Job summary
Are you an experienced AHP who is an inspirational and transformational clinical leader, highly motivated and visible, with a desire and passion to drive improvement across a large mental health and community organisation?
If you have a proven track record of strategic development of services through delivering on agreed objectives, targets and quality standards whilst working within resource controls and restraints this role is for you. This is a key role within the corporate senior professional and quality team under the auspices of the Chief Nurse, which includes all the professional leads. You will have an important reach within the extended executive and be central to clinical and quality planning and delivery across the entire portfolio of Trust services, in order to drive improvement for patients and families.
You will work closely with other senior clinical leads in the system to ensure a joined up collaborative approach to addressing inequalities and aspiring to excellence.
The post holder will continue to build on the visibility and influence of the diverse professions we currently have which includes OT's; paramedics; SLT's; physios and many more, ensuring that the workforce is fully supported and developed whilst creating an innovative approach to sustaining the workforce over the coming years.
If this opportunity excites you, please get in touch.
Main duties of the job
The Associate Director for Allied Health Professionals plays a key role in achieving one of our four strategic aims to continuously improve the quality of services so that they are safe, patients and carers have excellent experiences and they achieve the outcomes they want.
The Associate Director for Allied Health professions will be a compassionate and caring senior leader supporting an exciting portfolio within the Chief Nurses professional leadership team. They are expected to be an ambassador for AHP's and a positive role model. As the most senior AHP in our Trust they will be a clinical leader who will improve treatment, intervention and outcomes for patients acting as a catalyst to transform our health care system and strive towards excellence in practice and patient experience in all relevant fields across the Trust.
The Associate Director of AHP will work with the Chief Nurse to lead the AHP workforce to aspire towards excellent AHP practice and care through developing and valuing our talented AHP workforce.
The post holder will be required to work across the system at a very senior level, ensuring organisational boundaries are put aside to develop collaborative partnerships for the benefit of patients.
About us
Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Staff accommodation
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Associate Director of AHP will lead on safer staffing and caseloads in the directorates, and the development of a career framework for AHPs, underpinned with strong systems for AHP practice and leadership development for all AHPs and care staff through the implementation of the AHP Strategy.
We have a vision for care to be a joint endeavour and teams will work with patients and carers in order to achieve and maintain the health and care outcomes they want. The Associate Director for AHP will work alongside the directorate Heads of and enable them to be responsible for the directorate work programme aspiring to deliver exceptional experience to patients within Oxford Health Foundation Trust in line with our values to be Caring, Safe and Excellent. They will work alongside the Chief Nurse and the directorates on our Journey to Outstanding.
The post holder is a formal designated Deputy, acting for the Chief Nurse as appropriate. They will be expected to attend formal Trust Committees including the Extended Monthly Executive Committee and play a lead role in Trust quality governance and improvement. They will make the best use of resources within our system to deliver greater value for patients.
The post holder will have extensive knowledge of AHP practice and also expert knowledge and practice of their own profession including an effective professional network to provide expert, wide ranging professional AHP and clinical advice, develop strategy and use innovation and improvement methodology and research to develop the AHP and clinical workforce to deliver outstanding safe care and improved outcomes.
This includes all age groups and specialties working in community hospitals, Minor Injury Units, District Nursing, Community Nursing, Integrated Localities, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities. The post holder will work closely with the other Associate Directors, , the Deputy Chief Nurse and Directorate Heads of Nursing, who will lead day to day nursing practice and work closely with the Clinical Directors, AMDs within our four clinical directorates and our Heads of Education and Training and the OXINAHR Professor of AHP Research, and Clinical academic colleagues at Oxford Brookes University and other Universities.
The post holder will contribute to Patient Safety Incident Reviews with executives and Clinical Directors led by the Chief Nurse and Chief Medical Officer.
The post holder will also take the lead on workforce related specific to their profession across the Trust and for all AHP groups within the directorates they are responsible for including all aspects of fairness and inclusion and including disciplinary and grievance resolution for AHPs.
The post holder will participate on Director on-call rota as required.
PLEASE NOTE:
- New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
- Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
- Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
- Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
- We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
- Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Associate Director of AHP will lead on safer staffing and caseloads in the directorates, and the development of a career framework for AHPs, underpinned with strong systems for AHP practice and leadership development for all AHPs and care staff through the implementation of the AHP Strategy.
We have a vision for care to be a joint endeavour and teams will work with patients and carers in order to achieve and maintain the health and care outcomes they want. The Associate Director for AHP will work alongside the directorate Heads of and enable them to be responsible for the directorate work programme aspiring to deliver exceptional experience to patients within Oxford Health Foundation Trust in line with our values to be Caring, Safe and Excellent. They will work alongside the Chief Nurse and the directorates on our Journey to Outstanding.
The post holder is a formal designated Deputy, acting for the Chief Nurse as appropriate. They will be expected to attend formal Trust Committees including the Extended Monthly Executive Committee and play a lead role in Trust quality governance and improvement. They will make the best use of resources within our system to deliver greater value for patients.
The post holder will have extensive knowledge of AHP practice and also expert knowledge and practice of their own profession including an effective professional network to provide expert, wide ranging professional AHP and clinical advice, develop strategy and use innovation and improvement methodology and research to develop the AHP and clinical workforce to deliver outstanding safe care and improved outcomes.
This includes all age groups and specialties working in community hospitals, Minor Injury Units, District Nursing, Community Nursing, Integrated Localities, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities. The post holder will work closely with the other Associate Directors, , the Deputy Chief Nurse and Directorate Heads of Nursing, who will lead day to day nursing practice and work closely with the Clinical Directors, AMDs within our four clinical directorates and our Heads of Education and Training and the OXINAHR Professor of AHP Research, and Clinical academic colleagues at Oxford Brookes University and other Universities.
The post holder will contribute to Patient Safety Incident Reviews with executives and Clinical Directors led by the Chief Nurse and Chief Medical Officer.
The post holder will also take the lead on workforce related specific to their profession across the Trust and for all AHP groups within the directorates they are responsible for including all aspects of fairness and inclusion and including disciplinary and grievance resolution for AHPs.
The post holder will participate on Director on-call rota as required.
PLEASE NOTE:
- New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
- Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
- Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
- Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
- We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
- Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered AHP (Occupational Therapy /Physiotherapy) with the HCPC (active PIN registration)
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Degree in relevant subject or equivalent significant experience as a senior manager
Experience
Essential
- Current sub-Board level AHP leadership in a health care environment in a clinical directorate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered AHP (Occupational Therapy /Physiotherapy) with the HCPC (active PIN registration)
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Degree in relevant subject or equivalent significant experience as a senior manager
Experience
Essential
- Current sub-Board level AHP leadership in a health care environment in a clinical directorate.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
