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Salary for this role£112,782 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.

Individual eligibility depends on personal circumstances. These figures are public reference information, not advice or a verdict on this job.

Role description

Job summary

As our Director of AHPs you will be the Trust-wide professional lead for Allied Health Professionals across Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, providing visible, expert professional leadership across all sites where AHP services are delivered, ensuring services are delivered consistently to a high standard for the population of Mid and South Essex and beyond where appropriate.

In this role you will set the strategic direction for AHP professional practice, ensuring that AHP contribution is embedded in the Trust clinical strategy, quality strategy, workforce plans, productivity programmes, transformationpriorities and system partnerships. You will provide board and executive-level assurance on AHP quality, safety, workforce, education, professional standardsand regulatory matters, including the triangulation of patient, staff, performance, financial,qualityand professional intelligence.

In your role you will be accountable to the Chief Nurse for the development, implementationand assurance of AHP professional standards, professional governance, workforce strategy, education, research,improvement and clinical quality across the organisation, working closely with the Chief Nursing Officer and Deputy Chief Nursing Officer to ensure services meet the required standards.

Main duties of the job

Your role as Director of AHPs will include being

the responsible leadto ensure that the patient and staff voice is heard and listened to in the development of services and delivery of care, exercising skills of professional curiosity andappropriate challenge.
able to communicate highly complex and highly contentious information to a wide range of key stakeholders across MSEFT and the wider healthcare system, using advance skills where there may be barriers to understanding.
responsible fordelivering excellent performance against key quality standards and targets and for taking corrective action whenrequired.
working in partnership with our Hospital DoNs and colleagues across the ICS to improve the model of care and experience of patients with acute physical needs and concurrent mental health illness developing a framework to ensure consistent safe practice and supply of appropriately skills staff.
accountable and responsible for leading onthe programme of activity andlead on specific initiatives on related AHP and professional matters.
providing strategic leadership and support to managing AHPs in difficulty with their respective regulators.
working with the Director of Nursing for Workforceand Professional Standards ensureaccuraterecords aremaintained and action taken that upholds the relevant professional codes of conduct.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Date posted

11 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 9

Salary

£112,782 a year per annum (pro rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-COR-BR-5865

Job locations

Broomfield

Court Road Broomfield Chelmsford CM1 7ET

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached Job Description.We look forward to your application!Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A practicing clinical professional with an AHP qualification
Have knowledge of the NHS, its infrastructure and the recent reforms
Higher Professional qualification - Masters' degree and above - AHP related qualifications
Registration Postgraduate qualifications in either
Clinical education or Clinical governance

Desirable

Postgraduate management/ further study qualification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Demonstrable Experience of working within the NHS within an acute hospital environment, (in a relevant healthcare organisation) preferably a teaching hospital
Recent experience in managing clinical Services
Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance gained form experience of working with such systems
Evidence of continuous professional and managerial development
Clinical leader with a proven track record of producing high quality results in the management and leadership of clinical services
Significant experience in building organisational capabilities including establishing a clear strategic vision and direction and translation into successful outcomes

Desirable

Experience of change management
Experience of working within a devolved management structure

Communication Skills

Essential

Have the capacity to analyse problems in a logical and structure way, generating optional and innovative solutions and adapting approaches to problem-solving to achieve sustainable outcomes
Be able to anticipate problems, to understand the driving forces behind problems, or potential problems and being able to identify and use levers to achieve change
Be skilled in influencing and negotiating internally and externally and using these skills to gain the best deal for the Trust and the clinical services
Have the ability to understand and interpret clinical decisions for others and make informed judgements concerning clinical priorities

Personal & People Devolpment

Essential

See management as an open, involving and participative process
Proven ability to work in partnership with managers and other clinicians
Experience of leading in a large complex organisation through significant change
Satisfactory health screening and enhanced DBS checks

Other

Essential

Unblemished registration with HCPC and AHP professional body

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.