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Reports To: Chief Executive, Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN)
Location: London
Start date: November 2026
Nature and scope
IHPN is the membership network for independent healthcare providers. We play a leading role in the sector by bringing independent providers together, representing their interests, and supporting them to deliver great care to patients.
Our vision is for a thriving independent healthcare sector delivering great care to NHS and private patients.
We are seeking to appoint a Director of Regulation to join the IHPN team in mid-November 2026.
Purpose
The Director of Regulation leads all aspects of IHPN’s regulatory work programme with a particular emphasis on, but not limited to, the regulation of clinical services. As part of the organisation’s senior management team, the Director of Regulation will be responsible for ensuring successful completion of the organisation’s regulatory annual business plan objectives and leading the team’s regulation function.
IHPN members work within a heavily regulated sector across all four nations of the UK. IHPN supports them by working with regulators to help positively influence the regulatory environment, as well as to ensure that members are well-placed to deliver the highest standards of safety and quality. In recent years this has included important work on behalf of members to strengthen clinical governance and information sharing and improve consistency across the sector.
The Director works closely with our members to lead the regulation function and influencing programmes and has an excellent understanding of the regulatory issues which affect all IHPN members across the UK in terms of the NHS and private pay sectors. The Director builds relationships at a senior level across the health system and proactively identifies opportunities to progress the sector’s interests. They also take responsibility for ensuring that budget targets are met. The post involves line management responsibilities.
The Director of Regulation leads the Network’s work with national system and professional healthcare regulators and medical royal colleges including, but not limited to, the Care Quality Commission, NHS England’s patient safety and clinical functions, the Department of Health and Social Care, General Medical Council, Royal Colleges and devolved governments and regulators.
The postholder is entirely responsible for IHPN’s Regulation function, which involves developing and leading a compelling and high impact sector-wide programme of strategic and proactive regulatory affairs and influencing work that positions the independent healthcare sector as being proactive on the quality, governance and transparency agendas.
For full details on the role, please download the job description.
CLOSING DATE: 9am on Monday 29th June
INTERVIEWS: Monday 6th July, London (in-person)
How to apply
To apply for this role, please send your CV and covering letter by email to [email protected].
For a discussion about the role please email [email protected].
*Please note applications without a covering letter and CV will be rejected*