Job summary
- Main area
- Allied Health Professions
- Grade
- 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 186-896-24-MH
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Highbury Hospital
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/08/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 20/08/2024
Employer heading
Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Lead - MHSOP
8a
Job overview
An exciting opportunity to clinically and professionally lead our Allied Health Professions (AHPs) working within our Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP).
You’ll be a core member of the MHSOP management team and provide specialist clinical advice ensuring the perspective of AHPs are considered and profiled within services, providing evidence-based practice and you will give professional advice and managerial direction should an AHPs practice be in question.
The AHPs in MHSOP include Occupational Therapists (OT), Physiotherapists (PT), Speech and Language Therapists (SLT) and Dietitians. They work across inpatient, community, diagnostics & liaison services - line managed by their team leaders. This role will line manage the Inpatient Therapy Team Leader and provide support & be supported by the Clinical Specialists in each profession.
The role is 3 days a week, usual hours 8-4, base open to discussion.
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical and professional leadership for all the AHPs working within MHSOP.
To be a core member of the MHSOP senior management team and provide specialist clinical and professional advice ensuring the perspective of Allied Health Professions is considered and profiled within service models and delivery.
With support from the clinical specialist AHP roles within the Care Unit to ensure evidence based and best practice is embedded within teams across the services.
To ensure roles of AHPs are embedded within the Care Unit and that equity of access to AHPs across the Care Unit is achieved.
To provide professional advice and managerial direction should an AHPs practice be in question.
To line manage the Inpatient AHPs and Live teams
Working for our organisation
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The AHPs in MHSOP include Occupational Therapists (OT), Physiotherapists (PT), Speech and Language Therapists (SLT) and Dietitians. AHP staff work across a variety of clinical teams and are sometimes a lone professional resource in some areas.
The post holder needs to work collaboratively within the Care Unit, Care Group and externally to ensure the provision of evidence-based practice by AHPs. The postholder has a key role in directing the responsiveness of the AHP provision across teams and informing the strategy to ensure effective AHP provision. The Care Unit AHP lead is responsible for leading quality assurance and improvement projects where AHPs are the lead resource, clinical priorities such as falls prevention and reduction are highlighted and driven by the AHP lead.
The MHSOP AHP lead will have specialist knowledge and skills of AHP practices/roles and be able to advocate for these roles – these will be transferrable skills and be underpinned by clinical experience in relevant areas of clinical practice. Professional role modelling, advice and guidance is central to the effectiveness of the role. The AHP lead will lead the recruitment and retention strategy for AHP’s within the Care Unit and ensure that appropriate skill mix for the multidisciplinary teams is represented in services.
The AHP lead has managerial responsibility for the in-patient therapy resource and budget.
Person specification
Training
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable evidence of robust and extended continuous professional development.
- Leadership/Management training
Qualifications - Academic / Craft / Professional
Essential criteria
- Registered AHP qualification to first degree level. Evidence of relevant AHP post registration qualifications, plus significant post registration experience
- Current Registration with the Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC).
Desirable criteria
- Project management training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Highly developed AHP Clinical skills in relevant clinical area.
- Knowledge of AHP professional groups and national Drivers supporting AHP groups.
- Experience of managing budgets. Experience of performance management.
- Experience of Workforce planning.
- Experience of completing investigations around staff performance, serious untoward incident and complaints using Root Cause Analysis methodology as required
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working clinically with Older People with mental health conditions
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the needs of older people with mental health conditions
- Knowledge of the contribution of all members of the MDT to the care of older people with mental health conditions specifically: OTs, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Dietitians
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of falls risk, assessment and management in older people with mental health conditions
Skills
Essential criteria
- Exceptional verbal and written skill.
- Excellent Interpersonal, negotiating and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work successfully with clinical staff, management and executive colleagues.
- Able to translate the strategic vision to staff in the locality.
- Excellent authentic values-based leadership skills.
- Plan, organise and manage change in relation to the MHSOP service and wider NHS.
Desirable criteria
- Advanced supervisory skills
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- To participate in the MHSOP Bronze on call rota
- Ability and willingness to travel across all trust sites.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Chris Majid
- Job title
- Operations Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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