AHP Professional Lead Kings Norton, England
Job description
We are delighted to offer a committed and experienced AHP the opportunity to work as Lead AHP for Learning Disability Division
The Learning Disability Division is committed to continuous quality improvement and appreciates the significant contribution that the Allied Health Professions workforce makes to service delivery and transformation. An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint to this key role.
The Allied Health Professional is accountable for leading the Allied Health Professionals within the Division. At a time of great change, with new ways of working and new roles being implemented into the workforce, this is an exciting time to undertake this role leading on the strategic development of specific objectives of the Division. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that the Division has robust structures, processes and systems in place to support a workforce that is fit for the future and that is competent and able to deliver safe, high quality services and excellent patient care.
You will provide professional leadership to the AHPs across the Division supported by a senior management team within Learning Disability Division. You will be at the heart of every important AHP decision taken within the Division and will have the opportunity to influence broader strategic and operational planning working alongside the Associate Chief of Nursing and Therapies, Medical Director and Divisional Director. You will represent Allied Health Professionals within the Division participating in career and succession planning and leading on the future development of senior Allied Health Professionals.
As an experienced AHP leader, you will understand what it takes to bring our clinical workforce together, and achieve results that will benefit our service users.
In order to rise to this exciting challenge, you will have substantial experience of leading AHP services. You will be a highly driven individual with experience of supporting transformation programmes. With highly developed communication and negotiation skills, you will motivate teams and inspire a culture of continuous improvement. You must have clinical experience delivering healthcare services for people with learning disabilities, and knowledge of national/clinical practise standards for LD services.
The successful candidate will be leading on workstreams which align with their skills and experience in addition to
- Quality improvement in the division
- Attendance at key divisional meetings
- Staff survey for AHPs
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
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You will provide professional leadership to the AHPs across the Division supported by a senior management team within Learning Disability Division. You will be at the heart of every important AHP decision taken within the Division and will have the opportunity to influence broader strategic and operational planning working alongside the Associate Chief of Nursing and Therapies, Medical Director and Divisional Director. You will represent Allied Health Professionals within the Division participating in career and succession planning and leading on the future development of senior Allied Health Professionals.
As an experienced AHP leader, you will understand what it takes to bring our clinical workforce together, and achieve results that will benefit our service users.
In order to rise to this exciting challenge, you will have substantial experience of leading AHP services. You will be a highly driven individual with experience of supporting transformation programmes. With highly developed communication and negotiation skills, you will motivate teams and inspire a culture of continuous improvement. You must have an understanding of paediatric community healthcare as well as knowledge of education and the workforce in a healthcare setting.
The successful candidate will be leading on workstreams which align with their skills and experience in addition to
- Quality improvement in the division
- Attendance at key divisional meetings
- Staff survey for AHPs
