Job summary
We are looking for a motivated, experienced and qualified AHP to join the senior nursing, midwifery and AHP team. This role will drive forward the agenda for AHP leadership and development across the organisation under the direction of the Chief Nursing Officer.
We are looking for someone who ideally has the drive and determination to lead at this level. You will be supported with a peer team under the CNO's portfolio of 2 x deputy CNOs, a director of midwifery and head of clinical operations. NHS experience as an AHP and knowledge of the 14 professions with the foresight awareness of the opportunities and challenges facing the future is key.
The Deputy Director of AHPs (DDAHP) is a key member of the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) leadership team, representing AHPs at this level, providing strategic direction to the professions and the wider Trust acting as a role model, a point of contact and / or advice and expertise on professional issues relating to AHPs and demonstrating compassionate leadership and the values of the organisation.
The post holder is responsible for providing leadership and strategic direction for Allied Health Professions (AHPs) across the organisation, system, and at a regional and national level.
Main duties of the job
The Post-holder will be pivotal in identifying AHP workforce transformative potential, supporting innovation and new ways of working to meet current and future needs of our patients and delivering the next chapter of the AHP national strategy. They will be responsible for providing an advanced level of strategic thinking to the AHPservices and wider Trust, being able to convert concepts into plans and communicate these effectively to a wide range of audiences.
The post holder will be responsible for showcasing the potential of AHPs and demonstrating the value of AHPs can bring to the organisation.
The post holder will be part of the decision-making body ensuring Trust decisions are inclusive of AHP's views.
The DDAHP is responsible for establishing and maintaining strong and effective partnerships and stakeholder relationships across local, regional and national networks. The post holder will work with AHP leaders across the integrated care system, specifically with the ICB and AHP council and faculty to ensure a system approach to developments/decisions.
Working in a highly collaborative way, resulting in organisational efficiencies, bringing together professions at all levels including links with regional and national professional bodies, responding to national professional issues, implementing and embedding new professional development initiatives relevant to individual professions and to AHPs as a professional group.
About us
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care, by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values:
Compassion
Respect
Integrity
Courageous
Accountable
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent level of education, training or experience
- Registered Allied Health Care Professional
- Management or leadership qualification or relevant experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Senior level experience with contribution to and delivery of organisational change programmes and staff engagement.
- Experience of representing, developing and leading teams and services and subsequent systems, processes and reporting structures
- Knowledge of clinical governance, risk management and associated control mechanisms
- Knowledge of the changing nature of Allied Health workforce
- Experience of leading transformational change and continuous improvement within the AHP workforce
- Experience of working within complex and challenging healthcare environments and of delivering operational targets and strategic deliverables at senior level.
- Significant experience: delivering continuous quality improvement, ensuring consistently high standards of clinical safety and quality, engaging and inspiring a professional workforce and working with regulators, e.g., CQC.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to perform the duties and expectations of Director of Call
- Track record of delivering against set objectives and achieving organisational targets, under tight timescales
- Ability to communicate a compelling vision of the future for AHPs
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Well-developed IT skills to use and report on complex performance management information systems.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent level of education, training or experience
- Registered Allied Health Care Professional
- Management or leadership qualification or relevant experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Senior level experience with contribution to and delivery of organisational change programmes and staff engagement.
- Experience of representing, developing and leading teams and services and subsequent systems, processes and reporting structures
- Knowledge of clinical governance, risk management and associated control mechanisms
- Knowledge of the changing nature of Allied Health workforce
- Experience of leading transformational change and continuous improvement within the AHP workforce
- Experience of working within complex and challenging healthcare environments and of delivering operational targets and strategic deliverables at senior level.
- Significant experience: delivering continuous quality improvement, ensuring consistently high standards of clinical safety and quality, engaging and inspiring a professional workforce and working with regulators, e.g., CQC.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to perform the duties and expectations of Director of Call
- Track record of delivering against set objectives and achieving organisational targets, under tight timescales
- Ability to communicate a compelling vision of the future for AHPs
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Well-developed IT skills to use and report on complex performance management information systems.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
