Allied Health Professional Team Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

Acorns Children's Hospice Trust are looking for an Allied Health Professional Lead to bring their unique AHP perspective, expertise and experience on health and care issues to underpin the work across the Acorns sites and integrating with the wider system. This is a key strategic AHP leadership role, which will lead and support the development and delivery of the AHP Programme and team to ensure that workstream and programmes are planned and carried out effectively. 

About the Role

Acorns provides care for babies, children and young people, who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, both in our hospices and in their homes. Our care teams are part of a supportive, multi-disciplinary team delivering care packages that are tailored to each childs individual holistic needs and were structured so that youll simply have the time to care.

Each hospice is purpose-built with individually decorated rooms overlooking our gardens. We try to make it as welcoming and friendly as possible a homely environment for the children, young people and their families. 

As Allied Health Professional Lead, you will:

• Provide strategic and professional line management to the AHP professions as delegated by Deputy Director of Care - Practice Development & Quality Assurance
• Act as a point of contact and/or advice on professional issues, across the workforce, quality, safety, experience agenda.
• Be responsible for the development and strategic oversight and operational delivery of the AHP Programme
• Support the delivery of the new Acorns strategy, through the provision of AHP insight, expertise and knowledge, across workforce, quality, safety and experience.
• Communicate with internal staff and external agencies to ensure compliance with performance targets, strategic objectives.
• Undertake presentations to staff groups and the other system led initiatives where necessary.
• Develop and implement qualitative and quantitative measures to determine performance against the organisational strategy

About You

• Registered Allied Health Professional (with the HCPC)
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
• Management experience at a senior level in public healthcare related industry
• Experience and understanding of project management methodologies.
• Presentation skills to a very high standard

What We Offer

• £27,600 to £31,200 for part time hours.  (£46,000 to £52,000 per annum FTE)
• 22.5 hours per week
• Travel between Acorns Hospices in Birmingham, Walsall and Worcester
• Employee discounts from leading retailers
• Employee gym discount scheme
• Bike-to-Work scheme
• Generous contribution to group personal pension plan or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
• NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme

Interviews are scheduled to be held on 18 August

You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references. In addition, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of immunisation against specific diseases or confirm their willingness to receive the necessary vaccinations.

As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Childrens Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.

Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why work for Acorns?

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered with HCPC

Desirable

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Experience

Essential

• Management experience, Project management experience, Presentation skills

Desirable

• Charity experience, Palliative care/end of life

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust

Address

Acorns in Birmingham Hospice

103 Oak Tree Lane

Birmingham

West Midlands

B29 6HZ

Employer's website

https://www.acorns.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)