Are you a dynamic and visionary leader with a passion for shaping the future of Allied health professional practice? We are seeking a Head of AHPs to join our senior leadership team, driving transformation, innovation, and excellence across the Trust. This is an exciting opportunity as we transition into a new Clinical Group structure and align with the NHS 10-year health plan, which prioritises community-based and preventative care.
The Local Care Organisation (LCO) serves the diverse communities of Manchester and Trafford. As an integrated care division, the LCO work across health and social care to deliver safe and effective services in partnership with primary care, local authorities, hospitals, the voluntary sector, and beyond.
The role provides strategic leadership across our six AHP professions within community services, covering a wide range of clinical services including urgent care, scheduled care, and children’s services. We are dedicated to workforce development, offering clinical support and career development at various stages, and have established AHP ACPs.
As a pivotal member of our triumvirate leadership team, you will be responsible for ensuring high-quality, patient-centred care through strategic and operational leadership of our nursing and AHP workforce. Your expertise will guide workforce planning, quality improvement, and professional development, ensuring we meet regulatory care standards and deliver outstanding outcomes for our service users
Provide strong, visible professional leadership to AHPs across community services.
Develop and implement strategies to improve care delivered in community setting.
Lead on the delivery of AHP objectives set by the Director of Nursing.
Collaborate with system partners to improve community services .
Ensure high standards of care and patient experience through innovative and dynamic leadership.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Layla Alani Job title: Director Of Nursing and Allied Health Professional Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 07779 981 001
Olivia Cave Executive Assistant to: Layla Alani, Director of Nursing & Professional Lead
[email protected]Mob: 07779 981 001
