At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a dynamic rehabilitation service, ensuring high-quality patient care and operational excellence.
- Company: Join Priory Healthcare, a leader in mental health and rehabilitation services.
- Benefits: Competitive salary of £70,000, full-time hours, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Inclusive employer with opportunities for professional growth and development.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Degree-level education in health or social care and strong leadership experience required.
Priory Lichfield Road has an opportunity for a Hospital Director to join our team. Lichfield Road is a Rehabilitation Service in Bloxwich, Walsall. This rehabilitation service is accessible by public transport, with local bus stops approximately a 25 minute walk away and Bloxwich railway station approximately a 5-10 minute taxi journey from the site.
Main duties of the job:
- The Hospital Director is responsible for the hospital's overall leadership, operational effectiveness, financial performance, and regulatory compliance.
- As the Registered Manager, they will ensure services are delivered in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements.
- Accountability for the hospital and its commercial performance.
- Leads and manages the Hospital Senior Management team (SMT) across all aspects of day-to-day business deliverables, including monitoring performance in relation to quality performance indicators (QPIs) and managing performance at sites where improvement is required.
- Alongside the Managing Director, maintain oversight and lead on the management of clinical risk at the site.
- Accountable to ensure the service performs to agreed targets for business planning, financial performance (meeting both planned revenue and EBITDA) and quality and care standards.
- To proactively use management information to effectively identify areas of underperformance and to put action plans in place to deliver improvements to the required standard using performance management interventions where appropriate.
Person Specification Requirements:
- Essential Degree-level education and/or relevant professional registration in health or social care (postgraduate qualification desirable).
- Strong leadership and decision-making skills, with experience leading teams and managing change.
- Commitment to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Resilient and adaptable, able to perform effectively under pressure while maintaining quality and compliance.
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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