Associate Director of Allied Health Professionals

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To lead the strategic planning, service modernisation, AHP workforce and job planning, AHP education, research training and development and quality of AHP interventions in relation to professional standard, health and social care and governance.
• Responsible for progression of the AHP agenda and to work collaboratively across the ICS in collaboration with other service providers
• Provide strong strategic direction and professional leadership on all aspects of AHP services and bring the AHP perspective to the executive decision-making process
• Develop a detailed understanding of all AHP services that reflect both the diversity and commonalities of the staff group.
• Support the CNO, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Clinical Support Serices and AHP service Leads across the organisation to maintain and enhance standards of all AHP services to ensure high levels of patient care, patient experience and patient safety outcomes by both leading and supporting the implementation of continuous quality and safety initiatives
• Provide professional leadership and direction to the AHP service leads and provide expert advice on matters relating to AHPs across the trust as identified by the COO and CSS.
• Responsible for the development of the range of AHP services, strategy documents, policies and procedures.
• Develop data sets, analyse and interpret highly complex AHP related data to inform the strategic direction of AHP services and patient care.
• Recommend and implement clinical audit and research to enhance care and practice delivery
• Deputise for the CNO at AHP internal and external meetings, locally, regionally and nationally
• Work collaboratively across all Clinical Groups and with other key managers in delivering service development, business planning and service delivery ensuring achievements in key local and national targets.
• Lead, enable and facilitate change, promoting innovative ways of working that are patient-centred and not impeded by organisational and professional boundaries.

Internal

• Chief Nursing Officer
• Chief Operating Officer
• CSS Triumvirate
• All other Executive and Non-Executive Directors
• Lead clinicians
• Directorate Triumvirates
• Director of Quality Governance
• Clinical Nurse Specialists/Advanced Practitioners
• Digital CCIO and CNIO
• Educational and Research Teams

External

• Colleagues in the Foundation Group (Wye Valley NHS Trust, Worcester NHS Trust, and South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust)
• Education providers/Leads
• NHSE links Regional and National
• Service User Organisations
• Regulatory Body HCPC
• Professional Bodies as required - CSP, RCOT, RCSLT, SCoR
• AHP network
• External stakeholders including NW Place, ICB, NHSE including WTE and CQC

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person Specification

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Ability to make recommendations to the Trust Management Team and challenge current practice in order to achieve the required outcomes.
• Ability to manage work priorities effectively
• Demonstrates commitment and evidence of continuous professional development

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of working in a senior operational and managerial role
• Registered with HCPC
• Experience of developing services and exploring business opportunities
• Experience of interpreting and implementing national and local policy

Desirable

• Experience at Head of an AHP service or equivalent role
• Competent in the use of Office IT systems

Qualification(s) and Professional Training

Essential

• Registered AHP
• Senior management development programme qualification or equivalent
• Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Evidence of collaborative working and effective strategic influencing
• Ability to provide strategic leadership to senior clinical teams
• Ability to support business objectives, write business cases and articulate complex requirements
• Ability to review performance of specialty teams, line manage multi-professional teams
• Ability to develop strategies for the use of clinical information to inform and support service delivery and clinical decision making
• Ability to work in complex environment by utilising past and current skills and knowledge.
• Able to write and present reports at senior management and sub-committee level

Desirable

• Highly developed financial management and business management skills
• Participated in, undertaken research and/or clinical audit

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address

George Eliot Hospital Trust

College Street

Nuneaton

CV10 7DJ

Employer's website

http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)