NHS Jobs • London E1 8DE
About this role
aintain visibility within clinical services through direct engagement with frontline staff, ensuring risks and issues are identified, escalated and managed through Trust governance arrangements. Provide assurance through the collection, analysis and reporting of quality, workforce, outcomes and productivity data to inform decisionmaking and improvement. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve.
Our values are
We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations. Our Allied Health Professional (AHP)workforce plays a vital and expanding role in deliveringhigh-quality,evidencebasedcare across ELFT. The Deputy Director of AHPs willsupport the Director of AHPstoprovidevisible,credibleand compassionate professional leadership forour AHPworkforce (780 WTE). They willholdadesignatedportfolioof strategic leadership andprofessionaloversight,supportingdelivery of our Trust strategy andELFT AHP plan.This will initially include ourMental Health, Learning Disability and Autism, Specialist Services and CAMHSservices(320 AHPs), with flexibility to adapt portfolios in response to Trust priorities. Working in close partnership with Directorate leadership teams, Clinical Directors and Professional/Discipline Leads, the post holder will develop and embed a cohesiveand ambitiousAHP vision and priorities acrosstheir portfolio of services,ensuring the effective deployment,supportandoptimisationof the AHPworkforce. They will play a critical role in aligning AHP priorities with the ELFTTrustStrategy,delivering ourAHP Planand supportingplacebasedinitiatives,and wider system transformationprogrammes. The Deputy Director will provide strategic leadership,identifyingtransformative potential within the AHPworkforce and enabling innovation, new ways ofworking and new models of care that areperson-centered, preventionfocused,community based, data informedand digitally enabled. They will convert complex strategic concepts into deliverable plans, communicating effectively with diverse clinical,professionaland system audiences.