Sanctuary Health are currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Director of Clinical Services to work in Durham.
The pay rate for this Director of Clinical Services job is £35 - £38 per hour (Assignment rate).
Main Duties/Responsibilities:
The post holder will ensure the highest level of patient care is provided to all patients.
The DoCS play a key part in developing and delivering the hospital strategy, providing operational and clinical leadership to the team.
Ensures delivery of the highest level of clinical and therapeutic care together with ensuring compliance with statutory regulations and current legislation, meeting quality standards and delivering against quality performance indicators.
Provides leadership, organisation and co-ordination to ensure effective clinical governance.
Responsible for the implementation of effective clinical interventions and ensures that treatment is designed to enhance the operation and quality of clinical services and is aligned to best practice.
Manages the delivery of the clinical services business plan ensuring the effective and efficient management and control of staffing, budgets, materials and equipment.
Promotes an effective working relationship across the multidisciplinary teams.
Responsible for ensuring that Ward Managers are using the eRostering system effectively and are rostering at least 12 weeks in advance.
Accountable for ensuring timely completion and implementation of action plans in respect of regulatory and corporate requirements.
To ensure relevant staffs work within the standards and frameworks of professional codes of conduct and to take remedial action as appropriate.
Reviews staffing on a daily basis, ensuring compliance against the staffing ladders and reviews trends, under or over staffing and puts in place actions to remedy.
Responsible for ensuring the staffing models are adhered to in the clinical services team, maintaining safe staffing levels.
Manages and develops a highly skilled and motivated workforce.
Responsible for ensuring that sound recruitment processes and retention plans are in place to drive down turnover and raise engagement.
Links with local universities and HEI's to build a pipeline of Nurses and Therapists into the hospital including, where appropriate, to carry out seminars / lectures and recruitment campaigns to raise the profile of the hospital.
Ensures that all employees have the opportunities to further develop their careers and encourages and supports CPD applications.
Responsible for ensuring that all colleagues receive clinical supervision in accordance with professional guidelines and carries out management supervision as appropriate.
Ensures clinical services comply with statutory regulations and current legislation meets quality standards and deliver against key performance indicators.
Ensure site objectives are being met and encouraging a high quality of service.
As part of the Senior Management team will carry out on-call duties as directed by the Hospital Director.
Contributes to the development of policies, procedures, processes and initiatives.
Requirements of the Director of Clinical Services:
Senior experience within a similar role
Relevant qualification/degree
Contact:
This Director of Clinical Services role is advertised by Corey Pack; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
