The Director of Allied Health Professionals sits on the senior leadership team at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust and reports to the Chief Nursing Officer. The post gives strategic direction and professional leadership to all AHPs across the Trust, with a focus on quality and patient safety. It is the most senior AHP role in the organisation and includes deputising for the wider AHP responsibilities. Current HCPC registration and a Masters-level qualification, or working towards one, are required.
What the job involves
- Set strategic direction and professional leadership for all AHPs across the Trust, including podiatry, dietetics, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy
- Lead on all Trust AHP issues, working with Network Directors of Nursing and AHP Leads
- Lead on AHP quality and patient safety issues
- Lead the development and implementation of Trust-wide professional and quality work programmes
- Ensure the AHP contribution is recognised, rewarded and optimised
- Ensure consistently high standards of care, treatment, patient experience and satisfaction
- Support Network Directors of Nursing and AHP Leads in delivering Trust objectives
- Deputise regularly for the full range of AHP responsibilities and cover as requested by the Chief Nursing Officer
What’s required
Qualifications
- Masters-level qualification in a related subject, or working towards one or a portfolio of evidence at that level
- Evidence of CPD in line with professional regulatory guidance
Registration & licences
- Current and relevant HCPC registration as an Allied Health Professional
Experience
- Substantial clinical and managerial experience relevant to the post, at minimum network level, with a track record of meeting objectives
- Recent experience of managing complex professional matters or issues
- Experience of implementing AHP quality assurance metrics
- Experience of embedding robust clinical and corporate systems locally, and of leading and implementing successful change
Skills & knowledge
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of professional and NHS policy and issues
- Extensive knowledge of all aspects of patient safety and quality
- Demonstrable robust financial and resource management, with business planning skills
What’s offered
- Flexible working, including term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time
- Wellbeing resources, tools and support
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