Director of Allied Health Professionals (AHPs)

Job overview

We provide health and wellbeing services for around 1.8 million people in Lancashire and South Cumbria. The Trust specialises in secure, inpatient and community mental health and learning disability and autism services. We also provide community physical health nursing and a range of therapy services including physiotherapy, podiatry and speech and language therapy. Wellbeing services provided by the Trust also include healthy lifestyle services. To deliver these services the Trust employs approximately 8,000 colleagues across more than 150 sites, working with a wide range of partners out of 25 registered Care Quality Care (CQC) locations.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in an innovative Trust and be at the forefront of mental health and community innovation. The post holder will be accountable to the Chief Nursing Officer and will be responsible for leading on the development and implementation of Trust-wide professional and quality work programmes, ensuring that the Allied Health Professional contribution is recognised, rewarded and optimised.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and welcome applications from underrepresented groups. In recruiting to our Trust, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve.

Main duties of the job

This is a senior leadership role in which the post holder will be responsible for the strategic direction and professional leadership of all Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) across the Trust, ensuring the delivery of consistently high standard of care/ treatment, patient experience and satisfaction. The post holder is a senior member of the Trusts leadership team and is the most senior AHP within the organisation, reporting to the Chief Nursing Officer. The Director of AHPs has responsibility for supporting the Network Directors of Nursing & Quality and AHP Leads across the Trust in the delivery of the Trust objectives.

The Director of AHPs deputises on a regular basis for the full range of AHP related responsibilities and provides cover as requested by the Chief Nurse & Quality Officer.

The Director of AHPs provides strategic and professional leadership for all AHPs across the Trust including but not limited to chiropodists/podiatrists; dietitians; occupational therapists; physiotherapists and speech and language therapists.

The Director of AHPs takes the lead on all Trust AHP issues working collaboratively with Network Directors of Nursing and AHP Leads on AHP related quality and patient safety issues.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.