Healthcare founder-operator · Melbourne

Building better healthcare businesses, where good people and great care thrive.

I own and operate Emerald Medical Centre and Next Practice Prahran. I'm interested in what makes healthcare businesses genuinely work: great people, strong systems, a better patient experience and a commercial model that lets all three last.

Jonathon Somers
Two clinicsOwned and operated in Melbourne
Founder-operatorStrategy and execution, not one or the other
Healthcare builderGrowth, systems, people and patient experience
ShowcallerEvent production taught me calm is a system
What I build

Healthcare businesses that run well without me in every room.

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Emerald Medical Centre, with the community gathered out front
Clinic

Emerald Medical Centre

A long-established community general practice in the Dandenong Ranges. My focus has been building a sustainable business around good medicine, a strong team and genuine continuity of care.

The reception at Next Practice Prahran
Clinic

Next Practice Prahran

A modern inner-city general practice where we're constantly testing how better systems, technology, design and new models of care can improve both the patient and practitioner experience.

Showcalling from the production desk during a live arena show
Events

Live events & production

I still work in live event production and showcalling. It's a very different world, but the lessons are remarkably similar: prepare properly, communicate clearly, stay calm and make hundreds of moving parts look simple.

Work with me

Three ways owners and founders bring me in.

Every conversation starts confidentially and without obligation. Most start with a coffee, not a contract.

01

Succession

You've built something good and you're thinking about what happens next. Let's plan it while you still love the business, not after.

Talk about succession
02

Partnership and co-ownership

You want a partner who has run clinics, not just advised them. Someone with skin in the game and the same standards you have.

Talk about partnering
03

Growth and operating partnership

You're growing fast and the business has outgrown how it's run. I get involved to build the systems, people and rhythm that let it keep growing.

Talk about growth partnership
Recent thinking

Insights from inside the business.

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Speaking

Practical talks for owners, operators and clinical leaders.

For conferences, podcasts and panels. I talk about the things I've actually had to work through, without the slide-deck gloss.

Invite me to speak
  • Building a clinic that runs without you in every room
  • Succession is a strategy, not an exit
  • Calm under pressure: what live events teach leaders
Start a conversation

Thinking about what's next for your healthcare business?

Succession, partnership or just a second opinion from someone who's run clinics. Let's talk. It stays between us.

Everything you share stays between us.