Allied Health Professional Clinical Head of Service
An exciting opportunity has become available for a highly motivated, innovative and experienced Allied Health Professional (AHP) to join the divisional leadership team of the Child Development portfolio within our Planned Care Division. The AHP Clinical Head of Service will demonstrate strong professional clinical leadership and provide specialist clinical advice across the services in the portfolio. Acting in support of the Divisional and Deputy Divisional Directors, the post-holder will be a member of the divisional leadership team and work alongside the Operational, Medical and other AHP Clinical Heads of Service. The post-holder will play a key role in developing the service to meet the population's needs at locality and regional level and will be a role model for leadership, training, coaching and facilitating staff development. Collaborative working across the services in the interest of children and young people is actively encouraged, to share best practice and make efficient use of resources. The post-holder will be expected to provide a clinical perspective to divisional planning and decision making, interpreting national guidance and advise and lead on quality improvement initiatives across the services. Alongside the other Heads of Service, the post-holder will be responsible for the oversight of clinical governance, including the identification, reporting, management and mitigation of clinical risk and patient safety. Main duties of the job
Work with the divisional management team and Heads of Service to provide professional and clinical leadership to the Division, ensuring that a framework is in place to ensure that all clinical staff are appropriately managed and are clinically and professionally developed. Responsible, with the leadership team, for the oversight of quality governance within the division and provide robust assurance to demonstrate safe, effective care is delivered. In partnership with the relevant clinical executive director and the clinical divisional leadership team and other clinical Heads of Services, lead and implement the Trust's clinical priorities and strategies ensuring clinical staff are engaged and connected to the objectives and plans. Support the clinical lead to supervise clinical areas requiring special management measures or additional support to ensure that patient safety is maintained, and improvement objectives are met. Lead and promote an open learning culture which facilitates speaking up and listening up. This newly created post is the result of an organisational redesign focused on improving the clinical voice within Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust. The Child Development portfolio encompasses the Child Development Centres across West Sussex and Brighton and Hove, Children's Speech and Language Therapy, Children's Audiology, Therapies in Schools and Children in Care Nursing. About us
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children. Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times. Job responsibilities
Operational In conjunction with the Divisional and Deputy AHP Director, support the line management of AHPs working in the service within their locality including performance and professional standards management. Ensure a consistent approach is taken, so that all clinical staff comply with Trust-wide policies and procedures. Continuous improvement Ensure clinical staff within the services are trained to an appropriate level in Quality Improvement and are confident and competent to use QI methodology, tools and resources. Encourage a culture of innovation, welcoming ideas for improvement, and supporting clinicians with taking forward change, ensuring it is data-driven, responds to the patient voice and leads to improved outcomes for patients, efficiency and productivity. People and professional leadership To provide line management to staff within the Divisional team as required. To provide professional leadership and support to the staff employed within the Division and advise on all professional and clinical management matters. Patient Care, Quality and Governance Respond to issues, complaints and feedback through systems and staff to resolve issues promptly and locally. Ensuring that patient and public involvement is integral to the planning, development and delivery of clinical services. Performance Within the triumvirate support the management of the performance of services, including developing plans to mitigate risks and taking remedial action. Finance & resources To ensure optimum use of resources establishing and maintaining effective processes to ensure financial control/balance. Partnership Utilising own clinical expertise and experience work in partnership with the patient, their relatives, and clinical teams. Corporate duties Have an understanding of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 with respect to Emergency Planning, Resilience and Response (EPRR). Person Specification
Qualifications and Professional Registration
Registered Allied Health Professional Postgraduate qualification in management or equivalent level of knowledge gained through experience Evidence of continued professional development Experience
Substantial experience in a leadership and management role within Children's services Substantial experience of managing clinical operational performance across multiple services Substantial experience of managing staff within multidisciplinary teams Skills and knowledge
Experience of multidisciplinary working Experience of partnership and stakeholder working Ability to deal with competing demands and deliver to agreed deadlines Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. £62,215 to £72,293 a year
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An exciting opportunity has become available for a highly motivated, innovative and experienced Allied Health Professional (AHP) to join the divisional leadership team of the Child Development portfolio within our Planned Care Division. The AHP Clinical Head of Service will demonstrate strong professional clinical leadership and provide specialist clinical advice across the services in the portfolio. Acting in support of the Divisional and Deputy Divisional Directors, the post-holder will be a member of the divisional leadership team and work alongside the Operational, Medical and other AHP Clinical Heads of Service. The post-holder will play a key role in developing the service to meet the population's needs at locality and regional level and will be a role model for leadership, training, coaching and facilitating staff development. Collaborative working across the services in the interest of children and young people is actively encouraged, to share best practice and make efficient use of resources. The post-holder will be expected to provide a clinical perspective to divisional planning and decision making, interpreting national guidance and advise and lead on quality improvement initiatives across the services. Alongside the other Heads of Service, the post-holder will be responsible for the oversight of clinical governance, including the identification, reporting, management and mitigation of clinical risk and patient safety. Main duties of the job
Work with the divisional management team and Heads of Service to provide professional and clinical leadership to the Division, ensuring that a framework is in place to ensure that all clinical staff are appropriately managed and are clinically and professionally developed. Responsible, with the leadership team, for the oversight of quality governance within the division and provide robust assurance to demonstrate safe, effective care is delivered. In partnership with the relevant clinical executive director and the clinical divisional leadership team and other clinical Heads of Services, lead and implement the Trust's clinical priorities and strategies ensuring clinical staff are engaged and connected to the objectives and plans. Support the clinical lead to supervise clinical areas requiring special management measures or additional support to ensure that patient safety is maintained, and improvement objectives are met. Lead and promote an open learning culture which facilitates speaking up and listening up. This newly created post is the result of an organisational redesign focused on improving the clinical voice within Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust. The Child Development portfolio encompasses the Child Development Centres across West Sussex and Brighton and Hove, Children's Speech and Language Therapy, Children's Audiology, Therapies in Schools and Children in Care Nursing. About us
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children. Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times. Job responsibilities
Operational In conjunction with the Divisional and Deputy AHP Director, support the line management of AHPs working in the service within their locality including performance and professional standards management. Ensure a consistent approach is taken, so that all clinical staff comply with Trust-wide policies and procedures. Continuous improvement Ensure clinical staff within the services are trained to an appropriate level in Quality Improvement and are confident and competent to use QI methodology, tools and resources. Encourage a culture of innovation, welcoming ideas for improvement, and supporting clinicians with taking forward change, ensuring it is data-driven, responds to the patient voice and leads to improved outcomes for patients, efficiency and productivity. People and professional leadership To provide line management to staff within the Divisional team as required. To provide professional leadership and support to the staff employed within the Division and advise on all professional and clinical management matters. Patient Care, Quality and Governance Respond to issues, complaints and feedback through systems and staff to resolve issues promptly and locally. Ensuring that patient and public involvement is integral to the planning, development and delivery of clinical services. Performance Within the triumvirate support the management of the performance of services, including developing plans to mitigate risks and taking remedial action. Finance & resources To ensure optimum use of resources establishing and maintaining effective processes to ensure financial control/balance. Partnership Utilising own clinical expertise and experience work in partnership with the patient, their relatives, and clinical teams. Corporate duties Have an understanding of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 with respect to Emergency Planning, Resilience and Response (EPRR). Person Specification
Qualifications and Professional Registration
Registered Allied Health Professional Postgraduate qualification in management or equivalent level of knowledge gained through experience Evidence of continued professional development Experience
Substantial experience in a leadership and management role within Children's services Substantial experience of managing clinical operational performance across multiple services Substantial experience of managing staff within multidisciplinary teams Skills and knowledge
Experience of multidisciplinary working Experience of partnership and stakeholder working Ability to deal with competing demands and deliver to agreed deadlines Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. £62,215 to £72,293 a year
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