Head of Clinical Services

15 hours ago


Bedfordshire, United Kingdom Sue Ryder Full time

Head of Clinical Services

Sue Ryder's St John’s Hospice, MK44 3RJ

£54,000 per annum

37.5 hours per week

Be there when it matters

There has never been a more important time to provide high quality, specialist end-of-life care to support patients and their families. Here at St John's hospice we have an exciting opportunity within our established team for a Head of Clinical Services to join our dedicated and compassionate service.

About Us:
St John’s Hospice is in Moggerhanger in Bedfordshire, and we provide expert care for life-limiting conditions. We’re here to help our patients and their loved ones, with everything from pain and symptom management to emotional and practical help.

Your Role:
As the Head of Clinical Services, you will play a vital role in the development of all clinical services at St John’s Hospice. You will take responsibility for the quality and the delivery of exceptional care and will also act as the Registered Manager and CD Accountable officer for the Hospice with the Care Quality Commission.

As well as driving the development of services and the Hospice clinical team, you will oversee the day-to-day management of the clinical services. You will offer expertise and inspiring leadership to all you work with, putting patients and families at the heart of all you do.

Your role will also include:

- Working with the Service Director and your senior colleagues to map and deliver the vision for the Hospice
- Developing relationships with key commissioners and our provider colleagues
- Working closely with the Director, and Head of Operations to ensure seamless leadership
- Ensuring a programme of continuous quality improvement is developed and all staff are supported to deliver this as a team
- Leading on the development of new clinical services that respond to demand and best practice

About You:
We are looking for an exceptional clinical leader with drive and passion, who can organise and prioritise their workload whilst empowering the team to facilitate change. You must be a team player and possess excellent communication skills to join our team and further put our clinical services on the map.

To join us as our Head of Clinical Services, you’ll need:

- RN registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Specialist experience within a palliative care setting
- Clinical leadership and management experience
- Experience of service development and successful change management
- A relevant management qualification or management experience
- An ability to meet the requirements of CQC Registered Manager’s status within three months of being in your post
- A relevant degree in Healthcare or equivalent knowledge
- A current full driving licence
- To be willing and able to work outside normal hours to achieve deadlines and travel occasionally to other sites within the UK

Your Benefits:

- Company pension scheme or NHS continuation of your NHS pension*
- 27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays or we will match you NHS leave allowance up to 30 days**:

- Option to buy and sell up to five days holiday
- Competitive enhanced pay for nights, weekends and public holidays
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Enhanced sick pay

And more

While we do not mandate the COVID-19 vaccination, we strongly encourage anyone working closely with vulnerable people to be fully vaccinated. Sue Ryder has a duty to protect those in our care and the vaccination is considered best practice to protect yourself and others from the virus.



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