Job summary
We are looking for a highly motivated,
passionate Chief AHP to join our team and help shape the future of AHP services
within our Trust and the local health economy aligned to the NHS 10-year plan.
The Chief of AHPs will be accountable to the Chief Operating Officer with
professional accountability to the Chief Nurse. This post will be responsible
for providing an advanced level of strategic thinking to the therapy service,
being able to convert concepts into plans and communicate these effectively to a
wider audience. As Chief AHP, the post holder will also provide expert
professional leadership and governance for the Trusts Allied Health
Professions. The post holder is expected
to cross cover and work at all sites provided by the Trust where Therapy
Services are provided. They will promote a culture of learning and openness and
ensure clinical staff have the knowledge, capability, systems and support to
embed lessons learned in practice and drive improvements for our patients.
Expected Shortlisting
Date
19/02/2026
Planned Interview
Date
03/03/2026
Main duties of the job
The
post holder will ultimately be accountable for all Allied Health Professional
Therapists (AHPs) and therapy support staff within the Trust. They will
directly manage the Head of Therapies and General manager for therapy
services which include services within Dietetics and Speech and Language
Therapy, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Podiatry. The postholder will be accountable for the
adult clinical health psychologists who will professionally report to the
Chief Medical Officer. The post-holder is responsible for the strategic and
professional direction of Therapy Services. This involves delivery of all
operational performance standards, ensuring all services are provided within
the agreed level of activity, standards of performance, safety, quality and
budget. The post holder will be responsible for developing and implementing
standards across Therapy Services within the Trust which support professional
leadership, competence, capacity and standards of conduct. The post holder
will be responsible for leading on and delivering success across several key
programmes and pathways across the Trusts Clinical Service Units. These
programmes will be essential in ensuring that LTHT can deliver its primary
objectives and targets over the years and will encompass a range of topics
including productivity and efficiency, transformation, clinical
effectiveness, quality and workforce succession planning.
About us
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is one the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe,
with access to leading clinical expertise and medical technology. We care for
people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds
itself. The Trust has a budget of £1.1 billion. Our 20,000 staff ensure that
every year we see and treat over 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or
out-patient settings, comprising 100,000-day cases, 125,000 in-patients,
260,000 A&E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate
from 7 hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy and
culture to be the best for specialist and integrated care.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post holder will ultimately be accountable for all Allied Health Professional
Therapists (AHPs) and Therapy Support Staff within the Trust and will
directly manage the Head of therapies and general manager for therapy
services. This will include services within Dietetics and Speech and Language
Therapy, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Podiatry. The postholder
will be accountable for the adult clinical health psychologists who will
professionally report to the Chief Medical Officer. The post holder will be
responsible for developing and implementing standards across Therapy Services
within the Trust which support professional leadership, competence, capacity
and standards of conduct. The post holder will be responsible for leading on
and delivering success across a number of key programmes and pathways across
the CSUs. These programmes will be essential in ensuring that LTHT can
deliver its primary objectives and targets over the years and will encompass
a range of topics including productivity and efficiency, transformation,
clinical effectiveness, quality and workforce succession planning. Support
the clinical and managerial leadership of the hospital, delivering a range of
outcomes, ensuring that fundamental and underlying activities to organisational
success are achieved. To lead with other members of the triumvirate and other
CSUs and corporate management teams to ensure the effective and efficient
delivery of services to clinical users and patients.
Working
with senior management, to define and implement new ways of working to
maximise the benefits of the new structure and play a leading role in the
Trust transformation process to deliver Trust gains in cost and clinical
effectiveness and efficiency.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post holder will ultimately be accountable for all Allied Health Professional
Therapists (AHPs) and Therapy Support Staff within the Trust and will
directly manage the Head of therapies and general manager for therapy
services. This will include services within Dietetics and Speech and Language
Therapy, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Podiatry. The postholder
will be accountable for the adult clinical health psychologists who will
professionally report to the Chief Medical Officer. The post holder will be
responsible for developing and implementing standards across Therapy Services
within the Trust which support professional leadership, competence, capacity
and standards of conduct. The post holder will be responsible for leading on
and delivering success across a number of key programmes and pathways across
the CSUs. These programmes will be essential in ensuring that LTHT can
deliver its primary objectives and targets over the years and will encompass
a range of topics including productivity and efficiency, transformation,
clinical effectiveness, quality and workforce succession planning. Support
the clinical and managerial leadership of the hospital, delivering a range of
outcomes, ensuring that fundamental and underlying activities to organisational
success are achieved. To lead with other members of the triumvirate and other
CSUs and corporate management teams to ensure the effective and efficient
delivery of services to clinical users and patients.
Working
with senior management, to define and implement new ways of working to
maximise the benefits of the new structure and play a leading role in the
Trust transformation process to deliver Trust gains in cost and clinical
effectiveness and efficiency.
Person Specification
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Proven leadership skills, development of team. Ability to draft clear and concise business cases and papers
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in healthcare or management or demonstrable ability to work at Masters Level. HCPC Registration
Desirable
- Professional Qualifications in one of the AHP disciplines. Evidence of maintaining continuous professional development
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Forward thinking and be able to lead and transform culture, including shaping and implementing a vision for future service development.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Forward thinking and be able to lead and transform culture, including shaping and implementing a vision for future service development.
Experience
Essential
- Significant management experience in a senior role within the acute sector in particular operational management
Desirable
- Significant experience and success at a clinical manager level including strategy development, budgetary control and leadership
Person Specification
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Proven leadership skills, development of team. Ability to draft clear and concise business cases and papers
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in healthcare or management or demonstrable ability to work at Masters Level. HCPC Registration
Desirable
- Professional Qualifications in one of the AHP disciplines. Evidence of maintaining continuous professional development
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Forward thinking and be able to lead and transform culture, including shaping and implementing a vision for future service development.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Forward thinking and be able to lead and transform culture, including shaping and implementing a vision for future service development.
Experience
Essential
- Significant management experience in a senior role within the acute sector in particular operational management
Desirable
- Significant experience and success at a clinical manager level including strategy development, budgetary control and leadership
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
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).
