Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
Associate Director Allied Health Professionals.
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This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and inspirational Allied Health Professional leader to join Gateshead Health as our new Associate Director of Allied Health Professionals.
As a key member of the Clinical Support and Screening senior leadership team, you will provide strategic and professional leadership for Allied Health Professionals across the Trust, leading the development of our workforce, services and professional practice.
This Is a Highly Influential Role With Responsibility For
- Professional leadership of all AHPs across the organisation.
- Leading transformation and service redesign programmes.
- Developing innovative workforce solutions and talent pipelines.
- Delivering high-quality, safe and effective services across acute and community settings.
- Driving research, education and quality improvement.
- Representing the Trust at regional and national forums and contributing to system-wide priorities.
- System leadership and neighbourhood health agenda.
You will work closely with the Chief Nurse/Executive Director for AHPs, Director of Operations and senior clinical leaders to ensure AHP services continue to deliver exceptional patient care while responding to the changing needs of our communities.
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You Will Be
- A registered Allied Health Professional with current HCPC registration.
- An experienced senior leader with a strong track record of service transformation and workforce leadership.
- An inclusive and compassionate leader who can inspire and engage teams.
- Comfortable operating in complex environments and influencing at executive and system level.
- Passionate about improving patient outcomes and raising the profile of Allied Health Professional
About Us
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
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Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do – they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Keely Robson
- Job title: Deputy COO and Director of Operations for CSS
- Email address: keely.robson@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 0191 445 3494
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