Head of Ahps

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced AHP to join the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care System as the Head of AHPs. This is a fixed term post, 06WTE for one year with the ambitions to:
further support, develop and lead our successful AHP workforce, training and education programmes, in particular in relation to at risk workforce professions
support the development of the Coventry and Warwickshire AHP Quality Metrics Framework
In addition you would be expected to deputise for the Chief AHP as appropriate at ICB, Regional and National AHP specific meetings.
Lead and develop existing and new AHP programmes of work, working in a matrix fashion across the appropriate ICB directorates.
Provide professional expertise, insight and strategic advice to the ICS, ensuring AHP contribution and leadership to the ICS work programmes and priorities, and relevant committees, board and groups.
Ensure appropriate governance and reporting of the AHP programme is in place, so that issues, risks and delivery are clearly identified.
Ensure AHP workforce challenges are visible to the appropriate boards and Clinical Reference Groups.
Provide strategic, and professional leadership for all 14 AHP professions, acting as a point of contact and/or advice on professional issues, particularly across workforce, training and education agendas.
Develop close collaboration and alignment between relevant local, regional and national Arms’ Length Bodies, NHS and non-NHS providers and commissioners, strategic clinical networks, Professional bodies, Higher Educational Institutes, Academic Health Science Networks, Clinical Reference Groups, Primary Care Training hubs.
Develop and role model a culture that promotes equality, diversity and belonging. The postholder must be aware of and committed to Equality and Diversity policies and comply with all the requirements of these policies and actively promote Equality and Diversity issues relevant to the post.
Ensure the principles of openness, transparency and candour are observed and upheld in all working practices.
Coventry and Warwickshire ICB is an open, inclusive, and welcoming place to work. The AHP Programme works with partners across Coventry and Warwickshire in NHS providers, local authority, primary care, third sector, local HEIs and across the ICB. It has an excellent reputation for it's AHP distributed leadership model which is characterised by collaborative, positive working relationships between the different Allied Health Professions and organisations across the system.
Planning and information
- Creates and implements Strategic Operations business plan, clearly identifying links to national, regional, and local priorities and policy objectives.
- Contributes to the development and implementation of general policy and service development.
- Develops and implements strategies for improving performance.
- Drives and leads development and improvement of processes.
- Ensures stakeholder representation is engaged throughout the cycle.
- Drives process efficiency in the continuous development of the end-to-end cycle and its associated performance metrics.
- Accountable for short-, medium
- and long-term strategic business plans, achieving quality outcomes.
- Responsible for linking people, resource, and strategy to organisational strategy.

ICS function development & support
- Work within the overall strategic objectives, devise, implement and monitor the strategy. Evaluate, interpret, and locally implement best practice.
- Provide overall management to the function.
- Develop and implement qualitative and quantitative measures to determine performance against the organisational strategy. Report progress against the strategy through personal representation at senior management forums and by written reports to appropriate boards and groups of staff.
- Present complex information on all aspects of function practice in a clear, understandable, and audience-appropriate manner to senior management and board level groups.
- Ensure that best practice is developed and delivered at organisational and departmental levels. Challenge ways of working and persuade, motivate, and influence other senior managers to realign their practice where necessary.
- Ensure a smooth transition through decision making process to the management of contracts.
- Ensure that an appropriate strategy is in line with business objective and are fully cascaded.
- Personally lead, support, and contribute to formal negotiations with senior level staff from external stakeholders, providing a high level of negotiating expertise to secure the most advantageous arrangements.
- Advise on innovative opportunities and support all departments in their strategies and programmes to maximise service benefits.
- Oversee the tracking of progress against plans and transition milestones, ensuring appropriate processes are in place to flag issues, risks, and concerns with the relevant stakeholders.
- Work closely with the Heads of