Service Director - Complex Care

As Service Director, you will provide the strategic and operational leadership required to take Woodlands through this next chapter. As part of this journey you yourself will transition from service director to hospital director while in role. You will work closely with clinical, operational, commercial and estates colleagues to develop a compelling vision for the service and turn that vision into reality. A key part of your role will be preparing the organisation for the journey towards CQC hospital registration, ensuring that governance, quality, operational systems, workforce, patient pathways and the physical environment are all designed to meet the standards expected of an outstanding modern healthcare provider. You will also have the opportunity to influence the design and development of our future estate, helping to shape a purpose-built extension that could include:

• A new state-of-the-art rehabilitation gym
• A swimming pool and enhanced rehabilitation facilities
• Purpose-built step down flats
• Expanded therapy and clinical spaces
• A modern environment designed around patient experience, rehabilitation and independence
You will therefore be joining at a pivotal moment with the opportunity to take an existing service with strong foundations and lead its evolution into something genuinely exceptional.

About Woodlands Woodlands Neurological Rehabilitation Centre is a 27-bed specialist service providing complex neurorehabilitation, including specialist spinal care, alongside inpatient and outpatient services. We are now embarking on an exciting period of transformation. Our vision is to build on the strengths of the existing service and take Woodlands to the next level, strengthening our governance, developing our clinical pathways, expanding our private healthcare offering and progressing towards hospital registration with the CQC. Alongside this, we have an exciting opportunity to co-design and develop a new purpose-built extension to the existing site, incorporating facilities such as a new rehabilitation gym, swimming pool and residential accommodation. This is not simply a role overseeing an established service. It is an opportunity to shape what comes next.