Head of Allied Health Professionals

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

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Person specification

from supportive evidence

Essential criteria

• experience

interview

Essential criteria

• AHP qualification
• First level graduate HCPC registration • Graduate to Masters level or equivalent in health related subject • Evidence of relevant study and continuing professional development • Operational management experience at senior AHP level Post registration leadership development
• nowledge of the professional development agenda in the NHS • Knowledge of regulatory and NHS strategy which impacts on AHP service delivery and experience of developing strategies to address changes • Understanding of the principles and practice of performance improvement and key performance indicators • Ability to encourage, plan and implement strategies and service improvement • Evidence of experience in management of change • Evidence of collaborative working and learning
• Knowledge and experience of clinical audit • Proven achievement in developing policy and service objectives, establishing and implementing innovative solutions • Knowledge and understanding of NHS Long Term Plan and implications for clinical leadership development • Current knowledge of relevant professional and NHS Policy Initiatives • Experience in managing projects to identified milestone and • Experience of business planning • Experience of research activities 8 budget allocation • Ongoing recent evidence of leading clinical innovation or leading change within clinical practice • Effective leadership skills in relation to managing staff with ability to motivate and develop others SKILLS AND ABILITIES • Evidence of strong l
• Evidence of strong leadership skills • Strategic thinker • Ability to make decisions in a pressured environment • Excellent interpersonal skills and experience in interdisciplinary working/communication • Initiative, planning and finishing skills evidence • Ability to produce reports, action plans, both written and verbal, with the ability of persuade and influence • Ability to ensure a balance between empowering others to act and holding to account in order to achieve agreed targets and objectives • Ability to work at a strategic level representing the trust to external stakeholders • Ability of implement organisational change including the development of effective teams • Evidence of managing project budgets and providing reports in line with project milestones
• Enthusiasm and motivational skills • Commitment to equality, diversity and human rights • Appreciation of and astuteness in political issues • Highly developed interpersonal skills • Team leader/player

Desirable criteria

• Leadership/management qualification
• Experience of business planning • Experience of research activities
• Project management skills • IT skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Head of AHP (PDF, 297.5KB)
• functional skills (PDF, 920.2KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)