMG's market leading position.
- Win and lead client engagements which are commercially viable.
- Develop networks across KPMG's IGH team whilst also ensuring knowledge of wider firm services which can be used to add value for our clients on engagements.
- Lead teams day-today to produce compelling analysis, presentations, reports and other deliverables that are well drafted and concise, whilst also addressing complex, politically-sensitive issues.
- Design, plan and facilitate events, workshops and interactive sessions to support our clients.
- Proactively maintain project oversight, including financial and project risk management.
- Proactively manage and provide guidance and people leadership to the wider team.
- Liaise regularly with the firm's healthcare, education, and wider regulation teams.
- You will be a talented and ambitious senior management consultant with experience of originating and delivering consulting services in the healthcare sector OR an experienced leader/senior official from the healthcare sector, whether this be at national, regional or local NHS levels in a strategic or operational role.
- You will have the credibility and experience to lead KPMG and client teams to appraise, plan and deliver complex programmes of work.
- You will have a good understanding of the health and care policy agenda and demonstrate a strong desire to support clients in these areas.
- You will understand the political environment and be experienced in considering the reputational and commercial aspects of our work
- You will understand the changing nature of work and how this will shape the health and care workforce of the future
- You will have significant people and performance management experience, including experience of coaching or managing a wide range of staff.
- You will be experienced and comfortable presenting findings and analysis to boards and governing bodies of our clients and preparing papers and reports.
The qualification for this role is not prescriptive. You will have considerable relevant experience and will need to demonstrate:
- Track record of originating and delivering high value healthcare orientated consultancy services, OR experience of developing and leading large-scale healthcare transformation programmes of work
- Access to a broad, relevant network of health and care related stakeholders where you are considered to be a trusted advisor
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced working environment including taking initiative in ambiguous and fluid situations
- Experience of leading programmes and large-scale projects
- Proficient in the use of a range of IT applications.
A final word from us...
Everybody likes to say they're different... but we really think we are.
We're hugely proud of what we've managed to achieve so far, but we're only just getting started. We're looking for people to grow with us and are committed to helping everybody reach their destination, regardless of what that is.
Should you choose to join us, you can expect an attractive benefits package, which typically includes:
Financial
- A competitive salary
- Pension options
- Bonus scheme that reflects firm and individual performance
- Rail and Oyster Card reimbursement
- Staff discounts
- Access to preferential banking
Lifestyle
- 25 days holiday, with the option to buy up to an extra 10 days, plus an additional day of leave for your birthday
- Competitive maternity and paternity leave
- 6 days of work time each year for volunteering
- Daily lunch allowance
- Flextra - a flexible benefits scheme that allows you to choose benefits for you and your family, such as, travel insurance, critical illness insurance, dental insurance and discounted gym memberships
Health and Wellbeing
- Private medical insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Life assurance of 4 x salary with the option to increase this via flexible benefits scheme
- Access to private, remote GP appointments anytime and anywhere via a smartphone
- Online health risk questionnaire
- BeWell employee assistance programme for confidential information, advice, or counselling for life's daily challenges
- Group Income Protection
No matter what skills you bring to our team, you'll be surrounded by spirited, naturally curious people. People who want to learn from you, and who'll also teach you a thing or two along the way. It's how we make a collective impact, greater than the sum of its parts.
And if this isn't the role for you but you like what you see, keep in touch. There will be other opportunities to join us.
For more details about a career at KPMG, visit: www.kpmgcareers.co.uk