Senior AHP Clinical Lead
County Wide
Full Time
£64,455 - £74,896 per annum
Expires: 11/03/2026
Band 8b
Permanent
About the Role
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an innovative and tenacious individual to join our community rehabilitation pathway. It is recognised that our AHP professionals provide invaluable input and this role provides opportunity for us to develop this offer, support existing services, and be involved in co-producing change to innovate and transform.
The Senior Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) Clinical Lead will be accountable for the AHP input within Community Rehabilitation pathway providing frontline clinical leadership, professional AHP leadership and support to staff on clinical standards and AHP practice, ensuring a focus on patient-centred care, and outcomes. In addition, this role will support patient flow through Community Hospitals and effective discharge outcomes. This post is a pivotal part of both the AHP leadership team and the pathway senior management team.
The postholder is expected to contribute fully to effective partnership working with other organisations to improve the integrated health and social care offer to the local community. They will be a key member of the transfer of care hub and provide leadership and management to the patient flow team.
This role will contribute appropriately to Trust wide AHP and directorate wide tasks/ projects with the senior leadership team and corporate colleagues.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) Clinical Lead will be accountable for the AHP input within the community rehabilitation pathway, providing professional AHP leadership and support to staff on clinical standards and AHP practice, ensuring a focus on patient-centered care, and outcomes. This post is a pivotal part of both the AHP leadership team and the pathway senior management team. Key to this role is ensuring the development of effective patient flow across the community hospitals and wider system working to ensure the most effective and timely pathway for rehabilitation and onward care. The postholder is expected to contribute fully to effective partnership working with other organisations to improve the integrated health and social care offer to the local community.
The post holder must develop a culture of clinical improvement, leading by example and empowering AHPs to improve outcomes for patients in community rehabilitation services. This means being known and visible to staff, visiting wards/teams/services regularly, being familiar with the patients, their needs and the challenges faced by our workforce. It is putting person centered, evidence-based practice at each stage of the care pathway.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Clinical qualification at post-graduate and/or Masters level or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leadership training Training /Educational qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Senior Leadership experience within an appropriate health environment
- Demonstrated success in leading and implementing significant programmes of change in multi-disciplinary teams / services
- Knowledge and experience of integrated working across health and social care
- Knowledge & Experience of ensuring robust Quality Governance arrangements including patient safety and patient Experience embedded within a service.
Desirable criteria
- Quality improvement Training
- Coaching or mentoring
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to present complex and sensitive information to teams and individuals
- Able to set service objectives to achieve goals within specific timescales
- Experience of effective performance management resulting in service improvement
Documents to Download
8b Senior AHP Lead (PDF, 274.0KB)
Guidance Notes for Candidates Applying for a job at OHFT (PDF, 424.6KB)
Recruiter Contact Details
Name: Sarah Buy-Johnson
Title: PA to the Senior AHP Leadership Team
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 07789 692517