Operations Manager

🚀 Operations Manager – Camden Town, London, £45,000–£70,000 + Generous Bonus (Target Dependent) | 18-Surgery Private Dental Practice
Permanent | Full-Time | On-Site | Monday–Friday | Flexible Hours

🔥 This Isn't Just an Operations Role. It's an Opportunity to Scale a Dental Business.

Are you an ambitious dental operations professional who knows how to turn a successful private practice into an even bigger success?

We're looking for a commercially minded, results-driven Operations Manager to join a substantial 18-surgery fully private dental practice in Camden Town, London, and play a pivotal role in its next stage of growth.

This is an opportunity for someone who thinks beyond the day-to-day running of a practice. We want a leader who understands the commercial side of private dentistry, knows how to drive performance, can motivate a team and has the energy and ambition to increase patient numbers, improve operational efficiency and unlock the practice's full potential.

The brief is clear: help scale the business, expand the patient base and get more surgeries up and running.

With a salary of up to £70,000 and a generous bonus structure, including an additional £10,000 bonus linked to getting five chairs operational, this is an exciting opportunity for an experienced private practice manager who wants their impact to be reflected in their earning potential.

💷 The Package – Rewarding Commercial Impact

• Salary: £45,000–£70,000, depending on experience and suitability
• Bonus: Generous £10,000 bonus
• Additional incentive: A further £10,000 bonus for getting five chairs up and running
• Contract: Permanent, full-time
• Working pattern: Monday–Friday
• Hours: 8:00am–5:00pm, with flexibility
• Location: Camden Town, London
• Working arrangement: Fully on-site
• Practice type: Fully private
• Practice size: 18 surgeries
• Software: SOE
• Clinical offering: General dentistry, orthodontics and a broad range of treatments
• Start date: ASAP, although the practice is prepared to wait for the right candidate

The package offers significant earning potential for someone who can demonstrate the right experience, commercial mindset and ability to deliver meaningful growth.

📈 Your Mission:

Drive Growth, Performance & Patient ExpansionThis role is centred on helping the practice reach its next level.

You'll take ownership of operational performance while working towards a clear commercial objective: maximising the capacity and potential of an 18-surgery private practice.

Your focus will include:

• Scaling the business: Identifying opportunities to grow the practice and improve its overall performance.
• Patient expansion: Driving initiatives that help attract new patients, increase patient numbers and support sustainable growth.
• Surgery utilisation: Working towards getting five additional chairs up and running, unlocking more clinical capacity.
• Commercial performance: Monitoring targets, KPIs and operational results, taking action where improvements are needed.
• Revenue growth: Identifying opportunities to improve productivity and make better use of the practice's existing resources.
• Operational efficiency: Ensuring the practice runs effectively, with processes that support growth rather than restrict it.
• Team performance: Leading, motivating and holding teams accountable to clear objectives.
• Continuous improvement: Identifying what is working, what needs to change and where the business can perform better.

This is a hands-on leadership position for someone who enjoys taking responsibility, solving problems and seeing tangible results from their work.

🦷 The Opportunity:

An 18-Surgery Private PracticeYou'll be joining a large, fully private dental practice in Camden Town, with 18 surgeries and a broad clinical offering, including general dentistry and orthodontics.
With a practice of this scale, operational leadership and commercial focus are essential. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence how the business develops, how effectively its facilities are utilised and how the practice continues to expand its patient base.

A key priority will be helping bring five chairs into operation. Achieving this would increase the practice's available clinical capacity and represents a specific opportunity to earn an additional bonus. 

For the right person, this is an opportunity to make a visible difference to the performance and future growth of a substantial private dental business in London.

🎯 Targets, KPIs & Commercial Accountability

We're looking for someone who is comfortable working with numbers, setting objectives and being accountable for results.

You'll understand that successful practice management isn't simply about keeping everything running smoothly. It's about knowing how to improve performance, identify opportunities and turn plans into measurable outcomes.

You'll need to be confident in:

• Setting and monitoring meaningful KPIs
• Tracking performance against business objectives
• Identifying gaps in performance and implementing improvements
• Driving patient growth and operational productivity
• Improving surgery utilisation and clinical capacity
• Supporting revenue growth through effective practice operations
• Motivating teams to deliver against agreed targets
• Making commercially sound decisions that support the long-term success of the practice

We're looking for a manager who takes ownership, follows through and wants to see the business succeed.

🔑 Who We're Looking For

This opportunity is specifically suited to someone with previous management experience within a fully private dental practice.
You'll need to understand the realities of private dentistry, appreciate the importance of patient experience and recognise the commercial opportunities that come with running a large practice.

Essential Experience & Attributes

• Previous managerial experience within a fully private dental practice
• A strong understanding of private practice operations
• Experience working towards targets, KPIs and commercial objectives
• The ability to identify and deliver opportunities for business growth
• A track record of taking ownership and driving improvements
• Confidence leading teams and managing operational performance
• Strong organisational, communication and problem-solving skills
• A commercially minded approach to decision-making
• The ambition and drive to help scale a business
• A proactive, hands-on leadership style

Experience helping a practice grow, improve performance or increase its operational capacity will be particularly relevant.

🔥 Personality Matters:

We Want Someone With DriveSkills and experience are essential, but personality will be a major consideration.
The practice wants someone with the right skills, the right energy and a genuine appetite for growth.

You'll likely be someone who is:

• Ambitious: You want to progress, achieve more and make a meaningful impact.
• Commercially minded: You understand the relationship between operational performance, patient numbers and business success.
• Results-driven: You enjoy working towards targets and seeing measurable improvements.
• Motivated by earning potential: You value a package that rewards performance and are motivated by the opportunity to increase your earnings.
• Proactive: You spot opportunities, take initiative and don't wait to be told what needs doing.
• Resilient: You can manage challenges, keep momentum and maintain focus on the bigger picture.
• A natural leader: You can bring people with you, set expectations and create accountability.
• Growth-focused: You want to build something, not simply maintain the status quo.

This is not a role for someone who is happy to coast or simply oversee existing processes. It's for a person who wants to make things happen.

🖥️ Systems & Working Arrangements

• Location: Camden Town, London
• Software: SOE
• Practice type: Fully private
• Facilities: 18 surgeries
• Working days: Monday–Friday
• Hours: 8:00am–5:00pm, with flexibility
• Working arrangement: Full-time and fully on-site
• Contract: Permanent

The successful candidate will need to be present and involved in the day-to-day running of the practice, working closely with the team to deliver operational improvements and support the business's growth ambitions.

🌟 Why This Opportunity Stands Out

• 💷 Salary of £45,000–£70,000
• 💰 Generous £10,000 bonus
• 🚀 Additional £10,000 bonus linked to getting five chairs up and running
• 🏥 Leadership opportunity within an 18-surgery fully private practice
• 📍 Camden Town, London location
• 📈 A clear focus on scaling the business and expanding the patient base
• 🎯 Opportunity to drive KPIs, targets and commercial performance
• 🦷 Broad clinical offering, including general dentistry and orthodontics
• 💼 Permanent, full-time leadership position
• 📅 Monday–Friday working pattern
• ⏰ Flexible working hours
• 🤝 Opportunity to make a tangible impact on business performance
• 🔥 A role where ambition, initiative and results matter

📩 Ready to Make Your Next Move?

If you're an experienced private dental practice manager with the commercial instinct, leadership ability and ambition to help scale a substantial practice, we'd love to hear from you.

We're looking for someone who can take ownership, drive patient expansion, improve performance and help unlock the potential of this 18-surgery business in Camden Town.

The practice is ready to find the right person and is happy to wait for a candidate who brings the right combination of experience, personality and drive.

If you're motivated by growth, enjoy working towards ambitious goals and want an opportunity where your impact can be rewarded, this could be the next step you've been looking for.

Get in touch for a confidential discussion and find out how you could help shape the next stage of this practice's growth. 🚀🦷

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