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Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
About
KCHFT is a great place to work - but don’t just take our word for it.
In our most recent report the CQC rated us as ‘outstanding’; and said:
- Staff felt supported, valued and respected
- They felt proud to work for the trust and were committed to the vision and values of the organisation
- There are high levels of staff satisfaction
- Staff are proud of the organisation as a place to work and spoke highly of the culture.
- We are the one of only three community providers in the UK to be rated as ‘outstanding’ so why not join us? #cometocommunity
Our vision is to deliver excellent services which improve the health of our communities. To do this we need to have outstanding people who share a common set of values and aspirations.
Our values (CARE) demonstrate that the Trust acts with integrity and professionalism. CARE stands for:
- Compassionate
- Aspirational
- Responsive
- Excellence.
As a dynamic organisation, with a fast changing service provision we take a flexible approach in terms of what we are able to offer. This means that we reserve the right to change the hours detailed in this advert to full time or part-time to meet the service requirements.
Deputy Chief AHP Officer
Closed for applications on: 2-Dec-2024 00:04
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 2-Dec-2024 00:04
Key details
Location
- Site
- Trinity House
- Town
- Ashford
- Postcode
- TN25 4AZ
- Major / Minor Region
- Kent
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £105,385 - £121,271 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 9)
Specialty
- Main area
- Allied Health Professionals
Job overview
The NHS is changing. With a growing emphasis on community-based care there’s never been a better time to join us.
We are looking for an experienced and innovative Deputy Chief Allied Health Professions Officer to join our senior leadership team. Supporting our CAHPO you will deputise at the Trust’s Executive Team and Board in this exciting AHP leadership opportunity.
The Deputy CAHPO will hold a diverse portfolio directly aligned to our key strategic objectives including the transformation of intermediate care, the optimisation of the AHP workforce and the AHP quality & safety and research agendas.
This truly is a unique role so if you aspire to further develop your AHP leadership career and truly make a difference to our community and colleagues we would love to hear from you.
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Could you use your skills and experience to support the NHS to deliver great patient care? Great patient care needs great people to support clinical teams. That’s where you come in.
We’re always looking for enthusiastic, responsive, and adaptable people to join our outstanding trust.
We put patients first and we expect all of our colleagues to do the same, so although NHS experience isn’t a requirement for this role you’ll need to share our passion for delivering excellent patient care and keep that passion at the forefront of your professional activity at all times.
The challenges come thick and fast in this role but you’ll know that your input is contributing to the excellent experience our patients and service users have every day.
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Find out more about the community difference here.
Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
It is important to us that all our staff are aligned to our Values and in particular the behaviours we expect from KCHFT managers. With this in mind as part of the selection process for this position you will be asked to complete two other activities in addition to the competency-based interview that you will invited to. This extended selection process is designed to assess your management style and the specific details of the exercises will be given if you are successfully shortlisted. The provisional date of the selection event is 16th December 2024, although this may be subject to change.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HCPC registration as a relevant Allied Health Professional
- Highly specialist, advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of AHP procedures acquired through a doctorate or equivalent relevant experience, plus further significant in-depth continuous professional development eg Masters level education and additional relevant training and qualifications
- Management qualification or completion of senior level leadership programme
Desirable criteria
- Quality improvement training and/or qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive, successful track record of leadership and achievement at senior AHP level working within health or care settings
- Extensive experience of leading and effectively managing change in large, complex environments with a range of key stakeholders
- Experience of building effective system partnerships and delivering change through partnership working
- Significant experience of quality assurance and quality improvement
- Significant experience in management and leadership of quality and safety / clinical governance of AHP services
Desirable criteria
- Experience of leadership and implementation of AHP research strategy
Skills & abilities
Essential criteria
- A passion and commitment to improve standards of patient care, particularly in conjunction with service users via a co-design approach
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to communicate highly complex information where exceptional influencing skills are required and where barriers to understanding and acceptance exist
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Minu Ayaz
- Job title
- Business Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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