Client Growth and Services Director

Do you have proven industry sales experience in the healthcare recruitment sector?

Do you have new business experience or knowledge of growing a region in healthcare?

Are you comfortable with regular travel and attending on site meetings? This role is to cover the South East region with extensive travel across the region.

If so, we would like to hear from you!

Please note; This role requires regular travel across the NHS England South East region, covering areas such as Oxford, Southampton, Thames Valley, Kent, Hampshire and surrounding areas. You may be based anywhere within this broad footprint, as long as you are able to travel across the region as part of the role responsibilities.

At NHS Professionals, we're proud to be at the heart of workforce innovation in healthcare. We're looking for an exceptional leader to join us as our Client Growth and Services Director - South East (known internally as Regional Workforce Service Director for the South East).

This role is central to how we deliver value to our NHS partners. As the senior NHSP representative in the South East region, you'll be leading from the front, bringing teams together, shaping strategy, and ensuring our services continue to make a meaningful impact.

The role offers a unique opportunity to drive impact locally while contributing to our national workforce strategy. As the senior representative for NHS Professionals in your region, you will be:

• Leading high-performing regional teams across all NHSP services
• Building strong relationships with senior stakeholders at NHS Trusts and ICSs
• Developing new business relationships and identifying opportunities for growth
• Shaping national workforce strategy through regional insight
• Owning regional strategy, revenue, and margin delivery
• Championing a customer-first mindset and ensuring measurable value for our partners

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing existing customer relationships and ensuring KPIs and contractual commitments are met
• Designing and executing a data-led regional sales strategy to exceed targets
• Identifying growth opportunities within current accounts
• Positioning NHSP as a trusted partner through strategic engagement
• Staying ahead of competitor activity to inform regional planning
• Contributing to national business planning and shaping future workforce service delivery

About The Candidate

We're looking for someone who is:

• Experienced in senior leadership roles within workforce services, ideally in the healthcare sector
• Healthcare recruitment knowledge and experience is critical to the success of this role
• Skilled in developing and maintaining C-suite and senior stakeholder relationships
• Recruitment and staffing healthcare industry experience and leading high performance teams to deliver in a competitive market
• A strategic thinker with strong commercial acumen and a track record of driving business growth
• Business development experience at senior level and knowledge and proven experience of growing business regionally

About Us

In return for your commitment, we will offer you some fantastic benefits:

• Generous annual leave allowance with the ability to buy and sell - 27 days per year, plus bank holidays
• A commitment to talent management & development
• Values Star of the Month! Our star of the month award enables you to recognise colleagues or teams that have gone the extra mile and they could win £100 worth of shopping vouchers
• Pension - We'll contribute up to 10% towards your pension if you join our stakeholder pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Group Income Protection
• Wellbeing Programme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Engagement & discounts platform

About NHS Professionals (NHSP)

NHSP run the largest NHS flexible staff bank, placing highly skilled temporary workers in NHS Trusts to meet their short, medium and long-term needs. We are owned by the Department of Health and Social Care and reinvest any surplus back into the NHS.

NHSP is committed to being an inclusive employer of choice, working with partner organisations to provide valuable insights and best practice. We are accredited as a Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute and recognised as one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work. We have been awarded the Race Equality Code Quality Mark and are signatories of Disability Confident, Menopause Pledge, and Mental Health at Work Commitment. Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) remains a priority, and we welcome applications from underrepresented groups with support for an equitable process.

At NHS Professionals, we're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, building a workforce that truly reflects society.