AHP Team ManagerNHS

Job summary

This post is a fantastic opportunity to play a key leadership role in shaping and developing innovative teams and services within a supportive and forward-thinking environment. You'll join a highly motivated, collaborative team where your ideas and expertise will be valued, and where excellent professional development opportunities are actively encouraged.

Based at York Hospital, this role offers the chance to lead and manage adult AHP surgery services across York and Scarborough Hospitals, within the Surgery Care Group. The services span critical care, inpatient surgical wards and outpatient settings, giving you a diverse and impactful scope of practice. Those managed by the AHP Team Manager are registered Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists and non-registered Therapy Assistants.

Main duties of the job

You will take a pivotal role in leading and developing your teams, with responsibilities including staff management, recruitment, induction, appraisal, and delivery of local training. You'll also drive service improvement and innovation, ensuring high-quality patient care at all times. Operationally, you will oversee shift coordination, workload allocation and rota planning. You'll be well supported by a network of experienced team managers, alongside expert clinical guidance from Advanced Clinical Specialists, Clinical Leads and Heads of Profession.

You will hold a relevant degree (or equivalent) and be registered with the HCPC. You'll bring a broad range of post-registration experience, including experience within a relevant clinical area and at a senior level, with responsibility for leading or supporting others.

You will be confident in developing staff, supporting skill enhancement, and managing complex discharges. A strong understanding of complex care within the NHS environment will be highly advantageous.

Job description

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: [email protected].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

About us

To find out more about what it is like to work for our Trust please visit the following link:

https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

If you are currently employed by the Trust and you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying for the post