# Associate Director Allied Health Professionals

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Gateshead
- **Region:** North East and Yorkshire
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Manager and corporate
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £79,504 - £91,609 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** 37.5 hours per week (Full Time)
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-05T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-21T11:21:36.429Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Gateshead/Gateshead_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Associate_Director_Allied_Health_Professionals/Associate_Director_Allied_Health_Professionals-v8136795
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8136795?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.qegateshead.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and inspirational Allied Health Professional leader to join Gateshead Health as our new Associate Director of Allied Health Professionals.

As a key member of the Clinical Support and Screening senior leadership team, you will provide strategic and professional leadership for Allied Health Professionals across the Trust, leading the development of our workforce, services and professional practice.

This is a highly influential role with responsibility for:

- Professional leadership of all AHPs across the organisation.
- Leading transformation and service redesign programmes.
- Developing innovative workforce solutions and talent pipelines.
- Delivering high-quality, safe and effective services across acute and community settings.
- Driving research, education and quality improvement.
- Representing the Trust at regional and national forums and contributing to system-wide priorities.
- System leadership and neighbourhood health agenda.

### Main duties of the job

You will work closely with the Chief Nurse/Executive Director for AHPs, Director of Operations and senior clinical leaders to ensure AHP services continue to deliver exceptional patient care while responding to the changing needs of our communities.

You will be:

- A registered Allied Health Professional with current HCPC registration.
- An experienced senior leader with a strong track record of service transformation and workforce leadership.
- An inclusive and compassionate leader who can inspire and engage teams.
- Comfortable operating in complex environments and influencing at executive and system level.
- Passionate about improving patient outcomes and raising the profile of Allied Health Professional

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- Professional leadership of all AHPs across the organisation.
- Leading transformation and service redesign programmes.
- Developing innovative workforce solutions and talent pipelines.
- Delivering high-quality, safe and effective services across acute and community settings.
- Driving research, education and quality improvement.
- Representing the Trust at regional and national forums and contributing to system-wide priorities.
- System leadership and neighbourhood health agenda.

Please review the Job Description for full duties of the role.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- - Ability to lead large-scale change programmes and manage organisational complexity
- Strong people
- - To demonstrate expert clinical reasoning skills, to assess and treat a highly complex specialist caseload
- - Advanced analytical and critical thinking skills, with ability to interpret complex data and make decisions

**Desirable**

- - Project management skills or qualification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- - Expert knowledge of national AHP strategies and policy drivers

### Experience

**Essential**

- - Significant Senior leadership experience within the NHS or comparable complex healthcare organisation and proven experience of leading multiple services aacross various settings
- - Experience of strategic planning and delivery of services aligned to organisational and system priorities
- - Experience influencing senior stakeholders and contributing at corporate or system level forums

**Desirable**

- Experience of leading research, innovation or quality improvement programmes

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- - Hold a degree in a recognised allied health profession or equivalent professional qualification. (PGD)
- - Hold current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- - Master’s degree (Level 7) or higher in a relevant field (e.g. Leadership, Healthcare Management, Advanced Practice) or relevant equivalent experience

**Desirable**

- - Coaching, mentoring or leadership development accreditation

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 808.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10468611)

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