Professional Lead for Allied Health Professionals

Key responsibilities: Professional management for each of the Allied Health Professional Leads, including the professional leads for occupational therapy and arts therapies (8b). Provide high level expertise in the strategic direction of the AHP workforce Articulate the value of AHP interventions in delivering the Trust, ICS and regional priorities, opening up roles when appropriate to AHPs and expanding the workforce to ensure the needs of the people who are accessing services are met Ensure that the necessary systems & protocols for the delivery of a safe & supportive service are in place, understood & adhered to throughout the professional groups Lead and inspire staff to provide a pro-active and responsive high-quality service, contributing to ongoing audit and evaluation Ensure that AHP interventions are evidence based/best practice, outcome measured and evaluated so that people who access services and their carers are provided with high quality service Promote, initiate, and ensure that people who use our services and carers are involved in the design, development, and delivery of AHP services Share best practice and embed learning to ensure a consistent approach to AHP service provision across the individual divisions, connecting with and learning from other providers within the ICS and SE region Ensure the best use of the Trusts available AHP resource to deliver clinically and cost-effective services See job description for the full responsibilities for this role.