Head of Specialist Clinical Services

Join Compton Care as our next Head of Specialist Inpatient Services

Location: Wolverhampton, WV3 9DH

Hours: 37.50 full-time

Salary: £52,173 to £59,100 per annum

(successful applicants are normally appointed at the bottom of the salary band, exceptions may apply).

Are you a dynamic, compassionate and forward‑thinking clinical leader ready to make a real impact across specialist palliative and end‑of‑life care services? Compton Care is seeking an exceptional Head of Service to inspire, develop and drive excellence across our multi-site clinical teams.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a pivotal senior clinical leadership role within one of the region’s leading providers of palliative and end‑of‑life care most respected hospices, helping shape the future of specialist care provision.

What you’ll lead and deliver

As our new Head of Inpatient Services, you will bring energy, expertise and commitment to ensuring high‑quality, person-centred care across our inpatient services. You will be responsible and accountable for:

Lead the smooth running and strategic direction of our inpatient services
 Acting as Deputy for the Associate Director of Nursing. 
 Embedding and delivering the Compton Care Clinical Strategy with ambition and confidence
 Providing strong operational and performance oversight
 Offering robust professional leadership, guidance and support to clinical teams and managers
 Driving safe, effective and compassionate care delivery, while developing leadership capability across the service

If you are an experienced leader with drive, vision and a passion for high-quality specialist palliative care, we would love to hear from you.

What you’ll get in return

• Generous annual leave entitlement increasing with long service.
• A contributory pension scheme with salary sacrifice or transfer of NHS pension for those in patient facing roles.
• Death in service benefit at two times salary (for those not in an NHS pension scheme).
• Employee assistance programme and 24/7 GP access.
• Blue Light card accredited and access to a discount platform.
• Career progression and development opportunities.
• Free onsite car parking at Compton Hall.

About our recruitment process:

Please note that we reserve the right to close a vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for an Enhanced submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. It is also subject to satisfactory references and occupational

For further information or an informal discussion, please contact: KerryWalters@comptoncare.org.uk