Health Consultant

Our Government Health practice are looking for an experienced Consultant to join the team. 

What you will be doing

• Supporting the definition and delivery of business cases, funding models and investment decisions for health transformation programmes across national, regional and local health and care systems.
• Co-designing target operating models, service blueprints and governance structures that help healthcare organisations translate strategy into practical delivery.
• Supporting transformation programmes that improve patient outcomes, strengthen system performance and enable frontline teams to deliver high-quality care.
• Optimising operational, commercial and programme delivery processes across complex health environments, including NHS organisations, arm’s length bodies and wider system partners.
• Helping clients make better use of digital, data, analytics and AI to support health data infrastructure, research services, digital health platforms and technology-enabled care.
• Bringing and embedding relevant best practice from healthcare, life sciences, public sector and other regulated sectors to solve complex client challenges.
• Contributing to commercial strategies, procurements, partnerships and delivery plans that support innovation adoption, system-wide collaboration and value for taxpayers.
• Supporting our internal go to market approach for health including bid management, proposition development and marketing initiatives.

Your skills and experience

• Direct experience working in or with the UK health system, such as NHS England, NHS trusts, integrated care systems, arm’s length bodies, health-focused government departments, life sciences organisations or health-focused consultancies.
• Understanding of current priorities across health and care, including system transformation, digital health, health data, clinical research, innovation adoption and the future of integrated care.
• Clear understanding of how the UK health ecosystem operates, including the relationship between national policy, NHS organisations, commissioners, providers, regulators, industry partners and patients.
• Experience working closely with operational, commercial, digital, data, policy or transformation teams in health, life sciences or similarly complex regulated environments.
• Experience supporting or delivering structured change and/or large scale transformation programmes, such as operating model design, programme mobilisation, portfolio management, service transformation, cost improvement, digital delivery or technology-enabled change.
• Exposure to project or programme management disciplines, including planning, RAID, governance, stakeholder reporting, benefits tracking and delivery assurance.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous, multi-stakeholder environments and helping shape practical, responsible solutions that balance policy intent, operational reality and measurable outcomes.

What a career at Baringa will give you 

Putting People First.

Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.

• Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.

• Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.

• Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.

• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people. 

An award-winning workplace

You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this. 

Using business as a force for good. 

We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve.

We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.