The Heart Health Centre at Welbeck is a leading independent cardiovascular service, bringing together some of the UK's most respected cardiologists, cardiac and vascular surgeons, and specialist healthcare professionals in a purpose-built, patient-centred environment. Located in the heart of London's renowned medical district, the centre delivers comprehensive diagnostics, outpatient care, advanced cardiac imaging, rhythm management and invasive cardiology.
Our multidisciplinary team is united by a commitment to clinical excellence, innovation, and exceptional patient experience. The service benefits from state-of-the-art diagnostic technology, streamlined patient pathways, and close collaboration between consultants, clinical teams, and operational colleagues to deliver outstanding outcomes and personalised care.
The centre has established a strong reputation for combining world-class specialist expertise with a warm, responsive, and highly personalised approach to patient care. As demand for cardiovascular services continues to grow, the Heart Health Centre is well positioned for further development, with opportunities to enhance services, strengthen partnerships, drive operational excellence, and shape the future of one of London's most respected independent cardiac centres.
This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and collaborative leader to join a high-performing service and play a pivotal role in its next stage of growth and innovation.
As Centre Director, you will be responsible for leading a high performing, multidisciplinary team to deliver exceptional patient care within a state-of-the-art private clinical environment.
The role combines operational leadership with commercial accountability. You will oversee day-to-day centre management while identifying and executing opportunities for growth, innovation, and service expansion. With responsibility for financial performance, you will manage budgets, support strategic planning, and drive revenue and profitability.
Alongside this, you will foster a culture of continuous improvement, using data, patient feedback, and performance metrics to enhance outcomes and ensure compliance with regulatory standards, including CQC.
You will act as a key connector between clinicians, corporate teams, and external stakeholders, ensuring strong alignment, collaboration, and delivery of both clinical excellence and commercial performance.
Lead the day-to-day operations of the centre, ensuring efficient service delivery and exceptional patient care
Monitor centre KPIs including utilisation, patient satisfaction, clinical outcomes, and overall performance
Lead, develop, and manage multidisciplinary teams, including clinical and administrative staff
Oversee recruitment, onboarding, and ongoing staff development
Foster a high-performance culture focused on quality, collaboration, and patient experience
Build and maintain strong relationships with clinicians, partners, and internal stakeholders
You are an ambitious, resilient, and highly capable healthcare leader with both clinical credibility and strong management expertise.
You may come from a nursing, allied health professional, physiotherapy, medical, or equivalent healthcare background, with proven experience leading complex healthcare operations and CQC-regulated services.
You bring a blend of operational expertise, commercial acumen, and a deep understanding of regulatory frameworks, enabling you to balance patient care excellence with sustainable business growth. You are confident working in fast-paced, evolving environments and are comfortable leading through periods of change and expansion.
A natural collaborator and communicator, you build strong relationships across multidisciplinary teams and with senior stakeholders. You lead with integrity, resilience, and clarity, inspiring high performance while supporting the development of others.
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For this role, the stages are listed below. Timescales are mapped out to give candidates an understanding of when decisions will be made. We aim to commit to these dates as much as possible.
Stage 1 - Shortlisting (based on applications) – to be completed by 21st August
Stage 2 - Screening Calls – between 22nd and 25th August
Stage 3 - 1st interview (likely via Teams) – Thursday 3rd / Friday 4th September
Stage 4 - 2nd interview (in person - London) Thursday 10th / Friday 11th September
Stage 5 – Final Board interview (in person – London) – Date TBC
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Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
At Welbeck, we believe exceptional care starts with inclusive teams. We are committed to creating a workplace where difference is valued and excellence is expected; where people feel respected, and everyone is supported to do their very best. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and experiences and appoint on merit, recognising that diverse perspectives strengthen clinical quality, leadership, operational delivery and patient care.
Disclosure and Barring Service
Welbeck is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of patients and expects all staff to share this commitment. All roles are subject to pre-employment checks in line with regulatory requirements, including an appropriate level of Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
