# Director of Clinical Services

**Company**: The Winterbourne Hospital
**Location**: Dorchester
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Competitive Salary (depending on level of experience, training and qualification)
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The Winterbourne Hospital in Dorchester, part of Circle Health Group, is seeking a Director of Clinical Services to join their senior management team. This is a full-time role for 37.5 hours a week with a flexible shift pattern.

The successful candidate will lead the clinical governance agenda to ensure compliance with regulatory, legal, and professional standards, maintaining a minimum CQC rating of GOOD, while striving for OUTSTANDING. They will provide visible leadership and clinical on-call support, acting as the senior advisor on all clinical matters within the hospital.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading hospital participation in internal and external audits, ensuring timely actions and adherence to best practice

- Ensuring safe staffing levels across all clinical areas, with appropriate skill mix and staff competency at all times

- Maintaining and upholding professional standards in line with NMC, HCPC, GMC, and other regulatory bodies

- Ensuring all measures are taken to safeguard the health, safety, and wellbeing of patients, maintaining a high-quality, safe clinical environment

Applicants should be a registered healthcare professional with extensive senior leadership experience in a hospital setting, demonstrated success in clinical governance, risk management, and quality improvement, and a deep understanding of regulatory standards and national healthcare frameworks.

Benefits include:

- 25 days holiday per year + bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service

- Private Pension Scheme

- Private Healthcare Scheme for treatment at our hospitals, covering pre-existing medical conditions

- Friends & Family Hospital Discounts

- Family Friendly policies, including enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption pay

- Non-contributory life insurance

- Staff engagement hub with access to discounts and extensive rewards and voluntary benefits

- Access to resources, tools and services to support your wellbeing

- Employee recognition programmes

- Industry leading training and development opportunities

## Skills

### Required
- clinical governance
- risk management
- quality improvement
- NMC
- HCPC
- GMC

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