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Director of Clinical Services

Circle Health126 open roles

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Alexandra Hospital - Cheadle
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12.7% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Circle Health postings stay open a median of 11 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.2%1 day
  2. 4.5%3 days
  3. 12.7%7 days
  4. 20.4%14 days
  5. 35.6%30 days
  6. 58.7%60 days
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Circle Health median: 11 days open

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Director of Clinical Services The Alexandra Hospital 37.5 Hours & Permanent

The Alexandra Hospital in Cheadle Is part of Circle Health Group, Britain's leading provider of independent healthcare with a nationwide network of hospitals & clinics, performing more complex surgery than any other private healthcare provider in the country.

The Alexandra is one of the UK's leading private hospitals and a major centre for complex and advanced healthcare outside the M25.

We have an exceptional opportunity for an outstanding Director of Clinical Services to join our Senior Management Team at The Alexandra Hospital.

This pivotal role will provide strategic and professional leadership across the hospital's clinical services, shaping clinical strategy, strengthening standards of care and ensuring the continued delivery of safe, effective and consistently excellent outcomes for every patient.

As a key member of the hospital's senior leadership team, you will help shape its future direction, aligning clinical services with organisational priorities while driving operational excellence, developing our workforce and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation and accountability.

We are looking for an exceptional nurse leader who can inspire confidence, bring people together around a shared vision and make a lasting contribution to the hospital's strategy, culture and performance.

Duties of this role include:

  • Lead the clinical governance agenda, ensuring compliance with all regulatory, legal and professional standards, maintaining a minimum CQC rating of GOOD while striving for OUTSTANDING.
  • Provide visible clinical leadership and clinical on-call support, acting as the senior advisor on all clinical matters across the hospital.
  • Ensure all necessary measures are taken to safeguard the health, safety and wellbeing of patients, maintaining a high-quality, safe clinical environment.
  • Maintain and uphold professional standards in line with NMC, HCPC, GMC and other relevant regulatory bodies.
  • Ensure safe staffing levels across all clinical areas, with appropriate skill mix, staff competency and workforce development at all times.
  • Lead hospital participation in internal and external audits, ensuring timely completion of actions, compliance with requirements and adherence to best practice.
  • Drive quality improvement, patient safety initiatives and effective risk management, ensuring learning from incidents, investigations and audits is embedded into clinical practice.
  • Strengthen multidisciplinary collaboration, building trust and effective working relationships across clinical and operational teams to improve service delivery and patient outcomes.
  • Influence effectively at executive level, translating strategic priorities into consistently excellent clinical practice and ensuring clinical services support the hospital's wider organisational objectives.
  • Maintain a strong focus on operational performance, responding effectively to changing market conditions and service demands while identifying opportunities for innovation and service development.
  • Champion professional standards, staff engagement and continuous improvement, ensuring patient safety, workforce development and clinical quality remain central to decision-making.
  • Lead investigations, audits and risk management activities, ensuring learning is embedded, appropriate actions are implemented and clinical practice continues to improve.
  • Play a leading role in shaping the hospital's future direction, strengthening its reputation for excellence and making a lasting contribution to its strategy, culture and performance.

Applicants should meet the following criteria:

  • Be a Registered Nurse with current RCN registration.
  • Bring extensive senior clinical leadership experience, including substantial experience within private healthcare.
  • A critical care background would be advantageous.
  • Previous NHS clinical experience would be desirable.
  • Demonstrate a strong understanding of complex healthcare environments, clinical governance, risk management, operational service delivery and multidisciplinary working.
  • Have a proven track record of success in clinical governance, risk management and quality improvement, driving improvements in clinical standards and patient outcomes.
  • Possess a thorough understanding of regulatory and professional standards, including CQC, NICE, NMC and HCPC requirements, alongside relevant national healthcare frameworks.
  • Demonstrate excellent leadership, communication and change management skills, with the ability to influence at executive level and lead teams through change effectively.
  • Have proven experience leading investigations, managing clinical risk and embedding learning from incidents, audits and reviews to support continuous improvement.
  • Be an authentic, visible and credible nurse leader who builds trust, leads with integrity and emotional intelligence, and engages and develops high-performing teams.
  • Demonstrate strong strategic thinking and the ability to translate organisational priorities into consistently excellent clinical practice.
  • Have experience balancing clinical quality, workforce development and operational performance while responding effectively to changing service demands.

Salary & Benefits

Circle Health Group is committed to offering competitive starting salaries and access to a wide range of employee benefits, including:

  • 25 days holiday per year + bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service
  • Private Pension Scheme
  • Private Healthcare Scheme for treatment at our hospitals, covering pre-existing medical conditions
  • Friends & Family Hospital Discounts
  • Family Friendly policies, including enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption pay
  • Non-contributory life insurance
  • Staff engagement hub with access to discounts and extensive rewards and voluntary benefits
  • Access to resources, tools and services to support your wellbeing
  • Employee recognition programmes
  • Industry leading training and development opportunities

…and much more!

Circle Health Group is committed to creating a diverse workforce offering inclusive opportunities for all our colleagues. Our definition of diversity goes beyond the established characteristics protected by the Equality Act, as we strive to attract candidates with diverse experiences, backgrounds, identities or expressions, skills, work styles…and more.

We’re passionate about creating an environment where our people can thrive, grow and develop professionally and personally. Our principles and values guide our colleagues to be selfless, compassionate, committed, collaborative, brave, agile, tenacious and creative and are at the core of our purpose and culture.

To find out more about the Circle Health Group Philosophy: https://careers.circlehealthgroup.co.uk/why-circle/our-philosophy

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