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Director of Allied Health Professionals, Rainham
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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
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Posted:
08.05.2025
Expiry Date:
22.06.2025
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Job Description:
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
NELFT is looking for a new Director of Allied Health Professions to be part of our senior clinical leadership team reporting to our Executive Director responsible for AHPs, Psychological Professions and Social Work. The successful candidate will be responsible for the professional standards of a cohort of 750 staff. Coproduction with staff, patients and carers will be at the centre of their work. The post is offered as an interim 6 month contract.
The successful candidate will lead and manage a talented, experienced and effective group of associate directors of AHPs who work across all 7 directorates in NELFT: in North East London, Essex and Kent. They will be able to bring the voice of AHPs to a wide variety of stakeholders across physical and mental health care.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role include embedding an overall clinical strategic vision for Allied Health Professions across NELFT; supporting the delivery of innovative and effective services; continuing a successful workforce initiative which has shown considerable positive impact on staff recruitment and retention; providing professional leadership to all AHPs across NELFT; showing a commitment and drive to address health inequalities in the delivery of AHPs across our directorates.
The successful candidate will be an inspirational leader with high energy and a passion to deliver best patient care. They will integrate AHP provision whilst maintaining professional identity and evidence base. They will encourage quality through creativity and innovation to ensure that AHP provision is a key ingredient of a multidisciplinary package of care. They will understand the importance of working across a system and of the need to walk hand in hand with people who use our services in order to ensure best possible care.
Working for our organisation
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436).
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will provide professional supervision and guidance to professional leads. They will undertake some clinical practice and maintain HCPC registration. They will work closely with operational colleagues to promote governance and development of services, ensuring newest research innovations, national policy and efficient delivery. They will be competent at reviewing outcome data and acting to rectify issues highlighted through analyses of delivery. They will be visionary in their leadership style and ensure that AHPs are kept up to date with Trust developments. They will be able to work in a multidisciplinary way to ensure best care is created for people who use our services and their carers. They will maintain the highest standards possible of professional practice throughout the cohort.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Educated to Masters (MSc) level (or equivalent) with senior AHP leadership experience.
* HCPC registration.
* Postgraduate qualification in leadership and management or another relevant topic.
* Expert/specialist across relevant functions evidenced by certifications QI/LEAN/leadership
Experience
* Experience of applying policy, research and legislation to contemporary NHS issues.
* Significant and relevant experience of working clinically with people with complex, chronic, health needs
* Previous Board/sub-board level exposure and experience.
* Extensive experience, expertise and understanding of performance and change management, business planning, budget setting and commissioning processes, within a health service setting
* Track record of significant achievement in directing and managing the delivery and improvement of services within an organisation of comparable size, scale and complexity.
* Successful track record of strategy formulation and implementation
* Proven experience of successful organisational change
* Proven record of establishing constructive interagency partnerships.
* Senior Management experience within the public sector.
* Experience of analysing the business and political healthcare environment and of developing strategies to meet this changing environment.
Knowledge
* Expert level knowledge and experience in a senior trust wide AHP role
* Knowledge and ability to lead complex change management
* Knowledge and ability to lead complex and sensitive investigations.
* A detailed understanding of NHS Plans and clinical governance priorities
* Detailed and advanced knowledge of a range of therapeutic interventions and their practical application in a range of health settings.
* Comprehensive knowledge of health policy.
* Knowledge of complex strategic planning processes.
* Knowledge of and ability to lead complex DEI initiatives.
* Comprehensive knowledge of financial management and budget setting processes with ability to lead this on behalf of AHPs.
* Extensive knowledge of national policy developments relating to health and social care reforms with ability to lead their implementation.
Skills
* Excellent leadership and influencing skills with ability to engage effectively with a range of stakeholders in sometimes contentious situations
* Excellent communication skills with ability to quickly change communication approach depending on situation and/or audience.
* Ability to lead transformational change.
* Effective written / report writing skills with ability to present complex, detailed information clearly to a range of audiences
* Able to critically appraise and interpret complex data / statistical information to support the improvement of AHP services.
* Ability to lead complex quality improvement initiatives and projects at scale.
* Positive, professional approach and image: a leading role model for staff.
* Proven leadership skills in a complex healthcare setting
* A leading expert within specialist field of practice.
* Resilient, able to challenge as well as deal with challenge.
* Able to work under pressure and to tight Deadlines.
* Establish visibility and credibility in equal measure across all localities and professional groups
* Manage own workload – be a self-starter, working autonomously, able to prioritise knowing when to escalate concerns to executive
* Proactive and able to lead problem solving efforts.
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
* A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
* A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
* Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
* Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
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