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Providing quality, inspiring innovation and delivering value is what we set out to achieve at Priory Healthcare. Enabling our patients with mental health difficulties to receive a truly integrated and holistic approach to their treatment, regardless of complexity or severity, thanks to the knowledge and expertise of our multidisciplinary clinical teams.
The Priory Hospital Middleton St George is located in Darlington, County Durham and provides individualised treatment and care for people with mental health needs of adult working age and who present with complex and challenging behaviours, in a safe and supportive environment. Our comprehensive integrated services offer complete care pathways allowing service users to transfer effortlessly between the most appropriate care, meeting individual needs enabling recovery and re-engagement within the community and maximising life opportunities.
Our multi-disciplinary teams provide care for up to 73 male and female service users, working collaboratively with their commissioners, across our 5 wards and our nearby community house. We deliver acute and detoxification services, and a recovery and rehabilitation environment which includes a specialist female Personality Disorder service. Our focus is on the delivery of excellent care, empowering service users to progress towards the least restrictive setting and towards independence. Our vision is to place our Service Users at the heart of our service provision, working closely with them and their carers to support their recovery and rehabilitation.
The role:
We are looking for a boundaried, resilient and integrity driven Director of Clinical Services who is flexible and willing to work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary setting and as part of the Senior Management Team.
The individual should be committed to upholding the highest professional standards in their work at all times.
Successful candidates will be motivated to work in a service that offers involvement and empowerment for service users, contributing to the development and enhancement of nursing services at site. Ensuring compliance with statutory regulations and current legislation, meeting quality standards and delivering against key performance indicators, you will lead, enhance and deliver our exceptional standards of performance that have become synonymous with Priory Group, the UK`s leading independent provider of mental health services.
What we`d like from you:
- NMC (Nursing & Midwifery Council Registered)
- Extensive clinical and management experience
- You will be a strategic thinker and demonstrate an understanding of strategic management techniques
- Evidence of relevant professional development both clinically and managerially preferably supported by certification / qualification
- Ability to harness the commitment and potential of others
- Fine tuned decision making skills
- Excellent organisational capability
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Motivated with a strong \"can do\" attitude
- A role model to other staff - providing advice and support to promote good practice
What we`d like to give you:
- A competitive salary
- Disclosure check cost coverage
- Comprehensive induction and commitment to ongoing training
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with years` service
- Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra day`s annual leave
- Free on-site parking
- Complimentary Access to our on-site gymnasium
- Online benefits and cashback rewards
- SMART Childcare Vouchers
- SMART Pension option
- Local rewards and recognition programme open to all colleagues
The successful candidate will be required to apply for a disclosure at the required level from the Disclosure & Barring Service.
To find out more about the role please contact Paul Walsh, Hospital Director, on 01325 333192.
About us
From education to hospitals, care homes and secure facilities, the Priory Group of Companies offers individually tailored, multidisciplinary treatment programmes for those with complex educational needs or requiring acute, long-term and respite mental healthcare.
The integrated strength of each service provides a seamless transition for the individual as they progress between higher and lower dependency care and across services. This unique approach ensures that every individual has the opportunity to achieve the best possible outcomes and quality of life with th
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