Hospital Director

If you are an experienced Hospital Director or senior clinician with a strong background in leading high performing teams, looking for a new opportunity to put your mark on an established[mental health service then apply to join the team at Potters Bar Clinic.

Join the team at Potters Bar Clinic providing care for young people and adults with acute mental health needs and personality disorders in an established 24-hour care environment. The CAMHS Tier 4 Low Secure services are for young people aged 13–18.

You will be leading and managing full clinical and administrative teams, ensuring excellent care is delivered and maintained, and ensuring quality, efficiency and financial targets are met.

As the Hospital Director at Potters Bar Clinic, you will have overall leadership and management responsibility of the service, lead the multidisciplinary team, and be responsible for operational performance whilst continuing to develop commercial opportunities with purchasers and referrers.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Have responsibility for the overall operational management of Potters Bar Hospital coupled with the leadership and development of all departments.
• Facilitating the development of quality healthcare services, ensuring that they respond to the changing needs of purchasers and patients, and also reflect market trends and evidence-based practice.
• Ensuring both quality and financial targets are met
• Leading the senior management team on site, developing local strategy of the service, ensuring adherence to the service’s objectives, quality improvement and business plans.
• Promoting and enhancing the hospital’s reputation for specialist care and service
• Fulfilling the role of Registered Manager as per CQC expectations
• Engagement with Provider Collaboratives

To be successful as Hospital Director, you will:

• Have an excellent track record in a management role within the healthcare sector
• A clinical background in and understanding of mental health
• An excellent track record in a management role within the healthcare sector (essential).
• An emphasis on performance and delivery in order to support successful service delivery and development, budget control, business development and revenue generation.
• A credible, inclusive and supportive management style balanced with strong leadership and sound underpinning knowledge to provide direction and implement change.
• Knowledge of clinical and non-clinical operational activities within a health sector organisation.
• Working knowledge of the NHS and Independent Healthcare sectors.

Where you will be working

Location:190 Barnet Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 2SE

Potters Bar Clinic provides 23 acute beds, across two wards for men and women who have enduring mental health problems. Service delivery is driven by the principles of rehabilitation and recovery and the belief that everyone has the capacity for both. The overall aim is to deliver improved quality of life and independence for service users whilst working closely with professionals from the local mental health and social services teams.  In partnership with all stakeholders the philosophy is underpinned by the need to provide robust risk management, social inclusion and the opportunity for independent living.

Potters Bar Clinic offers a CAMHS Tier 4 low secure service for all genders aged from 13 up to 18 years with a wide range of mental health disorders and complex needs.

Our aim is to deliver, treat and empower each young person to live a safe and independent life and reach their individual potential. Our 18-bed inpatient unit is set over two wards (Opal and Jasper) and offers a safe and nurturing environment to support and aid recovery. The young people are encouraged to individualise their own en-suite bedrooms in order for them to feel comfortable.

What you will get

• Competitive Salary
•  £5,000 welcome/relocation bonus
• £5,000 Car Allowance
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. 

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.