Band 8a Physical Health AHP Team Manager
Are you an experienced Registered Allied Health Professional (Physiotherapist/ Speech and Language therapist or Dietitian) ready to step into a strategic leadership role that truly shapes how physical health care is delivered within mental health services?
We are looking for an ambitious and forward-thinking leader to join us as the Physical Health AHP Team Manager for inpatient mental health services. This unique service covers inpatient mental health units across Ealing, Hounslow and H&F Boroughs, together with SLT services for Early Intervention in Psychosis teams.
This is a unique opportunity to lead a highly skilled multidisciplinary team at the forefront of integrating physical and mental healthcare and improving outcomes for people with complex and often underserved needs, working alongside colleagues from Mental Health Services.
Role
In this role, you will combine clinical credibility with operational and strategic leadership, driving innovation, service transformation, and continuous quality improvement. You will have the platform to influence care pathways, develop workforce capability, and embed best practice across services, ensuring that physical health is prioritised alongside mental health.
You will be joining a successful organisation on a strong trajectory of growth and transformation, with a clear commitment to reducing health inequalities, enhancing patient experience, and supporting staff to thrive.
- Provide expert-level assessment and interventions to the patients, whilst supporting and developing staff (specific to professional background).
- Responsible for delivery of high-quality clinical care alongside the Mental Health Multi-disciplinary teams, developing policy, service development and practice to meet service user and carers’ needs and operational requirements.
- Provide professional, visible leadership and operational management to the AHP staff within the Physical Health AHP Team and enable strategic development of the team in accordance with national and local NHS guidance.
- Be accountable for the professional and clinical performance of AHP staff within the Physical Health AHP Team and to perform a representative and advisory role for this service for matters relating to the team.
- Offer advice to the Heads of Service, Clinical Directors and Executive Directors on the team’s role, staffing levels and skill mix within service developments for the Physical Health AHP Team.
- Be actively involved in developing clinical services, using a QI approach, through the leadership role of the Physical Health AHP Team.
- Perform a professional leadership and advisory role specific to one's professional background.
- Work collaboratively with the Service Manager for long-term conditions services and the Head of Planned Care services to ensure the provision of a coordinated, integrated and responsive service.
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from the South of England, and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
For further details / informal visits, contact:
Name: Linda Stradins
Job title: Head of Planned Care
Email address: linda.stradins@nhs.net
