Clinical Lead / Director of Clinical Services
Priory Healthcare
The closing date is 31 May 2024
Job summary
We are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic individual who is looking for the opportunity to work alongside likeminded people within the Senior Management Team.
Main duties of the job
The Director of Clinical Services (DoCS) is a pivotal role in ensuring high quality clinical care and robust clinical governance processes within the Hospital.
About us
Priory Hospital Southampton has employed Consultant Psychiatrists and well established multidisciplinary teams on all wards including Nursing, Dietetics, Social Work, Occupational Therapy and Psychology.
The Hospital provides NHS funded care and has been rated "Good" in all domains with our regulator, the Care Quality Commission. Our eating disorder service has also achieved accreditation with QED and we are working towards AIMS accreditation on our acute wards.
We are located in Marchwood on the outskirts of Southampton and comprises of 42 inpatient beds across three wards.
- Sandpiper Ward: 18 bed acute admission ward, mixed gender.
- Skylark Ward: 11 bed specialist eating disorder ward, mixed gender. (Soon to be 13 bed, April 2024.)
- Starling Ward: 13 bed acute admissions inpatient ward, mixed gender.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working in close collaboration with the Hospital Director, Ward Managers, Medical Director and the on site quality team, this role will be at the forefront of patient centred care working towards achieving an OUTSTANDING rating with CQC.
The post-holder will be responsible for assuring and improving the quality of care given to patients. Using their own initiative and drawing on Priory and wider healthcare best practice, the post-holder will lead on ensuring the Hospital has the systems, knowledge and culture in place to deliver, consistently: safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led care. The post-holder has a key role in representing the quality case to stakeholders including the wider Priory Group, CQC and NHSE.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working in close collaboration with the Hospital Director, Ward Managers, Medical Director and the on site quality team, this role will be at the forefront of patient centred care working towards achieving an OUTSTANDING rating with CQC.
The post-holder will be responsible for assuring and improving the quality of care given to patients. Using their own initiative and drawing on Priory and wider healthcare best practice, the post-holder will lead on ensuring the Hospital has the systems, knowledge and culture in place to deliver, consistently: safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led care. The post-holder has a key role in representing the quality case to stakeholders including the wider Priory Group, CQC and NHSE.
Person Specification
Skill Set
Essential
- Excellent organisational abilities, able to meet deadlines
- Ability to lead from the front and support all wards clinically
- Be forward thinking and able to challenge
- Be a role model & mentor to clinical staff - providing advice and support to promote good practice
- Have experience in Clinical Governance inspection planning and procedures, audit and reporting
- Be proficient in the sharing of clinical best practice from national bodies such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
- NMC (Nursing & Midwifery Council registered)
- Have a minimum of 5 years frontline clinical or equivalent experience
- Have at least 18 months experience at Ward Manager level or equivalent and clear experience or knowledge of the following:
Person Specification
Skill Set
Essential
- Excellent organisational abilities, able to meet deadlines
- Ability to lead from the front and support all wards clinically
- Be forward thinking and able to challenge
- Be a role model & mentor to clinical staff - providing advice and support to promote good practice
- Have experience in Clinical Governance inspection planning and procedures, audit and reporting
- Be proficient in the sharing of clinical best practice from national bodies such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
- NMC (Nursing & Midwifery Council registered)
- Have a minimum of 5 years frontline clinical or equivalent experience
- Have at least 18 months experience at Ward Manager level or equivalent and clear experience or knowledge of the following:
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.
