North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Director of Paramedicine and AHPs

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Job summary

We're delighted to be able to recruit into this new post as Director of Paramedicine/Allied Health Professionals. We want to strengthen our team of clinical leaders, working with the Board of Directors to rebuild, reshape and move forward our ambitions as a Trust. It's an important appointment to visibly lead and inspire our teams as we look to how we transform services to meet demands, and ensure patients receive high quality and safe care.

It's a great opportunity to join an Exec Team which is emerging and re-forming. We're at a crucial time where the landscape is open to innovation and improvement as we work with our partners tackling priorities around funding, workforce, estate and patient pathways. We're committed to working with Care Quality Commission on their findings as well as securing significant investment in 22/23. This allows us to recruit, develop and retain the best people in our workforce as well as working to become more efficient and productive.

To do this, we're looking for someone to join us who has the same vision and share commitment to living our values. You'll be working as part of a supportive team and be able to take advantage of a great work-life balance and agile ways of working.

We welcome applications from candidates with protected characteristics as it is important as an organisation that we reflect the people we serve.

Note this role is subject to a Fit and Proper persons test.

Main duties of the job

The Director of Paramedicine will be a visible, vibrant, and inspiring leader with a clear and compelling vision to develop the Trusts future clinical strategy. Working closely with the Executive Medical Director and Executive Director of Quality & Safety as part of a clinical triumvirate, you will be a core member of the clinical leadership team responsible for influencing, shaping and leading strategy, policy and clinical transformation both within North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) and as part of the wider regional and national health and social care systems.

You will play a pivotal role in the organisations leadership as part of the Executive Management Team and in attendance at Trust Board, working across the Trust and wider Integrated Health System (ICS). You will ensure appropriate strategies and plans to deliver are aligned to the Trusts longer term goals and you lead our teams on that journey.

As a senior Allied Health Professional/Paramedic for the Trust you will effectively engage external partners and stakeholders in the long-term and mutual benefits of NEAS clinical transformation and strengthen our place within the wider system. The post holder will ensure, working closely with the Chief Operating Officer, continued, improved clinical performance across all service areas of the Trust. Delivery of this will be via robust integrated strategic plans implemented by a network of clinical leaders, thereby offering organisational assurance to stakeholders.

About us

We employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square miles.

Many people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take them to hospital, but we do much more!

Paramedic skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.

We have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.

We have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions or terrorist attacks.

Ultimately patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of "safe, effective and responsive care for all".

We value and respect the diversity employees bring to our workplace. We recruit a workforce that reflects the community we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. To ensure we deliver on our aims in relation to diversity and inclusion we assess ourselves against a range of frameworks. We are ENEI Gold employer, Disability Confident Leader, Dyslexia Smart Award employer, Dementia Friendly, and part of Mind Blue Light programme and the Race at Work Charter from the Princes Responsible Business Network and are achieving across all objectives in NHS Equality Delivery System.

Date posted

22 December 2022

Pay scheme

Very senior manager (VSM)

Salary

£95,135 to £109,475 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9340-DPAHP-12-22

Job locations

Ambulance HQ, Bernicia House

Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE15 8NY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached for more information on the role and responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached for more information on the role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A registered allied health professional with current HCPC registration.
Masters degree level qualification in an advanced clinical field or clinical leadership.
Evidence of audit and evaluation / benchmarking of clinical services.
Evidence of recent, ongoing personal development action, as well as activity and reflective practice.
Strategic awareness of the challenges facing health and social care.

Desirable

Executive level leadership development programme.
Demonstrable skills as a senior responsible officer for Quality Improvement/ Change Management.

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable successful, experience and achievement as a very senior leader at, or near, Board Director level in a similarly complex organisation or system.
Experience of successfully implementing change programmes across a large footprint.
Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
Demonstrable experience of developing relationships into productive partnerships, cross boundary working and working with stakeholders at all levels.
Has the ability and experience to act corporately and support Board members and other senior directors in the execution of their duties and responsibilities.
Evidence of driving a successful clinical governance agenda, which delivers positive outcomes for patients.

Desirable

Recent experience of working for an Emergency Service or alongside Ambulance Services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A registered allied health professional with current HCPC registration.
Masters degree level qualification in an advanced clinical field or clinical leadership.
Evidence of audit and evaluation / benchmarking of clinical services.
Evidence of recent, ongoing personal development action, as well as activity and reflective practice.
Strategic awareness of the challenges facing health and social care.

Desirable

Executive level leadership development programme.
Demonstrable skills as a senior responsible officer for Quality Improvement/ Change Management.

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable successful, experience and achievement as a very senior leader at, or near, Board Director level in a similarly complex organisation or system.
Experience of successfully implementing change programmes across a large footprint.
Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
Demonstrable experience of developing relationships into productive partnerships, cross boundary working and working with stakeholders at all levels.
Has the ability and experience to act corporately and support Board members and other senior directors in the execution of their duties and responsibilities.
Evidence of driving a successful clinical governance agenda, which delivers positive outcomes for patients.

Desirable

Recent experience of working for an Emergency Service or alongside Ambulance Services.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ambulance HQ, Bernicia House

Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE15 8NY

Employer's website

https://www.neas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ambulance HQ, Bernicia House

Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE15 8NY

Employer's website

https://www.neas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)