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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, Southampton, is a 40 bedded hospital, providing acute mental health services to both Adolescents and adults. We provide treatment packages for people who have mental health problems with most psychiatric conditions, addictions and eating disorders.
The role:
The role holder will be part of the Senior Management Team and will lead a team of 3 ward managers. Responsibilities would include being accountable for all clinical aspects in the hospital and deputising in the Hospital Directors absence.
The job would include ensuring delivery of an optimum level of clinical and therapeutic care, together with ensuring compliance with statutory regulations and current legislation, meeting quality standards and delivering against key performance indicators. As a member of the Senior Management, the role holder will play a key part in developing and delivering the hospital strategy, providing operational and clinical leadership to the wider staff group in support of the Hospital Director.
Key Duties:
- Ensure compliance with statutory regulations and current legislation, meets quality standards, and delivers against key performance indicators.
- Manage the effective implementation of clinical interventions and treatment designed to enhance the operation and quality of clinical services evaluating through clinical governance and audit.
- Manage and develop a highly skilled and motivated workforce through recruitment, selection, development and performance management processes.
- Manage the delivery of the clinical services business plan ensuring the effective and efficient management and control of staffing, budgets, materials and equipment.
- Support and contributes to the maintenance of the business relationships liaising with referrers and prospective purchasers.
- Promote an effective working relationship across the multidisciplinary teams.
- Ensure that nurses are up to date for revalidation in accordance with NMC guidelines.
- Deal with emergencies as appropriate in the hospital or on an on-call basis.
- Investigates and acts with integrity upon shortfalls in service to ensure we are open, honest and transparent at all times
Role Requirements
The role holder will require a relevant professional qualification, a recognised post-registration qualification together with full membership / accreditation of a relevant professional institution. A detailed understanding of statutory regulations is essential, as are financial and people management skills.
What we’d like to offer you:
Excellent salary
Many benefits in line with the NHS
Working with a dedicated multidisciplinary team
Free on-site parking
Enhanced maternity pay
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 including:
Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel
Improved CPD application & panel process
Long service award
For further information or an application form, please contact Kate Brooker Hospital Director on 023 80 840044 or email KateBrooker@priorygroup.com
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 the Priory Group.
As 85% of our services are publicly funded and delivered in partnership with commissioners, our teams work with commissioning bodies across the country to provide transparent pricing models and evidence-based care programmes.
Disclosure
All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer.
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