Job summary
- Main area
- Lead AHP Inpatients
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 376-DCGM-0320
- Employer
- Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Acute Mental Health Unit
- Town
- Doncaster
- Salary
- £57,528 - £64,750 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Mental Health Inpatients Allied Health Professional Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
Band 8a | 37.5 hours per week (1.0 WTE)
Hosted by Doncaster Care Group – working across RDaSH
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Allied Health Professional to take on a pivotal leadership role supporting mental health inpatient services across RDaSH.
This is a Trust‑wide role, hosted within the Doncaster Care Group, but with responsibility and impact across the full RDaSH footprint. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly across sites and care groups, supporting services wherever needed to deliver consistent, high‑quality AHP practice.
About the role
As AHP Lead for Mental Health Inpatients, you will play a key role in establishing consistent, high‑quality AHP pathways across our acute directorates. You will provide professional leadership for AHPs working in inpatient settings, ensuring services are aligned to best practice, national standards and local priorities.
This is a clinical leadership role with a strong operational focus. You will maintain a clinical caseload and spend a significant proportion of your time in patient‑facing activity, supporting complex cases and providing specialist input across inpatient wards.
You will work in close partnership with matrons, service managers and professional leads to develop safe, effective and innovative services, and contribute to Trust‑wide AHP leadership and delivery plans.
Main duties of the job
- Provide professional leadership for AHPs across inpatient mental health services, representing all AHP roles regardless of background
- Lead service development, pathway design and implementation of AHP delivery plans across the Trust
- Maintain a clinical caseload and provide specialist support for complex cases
- Support workforce development, supervision, and a positive culture where staff feel valued and supported
- Contribute to Trust‑wide governance, quality improvement, and performance monitoring
- Work collaboratively across care groups, influencing practice and supporting consistent standards of care
Working for our organisation
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant professional qualification and associated professional registration (HCPC) for AHPs.
- Master’s level qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of significant ongoing continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- Willingness to undertake further leadership development both formal and informal.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post-registration Occupational Therapy experience.
- Extensive experience within adult acute inpatient services.
- Experience managing complex clinical caseloads.
- Experience leading teams and supervising staff.
- Clinical governance and audit experience.
- Workforce management experience
- Working as part of a Multi Professional Leadership Team (MPLT)
Desirable criteria
- Experience of developing business cases for new roles / services.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- In-depth knowledge of Professional Standards and Codes of Conduct for AHPs.
- In-depth knowledge of Professional Standards and Codes of Conduct for AHPs
- Evidence of delivering services in line with evidence based practice and with clear outcome measures.
Desirable criteria
- In-depth knowledge of local commissioning and provider context including health, social care and education.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to listen to and respect others views and opinions.
- Ability to establish effective working relationships with staff, Commissioners and partner agencies.
- Ability to build credibility and work collaboratively with others across the service.
- Ability to influence others at various levels across the organisations.
- Effective leadership skills, ability to create a culture where staff are valued and supported.
- Good problem solving skills, able to analyse a situation, identify root causes and seek solutions to address the problem.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills.
- Excellent IT skills, ability to use Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
- Ability to communicate complicated, contentious and conflicting information in a sensitive and tactful manner, particularly where there may be resistance or barriers to understanding.
- Ability to analyse, interpret and utilise complex information for planning and reporting purposes.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Benson
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03000211286
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