AHP Lead and Clinical Manager

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Our Trust cares for more than 100,000 patients at any one time across our community health, mental health and learning disability services across Essex and parts of Bedfordshire and Suffolk.

We want you to be part of our journey of transformation, where our patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do and to achieve our vision to be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care.

You'll be part of a Trust where you will be supported to be your authentic self and be the best you can be, where we will help you to grow, develop and thrive.

The Trust is recognised by the University of Essex and is a top provider of apprenticeships for people looking to be an assistant practitioner, senior health care support worker (CAP). Our trailblazing CAP apprenticeship won a national HSJ Award.

We are also recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust and holder of gold accreditation from the Ministry of Defence Employment Recognition Scheme. Our services are highlighted as an exemplar of good practice, producing the best care for more than 3.500 armed forces veterans in the past seven years.

We have been shortlisted and won national awards. We are an inclusive organisation and Level 3 Disability Confident Leader Trust.

We are constantly innovating and looking for new ways to deliver care, such as using technology to enhance patient care and working with partners to launch new services such as the Basildon Mental Health Urgent Care Department, virtual hospitals and falls response cars.

Join us and you'll do the best work of your life - and make a difference to other people's lives. What we do together, matters.

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Allied Health Professional (AHP) to take up the role of AHP Lead and Clinical Manager (Band 8a) within our Community Mental Health Services service North East and West Essex.

This senior leadership position provides professional leadership, operational management, and strategic development of AHP services across designated localities and teams. The role ensures high clinical standards, equitable service delivery, and effective workforce development, while contributing to modernised models of care aligned with Trust values:
We Care, We Learn, We Empower.

You will work closely with Directors, Service Leads, AHP Professional Leads, and Team Managers to coordinate high-quality, patient-centred AHP services across community pathways.

This post provides leadership across the North East and West Essex Care Groups and therefore requires a flexible presence across both areas. The formal base may be negotiated as either Severalls House, Colchester or St Margaret's Hospital, Epping; however, the post holder will be expected to travel routinely between sites to ensure equitable service delivery, professional visibility, and effective operational oversight.

• Coordinate and manage AHP services including recruitment, appraisal, supervision, performance, and CPD planning.
• Provide strong and visible professional leadership to AHP staff across teams and localities.
• Ensure equitable, high-quality service delivery across all areas of responsibility.
• Maintain compliance with statutory requirements including Health & Safety, Risk Management.
• Lead the implementation and development of AHP practice models and contribute to the delivery of modernised treatment pathways.
• Manage financial and physical resources associated with AHP clinical delivery.
• Lead quality improvement, service evaluation, audit, and clinical governance processes.
• Promote effective multidisciplinary working and positive partnership relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide expert professional advice and represent AHP services at Trust and external forums.

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion…