Allied Health Professional

We are seeking an AHP Head of Service for a 6 month period, who has the energy and passion to make a sustainable and lasting difference, clinically leading our teams to deliver safe, effective and compassionate care to our population.
The AHP Head of Service will demonstrate strong professional clinical leadership and provide specialist clinical advice across Adult Community Therapies (Community Therapy Teams and Falls). Acting in support of the Divisional and Deputy Divisional Nurse/AHP Directors. The AHP Head of Service will be a member of the divisional leadership team and work as a triumvirate with the Nursing Head of Service and Operational Head of Service.
The AHP Head of Service will play a key role in developing the service to meet the population's needs at locality and regional level and will have a service development portfolio and clinical leadership role. They will ensure services provide safe, effective, personalised and evidence-based clinical interventions and holistic care.
The AHP Head of Service will be a role model for leadership, training, coaching, and facilitating staff development at all levels. They will be expected to provide a clinical perspective to divisional planning and decision-making, interpreting national guidance in relation to all aspects of clinical care delivered by the Trust and advise on the implementation within the modernisation and changing environment of all service areas.
The AHP Head of Service will role model leadership behaviours for improvement, supporting the building of Quality Improvement capability and capacity in the division and leading improvement programmes.
The postholder will, working with the Operational Head of Service and other clinical heads of service, be responsible for clinical governance including the identification, reporting, management and mitigation of risk and patient safety.
Communication and working relationships
a) Divisional leadership team
b) Divisional Director and Divisional Medical/Dental Director
c) Divisional teams
d) ICB (Integrated Care Board) and ICS (Integrated Care System) colleagues in all partner organisations (NHS, Local Authorities, Third Sector, Education)
e) Other Trust directors (Finance & Performance, Estates and Facilities) and members of the Trust’s Senior Leadership Team.
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.
We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.
Why work for us?
Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
**Supportive flexible working patterns such as**: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
Excellent training and development opportunities
Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
EMBRACE, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+ and Religion Spirituality and Belief staff networks
Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff
Operational
In conjunction with the Divisional and Deputy Nursing/AHP Director, support the line management of nurses/AHPs working in the service within their locality including performance and professional standards management.
Ensure a consistent approach is taken, so that all clinical staff comply with Trust-wide policies and procedures.
Continuous improvement
Ensure clinical staff within the services are trained to an appropriate level in Quality Improvement and are confident and competent to use QI methodology, tools and resources.
Encourage a culture of innovation, welcoming ideas for improvement, and supporting clinicians with taking forward change, ensuring it is data-driven, responds to the patient voice and leads to improved outcomes for patients, efficiency and productivity.
Support the development of a data led approach to improvement and evaluation. Contribute to the collation and use of clinical data and be involved in subsequent improvements required, relating to outcome/quality/performance indicators.
Lead on research for the services in their portfolio, encouraging and supporting the development of programmes of research ensuring a multi-disciplinary, multi-profession