# Associate Chief AHP > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/associate-chief-ahp/fb984e4e-3bc9-4e7f-9e6c-ecee0f77208c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/associate-chief-ahp/fb984e4e-3bc9-4e7f-9e6c-ecee0f77208c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** York - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Allied health professionals - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £79,504 - £91,609 per annum/pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (applications for minimum of 30 hours per week considered) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-03T18:02:36.282Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/North_Yorkshire/York/York_Scarborough_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Allied_Health_Professional/Allied_Health_Professional-v8104140 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8104140?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.yorkhospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Surgery Care Group at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have a fantastic opportunity to join our Senior Leadership Team as Associate Chief Allied Health Professional. You will work alongside the Care Group Director, Associate Chief Nurse and Associate Chief Operating Officer as part of the multi-disciplinary leadership team. The Care Group comprises Theatres, Anaesthesia & Critical Care, General Surgery & Urology, Head & Neck and Plastics and Trauma & Orthopaedics making it a varied and exciting role. Alongside the Senior Leadership Team, you will ensure that services are safe, effective, timely and are designed and delivered with patients at the centre. The Associate Chief AHP is also a member of the Trust’s senior AHP team and works closely with the Chief Allied Health Professional and will be required to deputise on occasion. The ideal candidate will work excellently in various teams, demonstrate the upmost care and professionalism and bring energy and enthusiasm. We seek an AHP leader who can lead large teams and deliver innovation and quality improvement. The role will involve being part of the manager on call rota and will require working across all sites (candidates can choose either Scarborough or York as their base). Candidates are encouraged to arrange an appointment to discuss the role prior to application. Please contact Liz Hill, Associate Chief Operating Officer at \[email protected\] ### Main duties of the job - Provide visible, compassionate leadership that promotes a culture of openness, innovation and continuous improvement. - Foster an inclusive environment where staff feel valued, supported and empowered to contribute. - Lead the operational management of AHP services within the Care Group, with responsibility for workforce, financial and strategic planning. - Deliver the Trust’s AHP Strategy and Assurance Framework, contributing to professional development, service planning, team evaluation and workforce reviews. - Support the development and delivery of the Care Group strategy and wider organisational objectives. - Develop leadership and management capability across AHP teams. - Ensure the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality clinical care. - Lead and manage the AHP workforce to provide person-centred, risk-managed care, excellent patient experience and effective infection prevention. - Maintain awareness of national policy, best practice and service developments to inform local improvement. - Ensure resources are used effectively and efficiently to meet the needs of patients, carers and the service. - Contribute to local, regional and national professional and management networks. The post holder is managerially accountable to the Care Group Director and professionally accountable to the Chief AHP. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description and person specification. Candidates are encouraged to arrange an appointment to discuss the role prior to application. Please contact Liz Hill, Associate Chief Operating Officer at \[email protected\] Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit you application at the earliest opportunity. Working for the Trust Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence. Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities.  We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.  If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: \[email protected\]. As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment.  It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can.  We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have. Armed Forces Friendly Employer We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers.  This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment. ## Job Details The Surgery Care Group at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have a fantastic opportunity to join our Senior Leadership Team as Associate Chief Allied Health Professional. You will work alongside the Care Group Director, Associate Chief Nurse and Associate Chief Operating Officer as part of the multi-disciplinary leadership team. The Care Group comprises Theatres, Anaesthesia & Critical Care, General Surgery & Urology, Head & Neck and Plastics and Trauma & Orthopaedics making it a varied and exciting role. Alongside the Senior Leadership Team, you will ensure that services are safe, effective, timely and are designed and delivered with patients at the centre. The Associate Chief AHP is also a member of the Trust’s senior AHP team and works closely with the Chief Allied Health Professional and will be required to deputise on occasion. The ideal candidate will work excellently in various teams, demonstrate the upmost care and professionalism and bring energy and enthusiasm. We seek an AHP leader who can lead large teams and deliver innovation and quality improvement. The role will involve being part of the manager on call rota and will require working across all sites (candidates can choose either Scarborough or York as their base). Candidates are encouraged to arrange an appointment to discuss the role prior to application. Please contact Liz Hill, Associate Chief Operating Officer at \[email protected\] ## Job Description Provide visible, compassionate leadership that promotes a culture of openness, innovation and continuous improvement. Foster an inclusive environment where staff feel valued, supported and empowered to contribute. Lead the operational management of AHP services within the Care Group, with responsibility for workforce, financial and strategic planning. Deliver the Trust’s AHP Strategy and Assurance Framework, contributing to professional development, service planning, team evaluation and workforce reviews. Support the development and delivery of the Care Group strategy and wider organisational objectives. Develop leadership and management capability across AHP teams. Ensure the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality clinical care. Lead and manage the AHP workforce to provide person-centred, risk-managed care, excellent patient experience and effective infection prevention. Maintain awareness of national policy, best practice and service developments to inform local improvement. Ensure resources are used effectively and efficiently to meet the needs of patients, carers and the service. Contribute to local, regional and national professional and management networks. The post holder is managerially accountable to the Care Group Director and professionally accountable to the Chief AHP. ## Responsibilities A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description and person specification. Candidates are encouraged to arrange an appointment to discuss the role prior to application. Please contact Liz Hill, Associate Chief Operating Officer at \[email protected\] Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit you application at the earliest opportunity. Working for the Trust Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence. Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: \[email protected\]. As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have. Armed Forces Friendly Employer We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment. ## Person Specification ### Skills & Attributes **Essential** - Remain updated with professional practice and new research - Participation in special interest and regional/ national networks in relevant clinical specialty - Full range of IT skills - Mediation skills - Ability to work collaboratively within diverse teams in a variety of settings - Understand and uphold the legal responsibilities of the profession / service - Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner - Develop and monitor relevant clinical service standards and policies - Ability to comprehend and work within relevant Trust’s policies - Promote and lead risk management / clinical governance and its implications to Allied Health Professionals - Ability to cope working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients, carers and staff **Desirable** - Presentation skills - Critical appraisal skills - Supervisory skills - Participation in special interest and regional/ national networks in relevant clinical specialty - Coaching skills ### Experience & Knowledge **Essential** - Extensive experience and credibility as a clinical leader and evidence of a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of their registered profession - Experience of complex caseload management and discharge planning - Knowledge of the current workforce, quality and education agendas within the NHS - Experience in complaints management - Achieving targets and leading change projects - Ability to analyse and present data - Knowledge of a comprehensive range of Human Resource processes essential for staff management and service development - Experience of change management, policy development, organizational change, service development, linking to HEI’s - Willingness to learn budgetary and local financial management skills - Evidence of an in-depth knowledge of NHS priorities, processes and operational issues - Involvement in Clinical Education/Clinical Supervision - Experience in clinical teaching relevant to clinical specialist area - Involvement in / ability to lead and promote audit, research and understanding quality issues - Ability to pass on skills / knowledge to others within both formal and informal environments - Evidence of collaboration with other organizations **Desirable** - Previous experience of working at senior management level - Budgetary Management - Experience of waiting list management - Experience of report writing and presentation skills - Understanding of corporate needs with regard to decision making and service developments - Experience of service redesign - Experience of user Involvement ### Values, Drivers & Motivators **Essential** - Ability to demonstrate our organisational values and behaviours: Kindness, Openness, Excellence ### Aptitude & Personal Qualities **Essential** - Able to work as a team member - Assertiveness and confidence - Motivational - Able to make decisions - Ability to recognize potential in others - Forward thinking attitude and enthusiastic - Flexible - Empathetic - Reliable - Problem solving - Approachable - Awareness of limitations of scope of practice - Enthusiasm for Allied Health Professions - Ability to take responsibility for appropriate workload - Clear vision of role / commitment to specialty ### Education, Qualifications and Training **Essential** - Diploma/degree in relevant profession - Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration - MSC Qualification or willingness to undertake Masters Level modules relevant to role and responsibilities - Formal management/leadership qualification or equivalent level of skill acquired through experience. - Evidence of recent on-going personal development **Desirable** - Advanced / validated clinical post graduate education - MSc modules relevant to clinical care / evidence-based practice - Membership of relevant Clinical Interest Group - Leadership qualification/training - Evidence of formal post graduate training in management /leadership/service improvement ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 576.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10398607) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 798.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=927) - [relocation offer information (pdf, 134.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2746) - [trust strategy 2025-2030 towards excellence (pdf, 4.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=925) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.