Director of Clinical Services

We want you to succeed at Priory and thrive in your role. You will be well supported with regular career conversations. We also offer full training and numerous pathways into leadership and qualified clinical positions to help you shape your career with us. 

• Enhanced maternity pay
• Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra days annual leave
• Contributory pension scheme
• Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and private healthcare
• Access to development opportunities
• Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel
• Leadership & management development
• Long service award
• Refer a friend bonuses

Priory Lakeside View
Salary £55,000
Full-time role of 37.5 hours per week

Priory Lakeside View has an opportunity for a Director of Clinical Services who is registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, to join our team.

Priory Lakeside View, Willenhall, West Midlands is a specialist inpatient service supporting adults with acute mental health needs within a safe, therapeutic environment. It is accessible by public transport, with local bus routes serving Noose Lane and Wolverhampton railway station approximately 3-4 miles from the service

You will be part of a compassionate team that is committed to supporting people's wellbeing. We take a personalised approach, using proven therapies to help people move forward with confidence and build a healthier, more fulfilling future.

The DoCS plays a key role in developing and delivering the hospital Quality Strategy, providing operational and clinical leadership to ensure the highest standards of clinical and therapeutic care, regulatory compliance, and achievement of quality standards and performance indicators. They lead and coordinate effective clinical governance, supporting the implementation of site-wide governance, evidence-based practice, learning and improvements in patient care, while ensuring auditing and governance requirements are met. The role oversees governance reporting, restrictive practice reduction, incident and serious incident investigations, safeguarding, complaints and thematic reviews, ensuring timely reporting and learning is shared across the site and division. The DoCS monitors patient, relative and carer experience, supports regulatory and internal inspections, leads service and site improvement plans using SMART objectives, and provides coaching and training to enhance quality and practice. They maintain strong internal and external stakeholder relationships, ensure contractual quality requirements are met, contribute to organisational policies and initiatives, and undertake on-call duties as part of the Senior Management Team.

This position is a leadership role at Priory and during the interview process we will be assessing candidates against our leadership behaviours. These are a set of ten values driven behaviours that define great leadership at Priory. They are integral to driving a positive high performing culture where we strive to deliver the best care and outcomes for the people we support. You can find out more about our interview approach and our leadership behaviours here.

You can find additional information in the attached job description.

Essential for the role

• Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council or Health and Care Professions Council
• A recognised post-registration qualification together with full membership/accreditation of a relevant professional institution and evidence of continuous professional development

The following experience would be beneficial

• Experience of working within an Acute environment.