Job summary
The Head of Allied Health Professions role will provide senior strategic and leadership across the AHP workforce ensuring the delivery of safe, high quality, and efficient care across multiple professions and service areas.
The role is responsible for shaping and delivering long term AHP strategy, developing business plans, and ensuring that national and organisational objectives, performance targets, and professional standards are met.
As the senior professional lead, the Head of AHP oversees workforce planning, development, and performance, while holding accountability for significant budgets and resources.
The role also leads on policy implementation, service transformation, governance, and outcome measurement, acting as a key advisor to the organisation on AHP matters and driving continuous improvement across the AHP workforce.
Main duties of the job
- Provide senior strategic leadership for the AHP workforce, driving the development of high-quality, safe, and effective multi-disciplinary services.
- Lead the design, delivery, and evaluation of AHP service models aligned with Trust priorities, national AHP standards, and system-wide transformation agendas.
- Oversee service improvement programmes that enhance patient outcomes, workforce sustainability, and organisational performance.
- Lead annual and long-term business planning for AHP services, ensuring alignment with Trust and national objectives. Contribute to wider corporate strategy, representing AHPs at senior leadership forums and influencing Trust-wide transformation.
- Ensure performance targets, quality standards, and strategic goals are met through robust planning and monitoring. Lead and support senior AHP leaders, fostering a compassionate, inclusive, and high-performing culture.
- Evaluate service models, redesign proposals, and strategic options, often in ambiguous or high-pressure situations. Develop long-term strategic plans for AHP services, modelling future workforce needs and service demand.
- Provide senior professional oversight of patient care standards across all AHP services. Lead the implementation and review of AHP policies, procedures, and governance frameworks.
- Ensure compliance with statutory, regulatory, and professional standards Lead audits, surveys, and evaluations to inform strategic decisions and drive continuous improvement.
About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and personal specification for full details of the job description and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and personal specification for full details of the job description and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications Education & Training
Essential
- AHP Professional qualification and HCPC registration
- Masters (MSC) level or equivalent knowledge/qualification.
Desirable
- Evidence of previous professional leadership across an AHP workforce group
- Evidence of relevant AHP study and continuing professional leadership development.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Ongoing recent evidence of leading clinical innovation or leading change within clinical practice
- Effective leadership skills in relation to motivate and develop others
- Experience in managing projects to identified milestone and Experience of business planning
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS Long Term Plan and implications for clinical leadership development
Desirable
- Evidence of strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate, influence and support others.
Skills, competencies and personal qualities
Essential
- Experience contributing to or leading organisation-wide strategic projects.
- Experience representing services at regional or national forums.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and negotiate across complex systems.
- Experience in service redesign, quality improvement, or transformation programmes
- Proven ability to build effective partnerships with external agencies and professional networks.
- Compassionate, enthusiastic and motivational leader
Person Specification
Qualifications Education & Training
Essential
- AHP Professional qualification and HCPC registration
- Masters (MSC) level or equivalent knowledge/qualification.
Desirable
- Evidence of previous professional leadership across an AHP workforce group
- Evidence of relevant AHP study and continuing professional leadership development.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Ongoing recent evidence of leading clinical innovation or leading change within clinical practice
- Effective leadership skills in relation to motivate and develop others
- Experience in managing projects to identified milestone and Experience of business planning
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS Long Term Plan and implications for clinical leadership development
Desirable
- Evidence of strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate, influence and support others.
Skills, competencies and personal qualities
Essential
- Experience contributing to or leading organisation-wide strategic projects.
- Experience representing services at regional or national forums.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and negotiate across complex systems.
- Experience in service redesign, quality improvement, or transformation programmes
- Proven ability to build effective partnerships with external agencies and professional networks.
- Compassionate, enthusiastic and motivational leader
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Humber Teaching Foundation Trust
Building A Willerby Hill Business Park, Willerby Court
HULL
HU10 6ED
Employer's website
https://www.humber.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
