# Hospital Director

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Priory Healthcare.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Priory Healthcare
- **Location:** Priory Hospital Middleton St George
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Director
- **Salary:** £90,000 / year
- **Contract type:** Fixed Term - Full Time
- **Posted:** 2026-08-11T15:21:26.472Z
- **Source information URL:** https://jobs.priorygroup.com/en/postings/b9ba1139-d903-419b-9dcf-d7d6a83e6d26
- **Application URL:** https://jobs.priorygroup.com/en/postings/b9ba1139-d903-419b-9dcf-d7d6a83e6d26
- **Employer website:** https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/

## Job Content

Hospital and ward information if applicable£90,000 per annumFull time - 37.5 hours per week6 months fixed term contractPriory Hospital Middleton St George has an opportunity for a Hospital Director to join our team. Set in spacious and relaxing grounds, Priory Hospital Middleton St George, located in Darlington, County Durham, is a specialist inpatient service for adults with mental health issues, complex needs and behaviours that challenge. We are dedicated to supporting people to transfer effortlessly between the most appropriate care, meeting individual needs, enabling recovery and re-engagement within the community, and maximising life opportunities.We accept referrals from a wide variety of public sector organisations throughout the UK, including special hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, prisons, courts, low secure units (LSUs), medium secure units (MSUs), forensic lead commissioners, social services, NHS Mental Health Trusts, GPs, the police and others.

### What you'll be doing

- 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 performance manage sites where improvement is required.
- Alongside Managing Director, maintain oversight and lead on the management of clinical risk at 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.

### What we will give you in return

- Free on-site parking
- Birthday Holiday - your birthday as an extra days annual leave
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Contributory pension scheme
- Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and Healthcare Cash Plan (Simply Health Scheme)
- 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**

- Proven senior leadership experience within a healthcare setting
- Strong understanding of clinical governance, safeguarding and regulatory requirements
- Experience managing teams, budgets and operational performance
- Strong communication, leadership and decision-making skills
- Ability to drive high standards of patient care, quality and safety
- Experience working collaboratively with clinical and corporate teams
- Previous experience as a Hospital Director, Registered Manager or equivalent senior healthcare leadership role
- Experience within mental health, learning disability or specialist healthcare services
- Experience working with CQC and other healthcare regulators
- Experience leading service improvement and quality initiatives
- Experience managing complex services and supporting organisational change

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