# Director of Clinical Services

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Priory Healthcare.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Priory Healthcare
- **Location:** Lichfield Road
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Director
- **Salary:** £55,000 / year
- **Contract type:** Permanent - Full Time
- **Posted:** 2026-08-07T15:53:27.601Z
- **Source information URL:** https://jobs.priorygroup.com/en/postings/0f8f2786-cd2b-4074-b7c0-e693cd715efb
- **Application URL:** https://jobs.priorygroup.com/en/postings/0f8f2786-cd2b-4074-b7c0-e693cd715efb
- **Employer website:** https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/

## Job Content

Priory Lichfield RoadSalary | £55,000Full Time of 37.5 hours per weekPriory Lichfield Road has an opportunity for a Director of Clinical Services who is registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council 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 2–5 minute walk away and Bloxwich railway station approximately a 5–10 minute taxi journey from the site.

### What you'll be doing

You will be part of a compassionate team that is committed to supporting people's wellbeing. We take a personalised approach, using proven therapies to help people move forward with confidence and build a healthier, more fulfilling future.The Director of Clinical Services (DoCS) provides operational and clinical leadership to deliver the hospital's quality strategy, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care, compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, and achievement of quality performance indicators. The role leads clinical governance across the site, overseeing audits, governance reporting, incident and serious incident investigations, safeguarding, risk management, restrictive practice reduction, and continuous quality improvement. The DoCS supports regulatory inspections, service improvement plans, staff training and coaching, promotes a positive safety culture through shared learning, monitors patient and carer experience, ensures contractual quality requirements are met, builds effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, contributes to the development of organisational policies and proceduresThis position is a leadership role at Priory and during the interview process we will be assessing candidates against our leadership behaviours. These are a set of ten values driven behaviours that define great leadership at Priory. They are integral to driving a positive high performing culture where we strive to deliver the best care and outcomes for the people we support. You can find out more about our interview approach and our leadership behaviours here. You can find additional information in the attached job description.

### What we will give you in return

- Free on-site parking
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra days annual leave
- Contributory pension scheme
- 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
- Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel
- Leadership & management development
- Long service award
- Refer a friend bonuses

## Person Specification

### What you'll bring to the role

**Essential**

- Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council or Health and Care Professions Council
- A recognised post-registration qualification together with full membership/accreditation of a relevant professional institution and evidence of continuous professional development.
- Experience of working within a related environment.

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