Associate Director of Therapies | Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 06 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £91,342 - £105,337 pro rata per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 September 2025 |
| Location: | Halifax, HX3 5AQ |
| Company: | Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7309622/372-COM2538 |
Summary
We are seeking an experienced and strategic leader for a 12-month secondment opportunity as the Associate Director of Therapies. This key post will lead the development and delivery of high-quality, patient-focused therapy services across inpatient, outpatient and community settings. Working as part of the divisional leadership team, you will support governance, performance and service transformation aligned to the CHFT and Integrated Care System plans across Calderdale and Huddersfield.
As the Trust’sChief Allied Health Professional (AHP) Officer, you will also act as the strategic lead for AHP workforce and national AHP initiatives, providing expert leadership across divisions and corporate functions.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience of managing multi-professional teams across inpatient, outpatient and community settings to shape the future of therapy services and play a pivotal role in delivering innovative, high-quality care.
·Lead the strategic direction and transformation of all inpatient, outpatient, and community therapy services to meet the requirements of the ICS and CHFT reconfiguration plans.
· Be accountable for therapy service quality improvement, financial management, and workforce modelling and planning, ensuring delivery against agreed quality metrics and performance criteria in line with regulatory frameworks.
· Oversee the delivery of evidence-based, responsive, and efficient inpatient and community therapy services.
· Hold full responsibility for the governance of therapy services, including recruitment, supervision, professional appraisal, and identification of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) needs.
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
Champion therapy and AHP priorities, supporting performance monitoring and reporting arrangements to demonstrate progress within the Division.
· Provide professional leadership to senior staff groups, setting objectives for the Head of Therapies and other senior colleagues as required.
· Develop / refresh the 3–5-year AHP strategy that identifies key service development and transformation priorities across all clinical specialties, ensuring integration with other CHFT divisions and external partners.
· Advise the Trust Executive and Divisional Board on strategic developments affecting AHP and therapy services.
· Ensure the role, development, and contribution of therapists/AHPs are aligned with the delivery of divisional and Trust-wide objectives.
· Lead and contribute to the development of business cases and contract negotiations that support and sustain services in line with the Trust’s strategic direction.
· Lead workforce planning and modelling for therapy services to ensure an optimal workforce that delivers high-quality care and value for money.
· Promote efficient workforce development, particularly in addressing skill shortages and optimising skill mix.
· Coordinate the Trust’s involvement in national and regional AHP initiatives and ensure CHFT are consistent with their strategy and benchmarking.
· Represent the Trust as the senior AHP professional in internal and external multi-professional and managerial forums.
· Ensure that AHPs have a single point of visibility and act as the accountable professional lead across the Trust, serving as a role model, mentor, and coach.
· Provide assurance to the Director of Operations that therapy service performance is regularly monitored through agreed KPIs, with remedial actions taken where required.
· Support the Head of Therapies to ensure that all staff have a designated professional lead and access to appropriate training, professional reviews, appraisals, and wellbeing support.
· Ensure that all local and national targets related to therapy services are delivered within a safe and high-quality framework.
· Lead therapy contributions to major Trust-wide initiatives.
· Develop, ratify, implement, and evaluate therapy-related strategies, policies, and guidance to ensure service delivery is aligned with national best practice.
· Participate in on-call commitments as required by the Trust, providing emergency cover outside of normal working hours when necessary.
· Support the division in preparing for assessments and inspections from external bodies such as the CQC, OFSTED, and the NHS Litigation Authority.
· Oversee the clinical governance and quality agenda for therapies, working closely with the Head of Therapies to support its development.
· Lead the AHP education and training strategy to ensure the workforce is prepared for future service needs.
· Drive the development of funding bids to support the strategic advancement of services and therapy roles.
· Lead and enhance the research profile of AHPs, supporting research activity across therapy specialisms through presentations, publications, study days, and national conferences.
This advert closes on Monday 25 Aug 2025