Director of Clinical Services

Job summary

Priory Lichfield Road Salary | 55,000

Full Time of 37.5 hours per week Priory Lichfield Road has an opportunity for a Director of Clinical Services who is registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council to join our team.

Main duties of the jobYou 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 procedures

This 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 y 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.

About us 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 510 minute taxi journey from the site.

Details Date posted
07 August 2026

Pay scheme

Other Salary
55,000 a year

Contract Permanent Working  pattern

Full-time

Reference number
557803

Job locations

Priory Lichfield Road 255 Lichfield Road, Bloxwich Walsall West  MidlandsWS3 3DT
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Job responsibilities

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Job description
Job responsibilities

For more information, please click APPLY NOW, where you will be diverted to our website to view a job description, or you can contact the HD at  We are an equal opportunities employer committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process. Learn more about the accessibility support we offer here. For agency enquiries and applications, please view our legal statement here.

Person Specification

Requirements

Essential Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council or Health and Care Professions CouncilA recognised post-registration qualification together with full membership/accreditation of a relevant professional institution and evidence of continuous professional development.

Desirable Experience of working within a related environment.
Person Specification

Requirements

Essential Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council or Health and Care Professions CouncilA recognised post-registration qualification together with full membership/accreditation of a relevant professional institution and evidence of continuous professional development.

Desirable Experience of working within a related environment.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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  Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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  Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer details

Employer name Priory Healthcare Address Priory  Lichfield Road 255 Lichfield Road,…