Allied Health Professions Divisional Professional Lead

Job Share AHP Divisional Lead

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.

About the Role

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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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-centered 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 programs 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 organizational workstreams.
• Fostering a culture of inclusivity, safety, and continuous improvement, aligned with Trust values and equality, diversity, and inclusion principles.