Job summary
Are
you ready for a new opportunity? Looking for personal development? Passionate
about the Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Support workforce? Excited to
support improvements across both social care and health? Yes? Then this role
could be for you.
This
is a new role within the Sussex AHP Workforce team with the focus of delivering
improvements for the AHP Support Workforce across the health and social care
system. The post holder will work as a champion for the AHP Support Workforce
by supporting and facilitating collaboration across organisations to develop a
range of activities and projects - enabling the expansion of learning,
development, and progression opportunities for this staff group.
The
Sussex AHP Faculty has been implementing the National AHP Support Workforce
Programme and this role will be pivotal in continuing to embed and expand this
important workforce transformation workstream.
If
you are interested in this role, please contact Jo Findlay (Sussex AHP Faculty
Lead) for further information: jo.findlay3@nhs.net or 073854
25846 (Mon- Thurs 8.30 5pm).
Main duties of the job
With
support, the post holder will facilitate this programme of work across Sussex
with the goal of developing support worker roles and career progression
opportunities across the 14 AHP professions. The role will establish and
maintain strong and effective partnerships and stakeholder relationships across
local, regional and national networks. This will enable a system wide approach
to support and develop the AHP support workforce in Sussex.
The
role will involve delivering key workstreams around AHP support workforce
priorities and projects, networking (internal and external) and facilitating
multi-professional scoping and steering groups.
This will ultimately help to:
-
Improve education standards, access and
uptake for AHP support workers
-
Grow the AHP support workforce
alongside the registered workforce
-
Improve retention and reduce vacancies
-
Support organisations to address
variation in support worker roles, banding and progression.
-
Improve diversity of the support
workforce.
This
role sits within the Sussex Health and Care (Integrated Care System) AHP
Workforce Team. We appreciate that working at system level and across
organisations may be a new way of working for some, therefore full support and
guidance and will be offered. This is a new role and a fantastic career
progression opportunity!
About us
NHS Sussex has
committed to achieving Net Zero Carbon emissions by 2045. As a member of staff
you will be encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working that will
help us achieve that goal.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a new role within the Sussex AHP
Workforce team with the focus of delivering improvements for the AHP Support
Workforce across the health and social care system. The post holder will work
as a champion for the AHP Support Workforce by supporting and facilitating
collaboration across organisations to develop a range of activities and projects,
and enabling the expansion of learning, development and progression
opportunities for this staff group.
The Sussex AHP Faculty has been
implementing the National AHP Support Workforce Programme and this role will
be pivotal in continuing to embed and expand this important workforce
transformation workstream.
With support, the post holder will facilitate
this programme of work across Sussex with the goal of developing support
worker roles and career progression opportunities across the 15 AHP
professions. The role will establish and maintain strong and effective
partnerships and stakeholder relationships across local, regional and
national networks. This will enable a system wide approach to support and
develop the AHP support workforce in Sussex.
The role will involve delivering key
workstreams around AHP support workforce priorities and projects, networking
(internal and external) and facilitating multi-professional scoping and
steering groups. This will ultimately
help to:
-
Improve education standards, access and
uptake for AHP support workers
-
Grow the AHP support workforce
alongside the registered workforce
-
Improve retention and reduce vacancies
-
Support organisations to address
variation in support worker roles, banding and progression.
-
Improve diversity of the support
workforce.
This role sits within the AHP Workforce
Team and governance and support will be offered via the AHP Faculty Lead and
AHP Workforce Project Managers.
The job description and person
specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the
changing needs of the department and the organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a new role within the Sussex AHP
Workforce team with the focus of delivering improvements for the AHP Support
Workforce across the health and social care system. The post holder will work
as a champion for the AHP Support Workforce by supporting and facilitating
collaboration across organisations to develop a range of activities and projects,
and enabling the expansion of learning, development and progression
opportunities for this staff group.
The Sussex AHP Faculty has been
implementing the National AHP Support Workforce Programme and this role will
be pivotal in continuing to embed and expand this important workforce
transformation workstream.
With support, the post holder will facilitate
this programme of work across Sussex with the goal of developing support
worker roles and career progression opportunities across the 15 AHP
professions. The role will establish and maintain strong and effective
partnerships and stakeholder relationships across local, regional and
national networks. This will enable a system wide approach to support and
develop the AHP support workforce in Sussex.
The role will involve delivering key
workstreams around AHP support workforce priorities and projects, networking
(internal and external) and facilitating multi-professional scoping and
steering groups. This will ultimately
help to:
-
Improve education standards, access and
uptake for AHP support workers
-
Grow the AHP support workforce
alongside the registered workforce
-
Improve retention and reduce vacancies
-
Support organisations to address
variation in support worker roles, banding and progression.
-
Improve diversity of the support
workforce.
This role sits within the AHP Workforce
Team and governance and support will be offered via the AHP Faculty Lead and
AHP Workforce Project Managers.
The job description and person
specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the
changing needs of the department and the organisation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or willing to work towards a degree, or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level within AHP specialities.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years clinical expertise within AHP support work, underpinned by theory and practical experience.
Desirable
- Project Management experience and evidence of delivering improvements.
- Experience of facilitating meetings / leading group work
- Understanding / experience of system level working
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Good understanding of the AHP Support Workforce and its challenges
- and barriers.
- Knowledge and experience of analysing information and making judgements and decisions in relation to this information.
- Ability to work autonomously and escalate risks and issues as appropriate
Desirable
- Good knowledge of all 15 AHP Professions
- Understanding of the National AHP Support Workforce Programme.
- Experience in administration duties relevant to projects and meetings. Writing agendas, minutes, action logs, developing project plans etc
Other
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload with minimal supervision working to tight and often changing timescales
- Skills for communication on complex information and administrative matters, requiring developed interpersonal and oral and written communication skills
- Communications. Able to handle sensitive data from across the partner organisations
- Communications. Has good skills in negotiating
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Skills for managing aspects of projects ensuring they meet financial targets.
- Advanced keyboard skills, use of a range of software, excel etc
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or willing to work towards a degree, or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level within AHP specialities.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years clinical expertise within AHP support work, underpinned by theory and practical experience.
Desirable
- Project Management experience and evidence of delivering improvements.
- Experience of facilitating meetings / leading group work
- Understanding / experience of system level working
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Good understanding of the AHP Support Workforce and its challenges
- and barriers.
- Knowledge and experience of analysing information and making judgements and decisions in relation to this information.
- Ability to work autonomously and escalate risks and issues as appropriate
Desirable
- Good knowledge of all 15 AHP Professions
- Understanding of the National AHP Support Workforce Programme.
- Experience in administration duties relevant to projects and meetings. Writing agendas, minutes, action logs, developing project plans etc
Other
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload with minimal supervision working to tight and often changing timescales
- Skills for communication on complex information and administrative matters, requiring developed interpersonal and oral and written communication skills
- Communications. Able to handle sensitive data from across the partner organisations
- Communications. Has good skills in negotiating
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Skills for managing aspects of projects ensuring they meet financial targets.
- Advanced keyboard skills, use of a range of software, excel etc
