Hospital Director - The McIndoe Centre

Horder Healthcare; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced annual leave & bank holidays

Free parking (Crowborough & East Grin.

On-site gym access

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Life insurance

Dental plan

Uniform provided

Job summary

The McIndoe Centre in East Grinstead seeks an experienced Hospital Director to provide executive leadership from The McIndoe Centre site. You will report to the Chief Executive and oversee quality, governance and clinical areas with direct responsibility for multiple services.

The role requires proven senior healthcare leadership, financial accountability for large budgets, and strong collaboration with Boards and Executives to drive organisational change and improvements.

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification in healthcare management or related discipline.
• Evidence of current registration with NMC Code of Practice or HCPC.
• Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD).
• Leadership/management qualification or equivalent senior leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible executive leadership across The McIndoe Centre.
• Lead the hospital’s operational and financial performance.
• Ensure delivery of safe, high-quality patient care.
• Maintain robust standards of clinical governance, quality assurance and risk management.
• Lead, motivate and develop multidisciplinary operational and clinical teams.
• Oversee clinical support services across the hospital.
• Deliver service improvement and transformation programmes.
• Manage significant budgets and ensure optimal resource use.
• Collaborate with the CEO, Board, Trustees and Executive Team.
• Support collaboration between The McIndoe Centre and The Horder Centre.

Skills

Executive leadership

Multidisciplinary team leadership

Operational performance

Budgeting & financial control

Governance & risk management

Board interaction

Change management

Education

Degree in healthcare management or related field

NMC/HCPC registration evidence

CPD continuous professional development

Leadership qualification or equivalent

Job description

Are you a passionate Hospital Director or wanting to step up into this role. You will report directly to the Chief Executive and will provide executive leadership at The McIndoe Centre (TMC) including site-level oversight of quality safety, governance and clinical areas.

Location

The McIndoe Centre, East Grinstead, with occasional travel to The Horder Centre in Crowborough

Contract

Permanent, full-time

Hours

Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm

Salary

Competitive salary – available on application

The Role

• Provide visible executive leadership across The McIndoe Centre.
• Lead the hospital’s operational and financial performance.
• Ensure the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality patient care.
• Maintain robust standards of clinical governance, quality assurance and risk management.
• Lead, motivate and develop multidisciplinary operational and clinical teams.
• Oversee clinical support services across the hospital.
• Deliver service improvement, organisational change and transformation programmes.
• Manage significant budgets and ensure resources are used effectively.
• Work collaboratively with the Chief Executive, Board, Trustees and wider Executive Team.
• Support effective collaboration between The McIndoe Centre and The Horder Centre.

About You

• Have significant senior leadership experience within healthcare.
• Have experience leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Be able to demonstrate that you have been responsible for operational performance across multiple services.
• Have been financial accountability for large budgets.
• Demonstrate that you have delivered organisational change and transformation.
• Have worked effectively with Boards, Trustees and Executive Teams.\
• Have managed organisational risk and governance.
• Essential:
• Degree-level qualification (or equivalent experience) in healthcare management, business, leadership or a related discipline.
• Evidence of current registration of Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Practice or Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Leadership and management qualification (or equivalent senior leadership experience).
• Understanding of healthcare regulation, governance and quality standards.
• Demonstrable knowledge of financial management and budgeting

Benefits

• Enhanced annual leave plus bank holidays
• Free parking and meal (Crowborough site)
• Free offsite parking and onsite meals (East Grinstead site)
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Corporate rates for local gym
• Free use of on-site gym at Crowborough
• Discounted rates for fitness classes/physiotherapy
• Competitive company pension scheme
• Free private medical insurance
• Free life insurance
• Dental plan
• Free uniform

If you are an experienced healthcare leader who can combine strong commercial and operational management with an unwavering commitment to patient care, we would welcome your application.

Right to work in the UK

In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencing employment. We have assessed this role and it does not meet the criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. As such, we will not be accepting any visa sponsorships for this role, and candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK independently, without sponsorship from Horder Healthcare.

At Horder Healthcare, we are proud to champion and celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in all areas of our business. We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to protected characteristics by applicable law

As a disability confident employer, we are pleased to offer our full support should you require an alternative method of applying or any reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process.

In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Due to the nature of work here at Horder Healthcare, and to ensure that we remain committed to our Safeguarding policy, all successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). References and Occupational Health checks will also be taken up before appointment.