Group Chief Allied Health Professional

The successful candidate will take on responsibility for the professional leadership of AHPs (Allied Health Professionals) and therapists across both North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The Group Chief AHP is accountable for providing overall leadership to AHPs across the Group and for ensuring effective AHP input into the development of the Group strategy, policies and business planning., The post holder is responsible for strategic and professional direction of AHP services across the Group. Reporting directly to the Group Chief Nurse (GCN), the post holder provides professional leadership and strategic direction for AHPs, developing and implementing standards across the Group which support professional development and leadership, competence, capacity and standards of conduct directly leading to high quality, efficient patient care.
The Group Chief AHP has responsibility and overall accountability for the development, succession planning and clinical supervision for all healthcare professionals.
The Group Chief AHP will raise the profile of AHP staff and will confidently advise the Group Chief Nurse, Executive Directors and the Board on all AHP and psychological therapy matters. As the senior professional leader, the Group Chief AHP will set the AHP strategy and lead business development activities.
As a strong communicator and change agent, the Group Chief AHP will be very present on the frontline and will demonstrate strong personal leadership and direction whilst at the same time building effective leadership and management teams at all levels to ensure organisational sustainability.
The post holder is expected to work with autonomy and establish ways of working within Trust and general health Policies. They will be responsible for the direction for the clinical portfolios within your remit. Ensuring goals and standards are set for each portfolio., It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected]
The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.
Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.
IMPORTANT - Please ensure you read the 'Guidance Notes for Applicants' document attached to this advert before you start to complete your application form.
This document provides detailed advice regarding the completion of your application form.
The guidance document also provides in detail what identification and certificates you must provide at interview should you be shortlisted.
As part of our pre-employment screening process, all applicants are required to provide references from their last continuous 3 year employment and/or training/education. The referees MUST be a Line Manager/Supervisor. Applicants are requested to ensure email addresses for all referees are included on their application form. Personal references and references from colleagues are not acceptable.
Unfortunately we are unable to respond to all applicants and those who are not contacted within six weeks of the closing date should assume that their application has been unsuccessful.

An rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, forward thinking and ambitious AHP/HCP to join the newly formed Group Senior Nursing and Quality Team at University Hospitals Tees (UHT).

• Do you have energy, experience, and passion for patient care?


• Do you want to come to work to make a difference?


• Are you driven by a values-based approach?


• Can you bring your knowledge and experience of multi professional working to our Trust?

Whatever your AHP background is, we want to hear from you.
We are seeking a highly motivated, values driven professional with excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills, who will be able to lead and share our AHP workforce across our newly established group model. .
The ideal candidate will have hospital and community experience and a strong track record of improving patient care and patient experience.

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the area's largest employers, with a budget of circa £1.2 billion and over 15,000 staff who deliver acute, tertiary and community health and care services across the Tees Valley, North Yorkshire, County Durham and beyond.
We have high ambitions and are committed to delivering more together for the populations we serve. In the spirit of greater collaboration, following a number of years of joint working, the two trusts have taken the decision to move to a Group model, meaning that our two organisations remain separate, so they can represent their communities effectively, but enables the trusts to work at scale to take strategic decisions, which benefit the group as a whole and will deliver better outcomes for our patients, staff and the wider population.