Ahp Faculty Lead

The North Central London AHP Faculty was formed following recommendations in the NHS long term plan, to improve the co-ordination of AHP workforce improvements across the Integrated Care System.

The Faculty has a focus on supply, education and training to secure the current pipeline and future growth of the AHP workforce.

An exciting opportunity has been created for an 18-month fixed term contract/secondment to become the AHP Faculty Lead.

This post will be an integral part of the AHP Faculty and will work closely with the Chair of the Faculty and Council as well as other workforce colleagues within the integrated care system.

They will be responsible for Faculty workstreams and delivering related priorities and actions which align to the NCL AHP Faculty and Council workplans, and regional and national AHP strategy.

The Faculty Lead will bring together colleagues from across North Central London to work collaboratively in delivering these priorities and as such we are looking for someone who is proactive, has project management experience, and who has excellent communication and collaborative working skills.

Experience of system working would be beneficial, as would an understanding of AHP professions and their professional and governance structures.

The role is responsible for providing leadership to support and deliver networked strategic AHPs workforce development across North Central London Integrated Care System collaboration with the AHP Faculty and stakeholders.

Deliverables:

• Develop a clear understanding of the workforce issues across the ICS and develop an ICS/faculty AHP Strategic Workforce Plan
• Work with region to develop an implementation plan for an AHP supply and demand dashboard or equivalent including self-service access by relevant ICS leads.
• Contribute to the regional standardisation of preceptorship /early careers programme for newly qualified AHPs.
• Contribute to achieving the national target of improving NHS workforce to reach EDI targets
• Maintenance of growth achieved as part of the CPEP programme.
• Contribute to regions RtP Target with a focus on OT, SLT, physiotherapy, diagnostic radiography, and any locally identified priority areas
• Support how international recruitment is utilised across the ICS and consider options to maximise its potential
• Contribute to a regional programme supported by HEE's National Cancer and Diagnostics programme, to develop additional workforce capacity
• Actively engage with National AHP Support Worker Programme
• Support mapping and identifying opportunities for AHPs to develop Advanced Practice pathways

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone.

Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.

We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.

The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences.

We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

**Please see attached Job description for full details about the main roles and responsibilities

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