Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk. At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health. Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400 staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience. We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require. Job overview AHP Clinical Team Lead - Older Persons Mental Health We have an exciting opportunity within our Older Persons Mental Health Services for an Allied Health Professional Clinical Team Lead role. We are seeking an innovative, flexible, experienced and dynamic clinician to provide both clinical and managerial leadership to our AHP's across the Julian Hospital older persons inpatient wards. We are looking for a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist with specialist clinical skills and senior decision-making skills with a passion for quality improvement and using national best-practice guidelines to influence clinical practice. You will be required to use your specialist clinical skills to support service users across a range of wards as well as your strategic skills to support with the development of the service. You will be supported to develop both your clinical and strategic leadership skills. This role will be based at the Julian Hospital to cover the Older persons inpatient wards. There will also be the opportunity to work with the Older Persons community teams to support and influence Community Transformation. Main duties of the job Within this role you will: Provide clinical leadership across the AHP professions. Provide line management supervision to the AHP Band 6's in the team and ensure a structure is in place for the supervision and development of AHP Band 5's and 4's. Advocate for the AHP workforce whilst acting as a central point of contact for leading on decisions relating to Older Person’s AHP services. Provide specialist clinical input across the service to support with complex clinical cases. Lead the local AHP meeting and work with the workforce to ensure outcomes from feedback are actioned. Review audits with the wider team to support the development of clinical practice. Liaise with the Clinical Team Leaders to share this information to support line management supervision. Role model and foster strong working relationships between the AHP groups, to ensure that care is integrated and results in the best possible outcomes for service users. Oversee the roster for AHPs to ensure that the clinical needs of the service are met. Support and manage the attendance and management responsibilities for the team. Liaise with the wider teams to inform them of changes to service provision in response to changes in the workforce. Working for our organisation Support the recruitment and induction of new AHP staff members. Work closely with the Locality AHP Lead and Principal Lead to support development of the service delivered in order to improve service and service user outcomes. Be the conduit for taking information to and bringing back information from internal and external AHP forums. Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive. Some of the benefits you can expect: NHS pension Comprehensive in-house & external training programmes Career progression Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) Staff physio service NHS discounts and many more Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria BSc/MSc Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy Registered with the HCPC Desirable criteria Qualification in advanced clinical practice For Physiotherapist (member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy / CSP) or for Occupational Therapist (member of Royal College of Occupational Therapists / RCOT) Knowledge Essential criteria Specialist clinical knowledge of AHP professions working in mental health Working knowledge of standardised assessment tools and outcome measures Experience Essential criteria Experience of working within Older Persons Mental Health Services Experience of working as a practice educator Desirable criteria Broad range of experience in a range of settings Experience of working within NHS Management experience Skills Essential criteria Effective analytical & advanced clinical reasoning. Complex Manual Handling skills Please note: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.