Chief Allied Health Professional (XR12)
Posted 3 hours 55 minutes ago by NHS
We are looking for a highly motivated,passionate Chief AHP to join our team and help shape the future of AHP serviceswithin our Trust and the local health economy aligned to the NHS 10-year plan.The Chief of AHPs will be accountable to the Chief Operating Officer withprofessional accountability to the Chief Nurse. This post will be responsiblefor providing an advanced level of strategic thinking to the therapy service,being able to convert concepts into plans and communicate these effectively to awider audience. As Chief AHP, the post holder will also provide expertprofessional leadership and governance for the Trusts Allied HealthProfessions. The post holder is expectedto cross cover and work at all sites provided by the Trust where TherapyServices are provided. They will promote a culture of learning and openness andensure clinical staff have the knowledge, capability, systems and support toembed lessons learned in practice and drive improvements for our patients.
Expected ShortlistingDate
19/02/2026
Planned InterviewDate
03/03/2026
Main duties of the jobThepost holder will ultimately be accountable for all Allied Health ProfessionalTherapists (AHPs) and therapy support staff within the Trust. They willdirectly manage the Head of Therapies and General manager for therapyservices which include services within Dietetics and Speech and LanguageTherapy, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Podiatry. The postholder will be accountable for theadult clinical health psychologists who will professionally report to theChief Medical Officer. The post-holder is responsible for the strategic andprofessional direction of Therapy Services. This involves delivery of alloperational performance standards, ensuring all services are provided withinthe agreed level of activity, standards of performance, safety, quality andbudget. The post holder will be responsible for developing and implementingstandards across Therapy Services within the Trust which support professionalleadership, competence, capacity and standards of conduct. The post holderwill be responsible for leading on and delivering success across several keyprogrammes and pathways across the Trusts Clinical Service Units. Theseprogrammes will be essential in ensuring that LTHT can deliver its primaryobjectives and targets over the years and will encompass a range of topicsincluding productivity and efficiency, transformation, clinicaleffectiveness, quality and workforce succession planning.
About usLeedsTeaching Hospitals is one the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe,with access to leading clinical expertise and medical technology. We care forpeople from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leedsitself. The Trust has a budget of £1.1 billion. Our 20,000 staff ensure thatevery year we see and treat over 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds orout-patient settings, comprising 100,000-day cases, 125,000 in-patients,260,000 A&E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operatefrom 7 hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy andculture to be the best for specialist and integrated care.
LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.
Job responsibilitiesThepost holder will ultimately be accountable for all Allied Health ProfessionalTherapists (AHPs) and Therapy Support Staff within the Trust and willdirectly manage the Head of therapies and general manager for therapyservices. This will include services within Dietetics and Speech and LanguageTherapy, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Podiatry. The postholderwill be accountable for the adult clinical health psychologists who willprofessionally report to the Chief Medical Officer. The post holder will beresponsible for developing and implementing standards across Therapy Serviceswithin the Trust which support professional leadership, competence, capacityand standards of conduct. The post holder will be responsible for leading onand delivering success across a number of key programmes and pathways acrossthe CSUs. These programmes will be essential in ensuring that LTHT candeliver its primary objectives and targets over the years and will encompassa range of topics including productivity and efficiency, transformation,clinical effectiveness, quality and workforce succession planning. Supportthe clinical and managerial leadership of the hospital, delivering a range ofoutcomes, ensuring that fundamental and underlying activities to organisationalsuccess are achieved. To lead with other members of the triumvirate and otherCSUs and corporate management teams to ensure the effective and efficientdelivery of services to clinical users and patients.
Workingwith senior management, to define and implement new ways of working tomaximise the benefits of the new structure and play a leading role in theTrust transformation process to deliver Trust gains in cost and clinicaleffectiveness and efficiency.
Person Specification Skills & Behaviours- Proven leadership skills, development of team. Ability to draft clear and concise business cases and papers
- Masters degree in healthcare or management or demonstrable ability to work at Masters Level. HCPC Registration
- Professional Qualifications in one of the AHP disciplines. Evidence of maintaining continuous professional development
- Forward thinking and be able to lead and transform culture, including shaping and implementing a vision for future service development.
- Forward thinking and be able to lead and transform culture, including shaping and implementing a vision for future service development.
- Significant management experience in a senior role within the acute sector in particular operational management
- Significant experience and success at a clinical manager level including strategy development, budgetary control and leadership
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.