Job summary
This role will participate on the Tactical on call rota
As a key leader the Professional Lead will provide leadership, facilitation and direction to Allied Healthcare Professionals (AHPs) staff across the Trust and through professional leadership they are responsible for providing high quality patient focused therapy services.
Strengthening clinical leadership within the Trust, ensuring active clinical engagement and professional leadership of all AHPs.
Undertake a designated range of service improvements, and innovative quality improvement solutions that will positively impact on the productivity and standards of care provided.
Focusing on the continued modernisation of clinical services through the provision of professional support, leadership, and supervision of AHPs and ensure the recommendations of the National AHP Strategy; AHPs deliver are fully implemented.
This role will work with Service Operational Management teams and support the development of the longer-term strategic direction for all Allied Health Professionals in their portfolio across all collaboratives in partnership with the nursing directorate.
The Professional Lead has responsibility for development and clinical supervision for AHPs providing expert advice and guidance.
Main duties of the job
The Professional Lead will support services on a day-to-day basis by ensuring operational resilience and efficiency.
The Professional Lead will maintain a close working relationship with and report regularly to the Chief Operating Officer for key performance and operational matters.
The Professional Lead will support and lead on agreed key workstreams aligned to the delivery of person-centred care across the organisation, linking with internal and external stakeholders.
As a strong communicator and change agent the Professional Lead will be very present on the frontline and will demonstrate strong personal leadership and direction whilst at the same time building effective leadership and management teams at all levels within the Directorates and Collaboratives to ensure organisational sustainability.
The post holder is expected to work with autonomy and establish ways of working within Trust and general health Policies.
You will be responsible the direction for the clinical portfolios within your remit. Ensuring goals and standards are set for each portfolio.
About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:
- Explore leadership within the NHS
- Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
- Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
- Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oFirst degree in a relevant subject
- oA management qualification or equivalent experience
- oMasters Qualification or equivalent.
- oHealth and Care Professions Council (HCPC) regulated health professional
- oEvidence of recent relevant professional development
Experience
Essential
- oRecent experience and evidence of a track record of effective management of change.
- oRecent evidence and experience of strong leadership skills.
- oRelevant senior management experience in a key healthcare professional role. operational role.
- oDemonstrate achievements in improving patient care, meeting NHS targets and managing within budgets.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- o Proven ability to be intellectually flexible and to be able to look beyond existing processes and ways of working to produce more effective service delivery.
- o A sound understanding of the NHS current legislation and national strategy.
- o Evidence of a sound understanding in operational management and service improvement methodologies.
- o A strong knowledge of budgetary planning and cost improvement planning processes.
- o A strong knowledge of change and project management.
- o Knowledge and experience is required over a large number of specialties to include Human Resources, Finance, Performance Management, Planning and Communications in additional to operational management knowledge.
- o Knowledge of the operational management requirements at a AHP senior level.
- o Knowledge of effective service delivery processes and understanding of how to introduce new ways of working.
- o Knowledge of business planning and service improvement at an operational level.
- o Knowledge of effective service delivery processes and understanding of how to introduce new ways of working.
- o Knowledge of business planning and service improvement at an operational level
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oFirst degree in a relevant subject
- oA management qualification or equivalent experience
- oMasters Qualification or equivalent.
- oHealth and Care Professions Council (HCPC) regulated health professional
- oEvidence of recent relevant professional development
Experience
Essential
- oRecent experience and evidence of a track record of effective management of change.
- oRecent evidence and experience of strong leadership skills.
- oRelevant senior management experience in a key healthcare professional role. operational role.
- oDemonstrate achievements in improving patient care, meeting NHS targets and managing within budgets.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- o Proven ability to be intellectually flexible and to be able to look beyond existing processes and ways of working to produce more effective service delivery.
- o A sound understanding of the NHS current legislation and national strategy.
- o Evidence of a sound understanding in operational management and service improvement methodologies.
- o A strong knowledge of budgetary planning and cost improvement planning processes.
- o A strong knowledge of change and project management.
- o Knowledge and experience is required over a large number of specialties to include Human Resources, Finance, Performance Management, Planning and Communications in additional to operational management knowledge.
- o Knowledge of the operational management requirements at a AHP senior level.
- o Knowledge of effective service delivery processes and understanding of how to introduce new ways of working.
- o Knowledge of business planning and service improvement at an operational level.
- o Knowledge of effective service delivery processes and understanding of how to introduce new ways of working.
- o Knowledge of business planning and service improvement at an operational level
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
