Job summary
We at NHS Sussex have an
ambitious vision - one that requires all of our health and care organisations
to work together to build one truly integrated system that ensures every
individual living across our communities starts their life well; lives their life
well; ages well; and receives better care every step of the way. Achieving this
vision will require new and innovative ways of working and thinking and a shift
in traditional cultures and behaviours. We are looking for a determined Director
of Allied Health Professionals to support us deliver our vision.
Main duties of the job
The Director of Allied Health
Professionals will have an influential role and responsibility for clinical
teams in NHS Sussex. The postholder will lead and support the co-development
and implementation of an enabling AHP delivery plan, ensuring that it fully
aligns with and supports the delivery of:
Our Integrated Care Strategy
The AHP skillsets are fully utilised and optimised to support
clinical service re-design, ensuring a strong focus on empowering and
maximising the independence of the people and populations we serve
Clinical change and improvement including working on delegated
issues and making key recommendations as part of the system clinical leadership
The support and encouragement of system wide reforms that improve
the quality of care, such as the one team approach aligned to our strategy
ICS-specific future workforce plans for health and care, in
conjunction with NHS England regional teams and Health Education England
This role will offer an excellent
opportunity and experience, for an AHP leader wanting to work in enabling and
delivering integrated care, providing an ability to influence and shape the way
we provide services, educate and develop our workforce, now and in the future.
About us
NHS Sussex ICB recognises the positive value
of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination and welcomes applications from people of diverse backgrounds and identities. We
particularly welcome applications from disabled and ethnically diverse candidates as these staff groups are currently
under-represented throughout our organisation currently. We have also made a positive commitment to employing people from the Armed Forces Community,
We are also committed to enabling team members
to work in an agile, more flexible way, recognising that this will lead to more
effective and efficient ways of working. We will empower our people to work
where, when, and how they choose with minimum constraints to optimise
performance and delivery of results. Smarter working is not just related to
working from different locations or at different times. It is about gaining the
benefit of utilising technology to change work practices and to work
differently which should increase the effectiveness of the service and deliver
benefits to ICB business.
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.
Working
for us - Sussex Health and Care (ics.nhs.uk)
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role will support
the co-ordination, design and delivery of our plan for Allied Health
Professionals within Sussex, encompassing the health, care and VCSE sectors. As
a member of the system Clinical Leadership Group the postholder will:
Ensure
that the AHP skillsets are fully utilised and optimised to support clinical
service re-design, ensuring a strong focus on empowering and maximising the
independence of the people and populations we serve.
Take
clinical ownership of change and improvement including working on delegated issues
and making key recommendations to the system leadership.
Provide
forums for engagement, professional guidance, and to support and encourage
system wide reforms that improve the quality of care, such as the one team
approach aligned to our developing strategy.
The
job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in
accordance with the changing needs of the system.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role will support
the co-ordination, design and delivery of our plan for Allied Health
Professionals within Sussex, encompassing the health, care and VCSE sectors. As
a member of the system Clinical Leadership Group the postholder will:
Ensure
that the AHP skillsets are fully utilised and optimised to support clinical
service re-design, ensuring a strong focus on empowering and maximising the
independence of the people and populations we serve.
Take
clinical ownership of change and improvement including working on delegated issues
and making key recommendations to the system leadership.
Provide
forums for engagement, professional guidance, and to support and encourage
system wide reforms that improve the quality of care, such as the one team
approach aligned to our developing strategy.
The
job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in
accordance with the changing needs of the system.
Person Specification
Skills and Capabilities
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of the issues facing the local health economy in Sussex.
- Specialist knowledge of operational service delivery, policy development and experience of health and social care delivery
- Highly specialist highly accomplished and well-regarded leadership skills: demonstrable evidence of leadership competencies
- Able to work in a highly complex and pressured environment.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to engage reflexively with a wide range of individuals and groups from diverse a range of backgrounds, organisations and levels of seniority.
- High level organisational skills, managing multiple projects, ensuring effective and efficient use of available resources.
- Excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences.
- Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
- Autonomy to undertake actions as a result of own interpretation of policy and guidance providing a source of expert advice to the organisation.
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC Registered or General Osteopathic Council AHP registration
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Evidence of relevant Continuing professional development.
- Evidence of highly specialised formal ICS system leadership at a very senior leadership level or equivalent
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate masters / diploma or equivalent experience or training
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
Values
Essential
- It is essential that all employees uphold the values of NHS Sussex. The first part of the interview process will involve a question from the values listed below:
- Working together for patients
- Respect and dignity
- Everyone counts
- Compassion
- Commitment to quality of care
- Improving lives
Experience
Essential
- Significant and extensive management experience at a senior level
- Extensive experience in AHP leadership roles, at place, regional and national.
- Highly relevant experience in systems leadership, working with a wide range of system partners, including higher education institutes.
- Extensive experience of working strategically and driving strategic change across systems.
- Extensive experience in the successful management of complex system changes and policy development with demonstrable outcomes of best care and efficiency.
- Relevant experience of managing within a clinical and/or corporate governance setting.
- Relevant experience of working effectively across organisational professional boundaries in complex organisations / systems.
- Evidence of achieving improvements to service
- delivery and/or workforce/community issues for minority/underrepresented groups.
- Experience of writing Board level papers / presenting at Board and working closely with Board level colleagues including providing and receiving highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiating with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and presenting complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- High value budget management &
- Income generation and grant writing experience.
Person Specification
Skills and Capabilities
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of the issues facing the local health economy in Sussex.
- Specialist knowledge of operational service delivery, policy development and experience of health and social care delivery
- Highly specialist highly accomplished and well-regarded leadership skills: demonstrable evidence of leadership competencies
- Able to work in a highly complex and pressured environment.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to engage reflexively with a wide range of individuals and groups from diverse a range of backgrounds, organisations and levels of seniority.
- High level organisational skills, managing multiple projects, ensuring effective and efficient use of available resources.
- Excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences.
- Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
- Autonomy to undertake actions as a result of own interpretation of policy and guidance providing a source of expert advice to the organisation.
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC Registered or General Osteopathic Council AHP registration
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Evidence of relevant Continuing professional development.
- Evidence of highly specialised formal ICS system leadership at a very senior leadership level or equivalent
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate masters / diploma or equivalent experience or training
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
Values
Essential
- It is essential that all employees uphold the values of NHS Sussex. The first part of the interview process will involve a question from the values listed below:
- Working together for patients
- Respect and dignity
- Everyone counts
- Compassion
- Commitment to quality of care
- Improving lives
Experience
Essential
- Significant and extensive management experience at a senior level
- Extensive experience in AHP leadership roles, at place, regional and national.
- Highly relevant experience in systems leadership, working with a wide range of system partners, including higher education institutes.
- Extensive experience of working strategically and driving strategic change across systems.
- Extensive experience in the successful management of complex system changes and policy development with demonstrable outcomes of best care and efficiency.
- Relevant experience of managing within a clinical and/or corporate governance setting.
- Relevant experience of working effectively across organisational professional boundaries in complex organisations / systems.
- Evidence of achieving improvements to service
- delivery and/or workforce/community issues for minority/underrepresented groups.
- Experience of writing Board level papers / presenting at Board and working closely with Board level colleagues including providing and receiving highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiating with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and presenting complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- High value budget management &
- Income generation and grant writing experience.
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
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
