Director of Clinical Services

Job description

Job responsibilities

Reporting into the Hospital Director, you will form part of the hospital senior leadership team. You will be wholly responsible for operational leadership of the clinical teams (nursing and therapy) across the hospital; you will also be responsible and accountable for ensuring the highest level of patient care is provided at all times.

As our DoCS you will play a crucial role in developing and delivering the hospital strategy, providing operational as well as clinical leadership and you will ensure the highest level of clinical and therapeutic outcomes is achieved. You will also be central to forging positive professional relationships with other health and social care professionals external to the service, and for full ensuring full compliance with legislation, statutory regulations, organisational and local policies, procedures and professional standards.

Qualifications and experience:

• Must be registered with either NMC or HCPC
• A detailed understanding of statutory regulations is essential
• Passionate about providing high quality care and continuous improvement
• Demonstrated leadership and decision making skills essential
• Forward thinking, proactive and creative
• The ability to deal with multiple issues simultaneously in a highly dynamic environment
• High levels of integrity and boundaries
• Experience of working at a supervisory or managerial level within a relevant clinical setting; minimum 2 years working as a Ward Manager or equivalent
• Experience of managing a clinical budget
• Strong background within leadership and people management
• Experience of leading, implementing and reviewing quality initiatives in a related environment
• Strong track record of innovation and creating a positive, proactive and engaging culture

The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the on call SMT rota for the local region, which is supported by an on call Senior Nurse and on call Consultant.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working at a supervisory or managerial level within a relevant clinical setting; minimum 2 years working as a Ward Manager or equivalent
• Experience of managing a clinical budge

Qualifications

Essential

• Must be registered with either NMC or HCPC

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Priory Healthcare

Address

Priory Hospital Solihull

Showell Lane

Meriden

Coventry

CV7 7HZ

Employer's website

https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/ (Opens in a new tab)