Job summary
Are you a dynamic and visionary leader with a passion for shaping the future of Allied health professional practice? We are seeking a Head of AHPs to join our senior leadership team, driving transformation, innovation, and excellence across the Trust. This is an exciting opportunity as we transition into a new Clinical Group structure and align with the NHS 10-year health plan, which prioritises community-based and preventative care.
The Local Care Organisation (LCO) serves the diverse communities of Manchester and Trafford. As an integrated care division, the LCO work across health and social care to deliver safe and effective services in partnership with primary care, local authorities, hospitals, the voluntary sector, and beyond.
The role provides strategic leadership across our six AHP professions within community services, covering a wide range of clinical services including urgent care, scheduled care, and children's services. We are dedicated to workforce development, offering clinical support and career development at various stages, and have established AHP ACPs.
As a pivotal member of our triumvirate leadership team, you will be responsible for ensuring high-quality, patient-centred care through strategic and operational leadership of our nursing and AHP workforce. Your expertise will guide workforce planning, quality improvement, and professional development, ensuring we meet regulatory care standards and deliver outstanding outcomes for our service users
Main duties of the job
Provide strong, visible professional leadership to AHPs across community services.
Develop and implement strategies to improve care delivered in community setting.
Lead on the delivery of AHP objectives set by the Director of Nursing.
Collaborate with system partners to improve community services .
Ensure high standards of care and patient experience through innovative and dynamic leadership.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
from supportive evidence
Essential
interview
Essential
- AHP qualification
- First level graduate HCPC registration o Graduate to Masters level or equivalent in health related subject o Evidence of relevant study and continuing professional development o Operational management experience at senior AHP level Post registration leadership development
- nowledge of the professional development agenda in the NHS o Knowledge of regulatory and NHS strategy which impacts on AHP service delivery and experience of developing strategies to address changes o Understanding of the principles and practice of performance improvement and key performance indicators o Ability to encourage, plan and implement strategies and service improvement o Evidence of experience in management of change o Evidence of collaborative working and learning
- Knowledge and experience of clinical audit o Proven achievement in developing policy and service objectives, establishing and implementing innovative solutions o Knowledge and understanding of NHS Long Term Plan and implications for clinical leadership development o Current knowledge of relevant professional and NHS Policy Initiatives o Experience in managing projects to identified milestone and o Experience of business planning o Experience of research activities 8 budget allocation o Ongoing recent evidence of leading clinical innovation or leading change within clinical practice o Effective leadership skills in relation to managing staff with ability to motivate and develop others SKILLS AND ABILITIES o Evidence of strong l
- Evidence of strong leadership skills o Strategic thinker o Ability to make decisions in a pressured environment o Excellent interpersonal skills and experience in interdisciplinary working/communication o Initiative, planning and finishing skills evidence o Ability to produce reports, action plans, both written and verbal, with the ability of persuade and influence o Ability to ensure a balance between empowering others to act and holding to account in order to achieve agreed targets and objectives o Ability to work at a strategic level representing the trust to external stakeholders o Ability of implement organisational change including the development of effective teams o Evidence of managing project budgets and providing reports in line with project milestones
- Enthusiasm and motivational skills o Commitment to equality, diversity and human rights o Appreciation of and astuteness in political issues o Highly developed interpersonal skills o Team leader/player
Desirable
- Leadership/management qualification
- Experience of business planning o Experience of research activities
- Project management skills o IT skills
Person Specification
from supportive evidence
Essential
interview
Essential
- AHP qualification
- First level graduate HCPC registration o Graduate to Masters level or equivalent in health related subject o Evidence of relevant study and continuing professional development o Operational management experience at senior AHP level Post registration leadership development
- nowledge of the professional development agenda in the NHS o Knowledge of regulatory and NHS strategy which impacts on AHP service delivery and experience of developing strategies to address changes o Understanding of the principles and practice of performance improvement and key performance indicators o Ability to encourage, plan and implement strategies and service improvement o Evidence of experience in management of change o Evidence of collaborative working and learning
- Knowledge and experience of clinical audit o Proven achievement in developing policy and service objectives, establishing and implementing innovative solutions o Knowledge and understanding of NHS Long Term Plan and implications for clinical leadership development o Current knowledge of relevant professional and NHS Policy Initiatives o Experience in managing projects to identified milestone and o Experience of business planning o Experience of research activities 8 budget allocation o Ongoing recent evidence of leading clinical innovation or leading change within clinical practice o Effective leadership skills in relation to managing staff with ability to motivate and develop others SKILLS AND ABILITIES o Evidence of strong l
- Evidence of strong leadership skills o Strategic thinker o Ability to make decisions in a pressured environment o Excellent interpersonal skills and experience in interdisciplinary working/communication o Initiative, planning and finishing skills evidence o Ability to produce reports, action plans, both written and verbal, with the ability of persuade and influence o Ability to ensure a balance between empowering others to act and holding to account in order to achieve agreed targets and objectives o Ability to work at a strategic level representing the trust to external stakeholders o Ability of implement organisational change including the development of effective teams o Evidence of managing project budgets and providing reports in line with project milestones
- Enthusiasm and motivational skills o Commitment to equality, diversity and human rights o Appreciation of and astuteness in political issues o Highly developed interpersonal skills o Team leader/player
Desirable
- Leadership/management qualification
- Experience of business planning o Experience of research activities
- Project management skills o IT skills
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
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Local Care Organisation MFT Manchester Town Hall
4th Floor Town Hall Extension, Albert Square
Manchester
M2 5DB
Employer's website
https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)
