Assistant Director of Nursing AHP’s

Job overview

The Assistant Director of Nursing ADN/AHP's (Head Therapist) works as part of the leadership and management team in the Therapies Care Group.  This Care Group is cross organisation  and provides a variety of inpatient, outpatient and community  service across.

Operationally accountable to the Head of Operations for Therapies (HOOP) you will work along side 3 other Head Therapists.

This post is based primarily across the Broadgreen and Aintree sites with a varied portfolio including inpatient therapy teams based on the Broadgreen site and Specialist Outpatient Services (SPOD).  A lead Therapist is based on the Broadgreen site and provides operational support to the inpatient team for Broadgreen. The therapy teams includes registered and unregistered workforce including OT, PT, Dietetics and SALT.  The inpateint portfolio includes gerentology/rehabilitation and reablement wards.  The Phoenix Unit  (complex rehab network) therapy staffing will also align to you.

Alongside the HOOP you will also be the key point of contact for the Broadgreen Leadership Team regarding Therapy Services based on the site alongside the Head Therapist for MSK OPD Services.

You will have responsibility for Quality and Safety,  Finance, Performance, People and Operational Development and Clinical Effectives  within the teams in your portfolio.

Main duties of the job

As a visible leader with excellent communication, strong leadership and management skills you will influence service redesign using quality improvement approaches, promoting research and evidence based care. Youy will promote an inclusive learning culture and flexible approach to service delivery. You will be able to work collaboratively and been transparent in your approach. The ability to delegate and inform effective working relationship is essential for this post.

You will possess the leadership skills to deal competently with complex issues in ensuring that professional standards and policy are upheld, implemented and performance managed.

You will actively contribute to incident management management of complaints and investigations. Ensuring lessons learnt following  are communicated to the care group and the division and service changes are implemented along with the continuous monitoring of action plans using the governance framework. Ensure all staff are appropriately trained to enable them to undertake their duties safely and without undue risk. You will proactively identify opportunities to facilitate and negotiate  any change and support new care delivery processes within the Care Group. As a skilled people manager you will be able to lead as required on disciplinary, grievance and HR issues and understand and influence the daily operational management challenges of the care group.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The ADN/AHP’s is an experienced, motivated, and independently minded leader who is able to act on their own initiative, achieving outstanding performance as a role model of the trust’s values and behaviours.

They will thrive within a climate of constant change managing the strategic direction and performance with a strong focus on improved patient experience and productivity for the Care Group.

The ADN/AHP’s will provide professional, managerial, and clinical leadership for Nursing/AHP's in their Care Group. The role will focus on the quality of the patient experience through the delivery of high quality safe and effective care.

As a senior leader, the post holder will demonstrate the values and behaviours that are explicit in the Trust corporate/ Nursing Strategy, supported by the standards set out by and the guiding principles within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct or HCPC standards.

The post holder will function at a senior level within the care group triumvirate, proactively leading and providing solutions to resolve complex issues, in accordance with professional standards, agreed Trust objectives, targets, quality standards and resource constraints.

The post holder will have extensive senior experience in leading professional teams, and will possess leadership skills to deal competently with complex issues in ensuring that professional standards and policy are upheld, implemented and performance managed.

They will be an integral member of the Care Group leadership triumvirate working alongside the Head of Operations and Clinical Director to lead the strategic direction, October 2023 policy setting, performance, quality, care, and compassion of the Nursing service within the Care Group

The ADN/AHP’s will have line management and budgetary responsibility for the therapy workforce within your clinical group.

They will work collaboratively with this multi-professional team for the best outcomes for  patients and staff.