Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

WSP helps organisations become more efficient and effective in core sectors including healthcare; whether improving patient pathways for the NHS, developing laboratories for world-leading science, or rationalising educational campuses to attract top students and research investment. Our clients value our wide range of skills and competitive edge over other consultancies.

As Senior Consultant, Healthcare Strategy and Planning (HS+P), you will join an established role within the WSP Healthcare Strategy & Planning team. Working alongside the Director and colleagues, you will help grow and develop strategic healthcare planning as a leading-edge offering to NHS and private sector clients in the UK and overseas.

This client-facing role requires leadership within the HS+P team to develop healthcare strategy and planning expertise, processes, and procedures ensuring quality assured service delivery. You will manage and deliver healthcare strategy and planning advisory services of varying scope, lead teams or contribute as part of a team on major commissions.

You will contribute to new business development targets by building a portfolio of consultancy clients, support tender responses, and deliver presentations for new business opportunities.

Experience
Extensive knowledge of health services and/or health facilities gained through clinical practice, roles within health providers, or as a professional contributing to healthcare projects. Experience in strategic analysis, demand and capacity modelling, models of care, clinical and functional briefing, schedules of accommodation, and design reviews is essential.

You will have experience delivering clinical and operational strategy development, health services and facilities planning, employing and improving tools and methods.

Proven client relationship management and account management skills, including managing clinical stakeholder engagement sessions and programmes.

Strong report writing skills, including preparation of briefs, business cases, and peer reviewing colleague outputs.

Data analytics skills to assess health service needs and demands at various levels.

Ability to develop creative, solution-focused service models and quality assurance processes.

Experience working with clients and project teams to ensure investment proposals consider productivity gains and facilitate service transformation.

Ability to keep abreast of healthcare planning trends and research, contributing to thought leadership.

Experience working across global projects with sensitivity to local cultures and practices.

Strong organisational skills managing project inputs, budgets, and team workloads.

Political astuteness and ability to interface with board level and operational staff including executive directors and clinicians.

About you
Curious and open-minded with a spirit of collaboration, fostering multidisciplinary teamwork.

Motivated to develop processes and procedures that ensure quality assured client service.

Proactive in contributing to new business development and tender preparation.

Committed to making a positive impact through your work and eager to join a global community of talented professionals.

Qualifications
Relevant professional qualifications or equivalent experience in healthcare strategy, planning, or related fields are expected. Specific qualifications are not explicitly stated but a strong background in healthcare consultancy or health services is essential.