Allied Health Professions Divisional Professional Lead

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Worthing; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular professional supervision

CPD opportunities

Training programmes

Job summary

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust seeks a senior AHP Divisional Lead to steer professional practice across CAMHS, EIP and Perinatal services. The role provides strategic direction, clinical expertise, and governance for AHP practice within a valued, multidisciplinary setting.

You will lead workforce development and supervision for AHP staff in a collaborative network with families and education partners.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership role guiding AHP practice across CAMHS, EIP and Perinatal.
• Provide professional governance and oversight for AHP services.
• Lead workforce development and staff supervision.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership and supervision for AHP staff.
• Drive service improvements and quality initiatives.
• Collaborate with families, carers and education partners.
• Embed trauma-informed, patient-centered care.
• Represent AHPs at divisional and Trust meetings.

Skills

AHP leadership

CAMHS leadership

Clinical governance

Staff supervision

Workforce development

Job description

We are seeking to recruit a passionate, knowledgeable and dynamic AHP (Occupational Therapist, Dietitian or Speech and Language Therapist) to be part of a job share as the AHP Divisional Lead across CAMHS, EIP and Perinatal services. This is a senior leadership role within our well‑established and innovative Sussex services, providing strategic direction, clinical expertise, and professional governance for AHP practice across the service and profession specific pathways, including crisis and acute care services.

As the AHP Divisional Professional Lead for CAMHS, you will provide professional leadership, supervision and workforce development for AHP staff, ensuring high‑quality, evidence‑based AHP interventions are delivered consistently and safely across services.

You will join a friendly, supportive and highly skilled multidisciplinary leadership team, committed to delivering high‑quality, responsive services in close partnership with families and carers, education, social care and wider children and young people’s services. Core aspects of the role include clinical leadership, system‑wide consultation and supporting staff to work confidently and collaboratively with risk, families and the wider professional network around the young person.

Flexibility exists around location of this provision related to profession and service need.

Providing visible professional leadership for AHP staff across CAMHS, EIP and Perinatal, setting clear standards for practice, performance, and professional conduct. Leading and influencing the development, implementation, and evaluation of AHP practice, ensuring alignment with national guidance, evidence-based standards, and Trust priorities.

Working closely with operational and clinical leads to ensure safe, effective, and person‑centred service delivery across CAMHS.

• Supporting and overseeing workforce governance, development, including recruitment, induction, supervision, appraisal, and continuous professional development (CPD) for AHP staff.
• Promoting a positive learning culture, including the coordination and delivery of student placements, apprenticeships, and training programmes with higher education partners.
• Embedding trauma-informed, relational approaches in daily practice, supporting teams to work safely, reflectively and compassionately.
• Leading service improvement and quality improvement initiatives, embedding research and evidence-based practice across the division.
• Representing AHPs at divisional and Trust-wide meetings, contributing to strategic planning, policy development, and key organisational workstreams.
• Fostering a culture of inclusivity, safety, and continuous improvement, aligned with Trust values and equality, diversity, and inclusion principles

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation trust provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex.

This Is An Excellent Time For Occupational Therapists To Be Joining Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust As The CAMHS Services Are Going Through An Exciting Transformation Underpinned By The THRIVE Model And There Is a Robust AHP Workforce And Strategy And Can Offer The Following To You

• Regular professional supervision
• The opportunity to participate in a range of quality improvement work and service innovations.
• Access to a wide range of training and CPD opportunities including
• A programme of AHP specific training
• Quarterly Occupational Therapy CPD Hubs
• Communities of Practice (AMPS, Sensory Strategies, Recovery through activity)

For more information around being an AHP within Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation trust please visit Allied Health Professions :: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gemma Dorer Job title: Director of Allied Health Professions Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07392195406

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Gemma Dorer (Director of Allied Health Professions) @ [e-mail] or Anna Moriarty (Associate Clinical Director - CAMHS) @ [e-mail]