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Director of Clinical Services - Maternity Cover 12 months @ Priory Healthcare

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Job summary

Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal

Salary £57000 - £65000 Dependent on experience

Full-time 37.5 hours per week, fixed-term role of 12 months

Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal has an opportunity for a Director of Clinical Services, registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, to join our team.

Main duties of the job

As Director of Clinical Services (DoCS), you will provide strong clinical and operational leadership, driving the hospitals quality strategy and ensuring the delivery of outstanding clinical and therapeutic care in line with regulatory requirements and organisational standards. You will lead clinical governance, audits, incident investigations, safeguarding, complaints management and restrictive practice reduction, promoting a culture of safety, accountability and continuous improvement.

Working collaboratively with clinical teams and key stakeholders, you will oversee quality assurance, support regulatory inspections, monitor patient and family experience, and develop and implement service improvement plans. You will also provide coaching, training and professional guidance to enhance clinical practice, ensure contractual quality standards are met, contribute to organisational policies and initiatives, and participate in senior management on-call duties as required.

About us

Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal, Stockport is an inpatient mental health service for young people and adults. It is accessible by public transport, with local bus routes along Wilmslow Road and Cheadle Hulme and East Didsbury railway stations approximately 12 miles from the service.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information, please click APPLY NOW, where you will be diverted to our website to view a job description, or you can contact the hospital HR on [email protected]

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Person Specification

Requirements

Essential

  • 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.
  • A detailed understanding of statutory regulations is essential.

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 Cheadle Royal

100 Wilmslow Road, Cheadle

Manchester

Greater Manchester

SK8 3DG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Skills

NHSHealthcareFixed-Term

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