Job summary
Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care System are looking to recruit a Chief Allied Health Professional (AHP). This is a pivotal role for the ICS, as the Chief AHP for the system, the post holder will act as the Professional Lead for AHPs for the Integrated Care System (ICS) and will also lead the development and delivery of agreed collective priorities of the ICS for the AHP workforce. This will include the modernisation, redesign and innovation of clinical services bringing the most senior AHP leadership and highly complex clinical knowledge and experience to the ICS system team in order to deliver the ICS transformational aims actively, collaboratively and strategically. The ICB is ambitious in its vision for health and care integration across Coventry and Warwickshire and the liberating the potential and demonstrating the value of AHPs are key priorities within this integration journey
The post-holder will have a highly specialist set of strategic and leadership responsibilities for the whole Health and Care system in Coventry and Warwickshire.
The post holder will need to hold a valid registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council
Main duties of the job
This is a pivotal role for the ICS, as the Chief AHP for the system, the post holder will act as the Professional Lead for AHPs for the Intergrated Care System (ICS) and will also lead the development and delivery of agreed collective priorities of the ICS for the AHP workforce. This will include the modernisation, redesign and innovation of clinical services bringing the most senior AHP leadership and highly complex clinical knowledge and experience to the ICS system team in order to deliver the ICS transformational aims actively, collaboratively and strategically.
To ensure that the AHP skillsets are utilised to maximum capacity to support clinical service design, ensuring a strong focus on maximising patients independence using a patient centred approach.
The post-holder will have a highly specialist set of strategic and leadership responsibilities for the whole
Health and Care system in Coventry and Warwickshire in the following domains:
- AHP Professional Leadership and Engagement
- Strategic Workforce and Budgetary development
- Clinical Governance and Quality including patient involvement
- Education, Research development
- Personal Development
About us
NHS Coventry and Warwickshire (ICB) is seeking to recruit an experienced Allied Health Professional to be responsible for the strategic leadership and delivery of the AHP workforce programme across the ICS in the context of national policy, including the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS People Plan and ICS People Strategy.
The postholder will lead the AHP Faculty as the delivery vehicle of the ICS workforce programme for AHPs, increase AHP leadership & influence, AHP sustainability & growth and AHP retention & transformation, driving and enabling service redesign and workforce transformation for 21st century models of care.
The postholder will provide professional expertise and strategic advice to the ICS, ensuring the AHP contribution to the ICS People Strategy and workforce programmes, providing strategic, and professional leadership for all AHPs, acting as a point of contact and/or advice on professional issues, Covid-19 response and recovery.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a pivotal role for the ICS, as the Chief AHP for the system, the post holder will act as the Professional Lead for AHPs for the Integrated Care System (ICS) and will also lead the development and delivery of agreed collective priorities of the ICS for the AHP workforce. This will include the modernisation, redesign and innovation of clinical services bringing the most senior AHP leadership and highly complex clinical knowledge and experience to the ICS system team in order to deliver the ICS transformational aims actively, collaboratively and strategically.
To ensure that the AHP skillsets are utilised to maximum capacity to support clinical service design, ensuring a strong focus on maximising patients independence using a patient centred approach.
The post-holder will have a highly specialist set of strategic and leadership responsibilities for the whole
Health and Care system in Coventry and Warwickshire in the following domains:
- AHP Professional Leadership and Engagement
- Strategic Workforce and Budgetary development
- Clinical Governance and Quality including patient involvement
- Education, Research development
- Personal Development
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a pivotal role for the ICS, as the Chief AHP for the system, the post holder will act as the Professional Lead for AHPs for the Integrated Care System (ICS) and will also lead the development and delivery of agreed collective priorities of the ICS for the AHP workforce. This will include the modernisation, redesign and innovation of clinical services bringing the most senior AHP leadership and highly complex clinical knowledge and experience to the ICS system team in order to deliver the ICS transformational aims actively, collaboratively and strategically.
To ensure that the AHP skillsets are utilised to maximum capacity to support clinical service design, ensuring a strong focus on maximising patients independence using a patient centred approach.
The post-holder will have a highly specialist set of strategic and leadership responsibilities for the whole
Health and Care system in Coventry and Warwickshire in the following domains:
- AHP Professional Leadership and Engagement
- Strategic Workforce and Budgetary development
- Clinical Governance and Quality including patient involvement
- Education, Research development
- Personal Development
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
Registration
Essential
- HCPC Registered Allied Health Professional.
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
Knowledge and experience
Desirable
- Extensive experience in the successful management of complex system change and policy development with demonstrable outcomes of best care and efficiency
skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to apply health care policy to contemporary health care environments
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively across organisational professional boundaries in complex organisations / systems
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Extensive and direct management and leadership of large teams of people delivering health and care services
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Must be able to drive service innovation to improve outcomes for individuals and populations
Knowledge
Essential
- Significant and extensive management experience at a senior level
Other
Essential
- Effective organiser, influencer and networker
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to effectively manage resources both at organisational and system level
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrating an ability to build relationships and influence at a senior level and with a wide range of stakeholders
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to apply current healthcare policy and highly significant appreciation of the implications on the design and delivery of services
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Highly developed leadership skills and ability to apply these to leading people with authenticity and compassion
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to effectively manage resources both at organisational and system level
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to apply knowledge of operational service delivery, policy development and experience of health and social care delivery
Other
Essential
- Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Able to write Board level papers / presenting at Board and working closely with Board level colleagues
Skills and abilties
Essential
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems
other
Essential
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Demonstrate capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to influence strategy at individual organisational and system level
other
Essential
- Professional calm and efficient manner
other
Essential
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
Registration
Essential
- HCPC Registered Allied Health Professional.
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
Knowledge and experience
Desirable
- Extensive experience in the successful management of complex system change and policy development with demonstrable outcomes of best care and efficiency
skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to apply health care policy to contemporary health care environments
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively across organisational professional boundaries in complex organisations / systems
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Extensive and direct management and leadership of large teams of people delivering health and care services
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Must be able to drive service innovation to improve outcomes for individuals and populations
Knowledge
Essential
- Significant and extensive management experience at a senior level
Other
Essential
- Effective organiser, influencer and networker
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to effectively manage resources both at organisational and system level
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrating an ability to build relationships and influence at a senior level and with a wide range of stakeholders
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to apply current healthcare policy and highly significant appreciation of the implications on the design and delivery of services
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Highly developed leadership skills and ability to apply these to leading people with authenticity and compassion
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to effectively manage resources both at organisational and system level
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to apply knowledge of operational service delivery, policy development and experience of health and social care delivery
Other
Essential
- Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Able to write Board level papers / presenting at Board and working closely with Board level colleagues
Skills and abilties
Essential
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems
other
Essential
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Demonstrate capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to influence strategy at individual organisational and system level
other
Essential
- Professional calm and efficient manner
other
Essential
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
