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., 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 so that they are, therefore, efficient, effective, engaged and highly motivated.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

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.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services. Why work for us?

• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• EMBRACE, Disability and Wellbeing,LGBTQIA+ and Religion Spirituality and Belief staff networks
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff