Working as a champion for the Allied Health Professional (AHP) support workforce, the post holder will develop and deliver a range of activities and projects to enable learning development and progression for this staff group across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire west (BOB). It is a collaborative role between the AHP Leadership team and organisational development with the ten partner organisations across the system. The post holder will lead on a programme of work aimed at developing the support worker roles across the 15 AHP professions.

Main duties of the job

• Represent the views of the AHP support workforce whilst encouraging participation and leadership at all levels.
• Network with support workers across BOB to identify areas for skills development, sharing of good practice and extension of scope and development.
• Work in collaboration with AHP leads, clinical leads and other Multidisciplinary Teams colleagues to provide opportunities and frequent networking to improve recognition of the support workforce staff group.
• Contribute towards the development of a career pathway for non-registered staff with associated experiential, learning and education requirements.

About us

Why colleagues think we are a great place to work!

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact Pam.Daley@nhs.net (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or willing to work towards a degree or equivalent and / or extensive and active clinical experience as an AHP support worker/ in clinical area of relevance to post including management experience

Desirable

• Experience and understanding of the importance of research, audit and quality improvement

Knowledge

Essential

• Familiarity with the HEE AHP Support Worker Framework.

Desirable

• Experiencing working across professional and organisational boundaries
• Understanding of local and national AHP strategic developments

Experience

Essential

• Knowledge of administrative procedures, project management or information analysis

Desirable

• Ability to pull together comprehensive draft reports, data and letters Negotiating, networking and persuasive skills

Skills

Essential

• Ability to establish rapport and engage with AHPs, support workforce and multidisciplinary colleagues
• Ability to inspire others and build effective working relationships
• Effective written verbal and non-verbal communication skills
• Skills for supporting project management

Desirable

• Ability to pull together comprehensive draft reports, data and letters Negotiating, networking and persuasive skills
• Evidence of leading small-scale change and/or contribution to large scale redesign programmes

Employer details

Employer name

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Mandeville Hospital

Aylesbury

HP21 8AL

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