Head of Community Child Health / CYP Therapy Service

To support the Care Group MD to provide leadership and strategic direction of the Care Group and its Community Children's Services, ensuring the delivery of high quality safe, effective, harm free person-centred care consistent with the Trust values.
Head of Community Child Health and CYP Therapy Service is responsible for professional and operational leadership of AHPs, including devising, implementing and reviewing strategies for the development of clinical practice, education, and management and quality issues.
Head of Community Child Health and CYP Therapy acts as the delegated lead for safety, quality and patient experience, responsible for development and application of systems, control processes and risk management arrangements that ensure full compliance with internal and external governance procedures and to benchmark against best practice requirements.
Head of Community Child Health and CYP Therapy takes an active lead in Trust, local and national projects to both promote and develop AHP practice in the Trust.
The post holder is required to maintain clinical credibility by spending a minimum of 20% time in clinical practice.
Provide a visible, authoritative and effective presence for AHP teams for assistance, guidance, support and an effective role model for staff. To achieve this overall objective the Care Group Head of Community Child Health and CYP Therapy, will work closely with the Care Group Operational Director to, Ensure that Community Child Health Services has robust operational plans that deliver high quality care to patients/ children and to agreed standards and levels of activity
· Model and embed a culture within Community Child Health Services that is consistent with Trust values
· Lead AHP innovation, use of technology and quality improvement initiatives to meet the changing needs of patients and service users
· To be accountable for the budget ensuring the resource is used effectively, contributing to continuous improvement and realisation of benefits within financial cost improvement savings
· Ensure that Community Child Health Services have sustainable workforce plans that recruit highest quality staff, retain staff through developing and motivate current workforce
· Ensure highest standards of clinical and corporate governance, ensuring that Community Child Health Services operate within Trust governance, risk and patient safety frameworks
· Develop strategies for the future provision of services in partnership with key stakeholders, including quality and productivity improvements through technology, innovation and research
· Engage staff in service improvement and ensure they understand how their role aligns within the Care Group and Trust objectives
· Develop AHP standards consistent with Trust strategies, Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'Documents to download'.
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