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Salary for this role£66,582 – £77,368 a year

Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year

Pay basisNational pay scales (NHS bands)

This occupation falls under the Health and Care Worker route. Salaries set by national pay scales (NHS bands) at or above the relevant band rate typically meet the occupation's requirement.

Closest occupation match: SOC 2259, Other health professionals not elsewhere classified. Pay for this occupation is set by national pay scales (NHS bands), so no single Home Office going rate applies.

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Role description

Job summary

We are seeking to recruit a passionate, knowledgeable and dynamic AHP (Occupational Therapist, Dietitian or Speech and Language Therapist) to be part of a job share as the AHP Divisional Lead across CAMHS, EIP and Perinatal services. This is a senior leadership role within our well-established and innovative Sussex services, providing strategic direction, clinical expertise, and professional governance for AHP practice across the service and profession specific pathways, including crisis and acute care services.

As the AHP Divisional Professional Lead for CAMHS, you will provide professional leadership, supervision and workforce development for AHP staff, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based AHP interventions are delivered consistently and safely across services.

You will join a friendly, supportive and highly skilled multidisciplinary leadership team, committed to delivering high-quality, responsive services in close partnership with families and carers, education, social care and wider children and young people's services. Core aspects of the role include clinical leadership, system-wide consultation and supporting staff to work confidently and collaboratively with risk, families and the wider professional network around the young person.

Flexibility exists around location of this provision related to profession and service need.

Main duties of the job

Providing visible professional leadership for AHP staff across CAMHS, EIP and Perinatal, setting clear standards for practice, performance, and professional conduct. Leading and influencing the development, implementation, and evaluation of AHP practice, ensuring alignment with national guidance, evidence-based standards, and Trust priorities.

Working closely with operational and clinical leads to ensure safe, effective, and person-centred service delivery across CAMHS.

Supporting and overseeing workforce governance, development, including recruitment, induction, supervision, appraisal, and continuous professional development (CPD) for AHP staff.

Promoting a positive learning culture, including the coordination and delivery of student placements, apprenticeships, and training programmes with higher education partners.

Embedding trauma-informed, relational approaches in daily practice, supporting teams to work safely, reflectively and compassionately.

Leading service improvement and quality improvement initiatives, embedding research and evidence-based practice across the division.

Representing AHPs at divisional and Trust-wide meetings, contributing to strategic planning, policy development, and key organisational workstreams.

Fostering a culture of inclusivity, safety, and continuous improvement, aligned with Trust values and equality, diversity, and inclusion principles

About us

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation trust provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex.

This is an excellent time for Occupational Therapists to be joining Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as the CAMHS services are going through an exciting transformation underpinned by the THRIVE model and there is a robust AHP workforce and strategy and can offer the following to you:

Regular professional supervision

The opportunity to participate in a range of quality improvement work and service innovations.

Access to a wide range of training and CPD opportunities including

A programme of AHP specific training

Quarterly Occupational Therapy CPD Hubs

Communities of Practice (AMPS, Sensory Strategies, Recovery through activity)

For more information around being an AHP within Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation trust please visit Allied Health Professions :: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Date posted

17 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£66,582 to £77,368 a year Pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

3 years

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

354-CS-21935-1

Job locations

Portland House

44 Richmond Road

Worthing

BN11 1HS

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be a HCPCregistered Occupational Therapist, Dietitian or Speech and Language Therapist with significant postqualification experience in children and young peoples mental health services, including experience of providing professional leadership, supervision and clinical governance. You will have demonstrable expertise in complex assessment and intervention, influencing multidisciplinary practice and service development across pathways

This is a senior leadership role job share, post holder will provide professional leadership for AHP's across CAMHS Sussex, ensuring highquality, evidencebased practice, strong professional governance, and contribution to service development, policy, quality improvement and workforce planning.

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Gemma Dorer (Director of Allied Health Professions) @ gemma.dorer@nhs.net or Anna Moriarty (Associate Clinical Director - CAMHS) @ anna.moriarty1@nhs.net

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree / Post Graduate Diploma / MSC in Dietetics
Evidence of post-qualification study at Doctoral/Masters level plus additional specialist clinical training
Registration with the HCPC
Practice Education training
Management / Leadership training
Specialist training in the use of standardised Dietetic assessment tools

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Extensive experience as a qualified Dietician in Mental Health / Learning Disabilities or related field with evidence of advanced training and specialism
Expert knowledge of specialty area
Experience of multi-disciplinary working
Experience of managing / supervising junior staff
Experience of designing and delivering training to multi-professional groups
Proven written and general communication skills within a multi-disciplinary setting
Experience in applying a range of assessment tools and a comprehensive knowledge of Physiotherapy clinical approaches used in mental health
Experience in clinical audit
Experience in a range of clinical settings
Experience in working collaboratively with other agencies

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.