Clinical Lead AHP

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Clinical Lead Allied Health Professional in Norwich, focusing on rehabilitation for individuals with complex psychosis. Join a supportive team committed to high-quality care and ongoing professional development. The role involves leadership, collaboration, and influencing service pathways.

Benefits

Ongoing training and development

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Professional registration for Occupational Therapy or another AHP profession.
• Management diploma/degree or equivalent vocational training.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical advice and decision-making support to practitioners.
• Collaborate with the leadership team to support service development.

Skills

Communication

Best Practice Promotion

Education

Masters level qualification in a clinical, management, or leadership field

Management diploma/degree in management/leadership

Job description

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

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Job overview

Our innovative and award-winning Rehabilitation in Complex Psychosis Community Mental Health Service seeks a creative and flexible Clinical Lead Allied Health Professional (AHP) to join our Shared Leadership Team. Based in Norwich, the team supports service users with complex and enduring severe mental illness in the Central Norfolk Locality. We are passionate about creative engagement and empowering service users to achieve their Recovery goals.

The team is a pioneering multi-agency project, integrating support from NSFT colleagues (nursing, OT, psychology, psychiatry, pharmacy), substance misuse support from CGL, social workers from Norfolk County Council, and recovery and peer support workers from Together. As a caseload-holding team, we provide rehabilitation support in the community, supported accommodation, or inpatient settings.

The successful candidate will work with other senior staff as part of a shared leadership model, including medics, nurses, psychology, and social work. You will be involved in quality assurance, operational oversight, monitoring service progress, supporting expansion, and providing supervision and clinical leadership to AHPs.

Main duties of the job

This is a clinically focused post emphasizing high-quality clinical care, provision, and outcomes. You will demonstrate excellent clinical skills with experience and advanced knowledge in this area. You will develop clinical pathways to support effective occupational therapy delivery within the rehabilitation service.

You will act as a specialist advisor, support developments in your area of expertise across the locality, and provide clinical advice and decision-making support to practitioners.

You will collaborate with the leadership team to support safety, performance, service development, and evaluation, including governance activities such as audits, QI, Quality Reviews, SAF, and adherence to NICE Guidelines (NG181) and Royal College standards.

Working for our organisation

This post is based in the Central Norfolk Locality, offering an opportunity to influence and shape services for individuals with complex psychosis requiring community rehabilitation.

At NSFT, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly, and supportive team that values shared learning. We offer ongoing training and development and foster a thriving environment.

Why work for us? Despite challenges, we have ambitious goals, exciting transformation projects, and a dedicated team led by strong leadership committed to caring for staff.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The area is warm and welcoming, close to the coast and Broads National Park, with excellent amenities, schools, and affordable housing. Norwich has an international airport, and London is only 1.5 hours away.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for detailed responsibilities. If you are ready to make a difference in your community, click APPLY! Interview dates will be communicated via email, which may go to your spam folder, so please check regularly.

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This is an exciting opportunity to influence the development of a rehabilitation pathway across Norfolk.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Professional registration for Occupational Therapy or another AHP profession
• Masters level qualification in a clinical, management, or leadership field, or demonstrable equivalent experience
• Management diploma/degree in management/leadership or equivalent vocational training, or willingness to undertake training from the start

Experience

• Partnership working with health and social care providers
• Service redesign and project management experience
• Experience in rehabilitation services

Skills

• Ability to communicate complex or difficult matters effectively across diverse scenarios
• Promotion and maintenance of best practice in health, safety, and security

Knowledge

• Knowledge of wider health and social care systems, policies, procedures, and relevant legislation
• Understanding of management tools, organizational systems, and NHS processes
• Knowledge of mental health service principles and national drivers like the 10-year plan

Other

• Ability to travel independently

Equal Opportunities statement and details about DBS checks and employer accreditation are included in the full job pack.