Band 8a Physical Health AHP Team Manager

Job overview

Are you an experienced Registered Allied Health Professional (Physiotherapist/ Speech and Language therapist or Dietitian) ready to step into a strategic leadership role that truly shapes how physical health care is delivered within mental health services?

We are looking for an ambitious and forward-thinking leader to join us as the Physical Health AHP Team Manager for inpatient mental health services. This unique service covers inpatient mental health units across Ealing, Hounslow and H&F Boroughs, together with SLT services for Early Intervention in Psychosis teams. This is a unique opportunity to lead a highly skilled multidisciplinary team at the forefront of integrating physical and mental healthcare and improving outcomes for people with complex and often underserved needs, working alongside colleagues from Mental Health Services.

In this role, you will combine clinical credibility with operational and strategic leadership, driving innovation, service transformation, and continuous quality improvement. You will have the platform to influence care pathways, develop workforce capability, and embed best practice across services, ensuring that physical health is prioritised alongside mental health.

You will be joining a successful organisation on a strong trajectory of growth and transformation, with a clear commitment to reducing health inequalities, enhancing patient experience, and supporting staff to thrive.

Main duties of the job

• Provide expert level assessment and interventions to the patients, whilst supporting and developing staff (specific to professional background).
• Responsible for delivery of high-quality clinical care alongside the Mental Health Multi-disciplinary teams, developing policy, service development and practice to meet service user and carer’s needs and operational requirements.
• Provide professional, visible leadership and operational management to the AHP staff within the Physical Health AHP Team and enable strategic development of the team in accordance with national and local NHS guidance.
• Be accountable for the professional and clinical performance of AHP staff within the Physical Health AHP Team and to perform a representative and advisory role for this service for matters relating to the team.
• Offer advice to the Heads of Service, Clinical Directors and Executive Directors on the team’s role, staffing levels and skill mix within service developments for the Physical Health AHP Team.
• Be actively involved in developing clinical services, using a QI approach, through the leadership role the Physical Health AHP Team.
• Perform a professional leadership and advisory role specific to professional background.
• Work collaboratively with the Service Manager for long Term conditions services and Head of Planned care services to ensure the provision of a co-ordinated, integrated and responsive service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.