Head of Hospital Administration

About this role

The role is for leading the hospital's non-clinical administration, including facilities, support services and regulatory compliance to ensure a safe and uninterrupted clinical environment. It targets candidates with extensive experience in hospital or healthcare administration who can oversee multi-functional non-clinical operations. The employer specialises in information technology solutions for recruitment and human resources, and the position involves coordinating between clinical and non-clinical units, managing contracts and budgets, and ensuring compliance. The role entails directing facilities management, vendor relations, environmental and waste management, and emergency preparedness. It requires handling budgeting, performance reporting to executive management, and staff development within the administrative and support-services teams.

What you would do

• Direct the non-clinical administration functions and coordinate administrative services, health records, front office, catering, housekeeping, laundry, security, transport and general services.
• Manage hospital facility and estate activities, including preventive maintenance, equipment servicing, critical utilities, waste management and building upkeep.
• Ensure facility regulatory compliance, including licensing, inspections, fire safety, environmental and health obligations, and maintain a compliance register.
• Design interdepartmental workflows between clinical and non-clinical units to prevent disruption in patient flow or service delivery.
• Lead service contract and vendor management, including scoping, SLAs, performance review and renewals with procurement support.
• Oversee environmental services and medical waste handling in collaboration with infection prevention and control leads.
• Prepare and control non-clinical operating and capital budgets and approve expenditure within delegated limits.
• Lead emergency preparedness, business continuity and disaster response planning, including drills and corrective actions.
• Supervise and develop administrative and support-services staff, and manage staffing levels against the approved structure.
• Report facility, compliance and support-service performance to executive management with improvement recommendations.

What they are asking for

• First degree in health administration, hospital management, business administration, public health, estate or facility management or related discipline.
• Completion of NYSC or valid exemption if applicable.
• Minimum of 10 years' relevant hospital or healthcare administration experience, including at least 4 years in senior or managerial roles managing multiple support functions.
• Experience in facility and estate management in a healthcare setting, including biomedical equipment and critical utilities.
• Experience with facility regulatory compliance and responding to statutory inspections.
• Experience in service contract and vendor management.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary administrative teams and managing operating budgets.

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