Associate Director Allied Health Professionals.

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oHold a degree in a recognised allied health profession or equivalent professional qualification. (PGD)
  • oHold current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
  • oMaster’s degree (Level 7) or higher in a relevant field (e.g. Leadership, Healthcare Management, Advanced Practice) or relevant equivalent experience

Desirable

  • oCoaching, mentoring or leadership development accreditation

Experience

Essential

  • oSignificant Senior leadership experience within the NHS or comparable complex healthcare organisation and proven experience of leading multiple services aacross various settings
  • oExperience of strategic planning and delivery of services aligned to organisational and system priorities
  • oExperience influencing senior stakeholders and contributing at corporate or system level forums

Desirable

  • Experience of leading research, innovation or quality improvement programmes

Knowledge

Essential

  • oExpert knowledge of national AHP strategies and policy drivers

Skills

Essential

  • oAbility to lead large-scale change programmes and manage organisational complexity oStrong people
  • oTo demonstrate expert clinical reasoning skills, to assess and treat a highly complex specialist caseload
  • oAdvanced analytical and critical thinking skills, with ability to interpret complex data and make decisions

Desirable

  • oProject management skills or qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 5 August 2026

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