AHP Lead | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 02 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,690 - £62,682 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 November 2025 |
| Location: | Reading, RG30 4EJ |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7522234/371-MHS883 |
Summary
Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist with leadership experience ready to take the next step in your career?
Would you like to make an impact within an “Outstanding” Trust that prioritizes staff wellbeing?
At Berkshire Healthcare, we’re proud of our CQC “Outstanding” rating, recognising our positive and supportive culture where staff feel valued.
We are recruiting for an exciting role as a band 8a Allied Health Professionals (AHP) lead for our inpatient mental health services based at Prospect Park Hospital in Reading.
The AHP Lead for inpatient mental health services will provide senior clinical leadership for all AHPs within our acute inpatient mental health wards for adults and older adults. They will be an experienced and skilled AHP with significant clinical and leadership experience.
You’ll find a strong AHP leadership structure, learning resources and excellent peer support across the Trust.
• The post holder willprovide operational line management for the therapy team based at Prospect Park Hospital in Reading.
• They will deliver professional and operational leadership for AHP’s across inpatient servicesin accordance withtrust values, ensuring the delivery of effective,efficientand high-quality services for service users and their families/carers
• Be accountable for the professional and clinical performance of AHP staff within our inpatient mental health services
• To work collaborativelyto develop and deliver safe and effective servicesin accordance withkeykeynational targets, clinicalstandardsand service priorities
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for this role:
• Qualification in an AHP profession
• Current HCPC registration
• Extensive experience of working as an AHP within mental health services
• Leadership experience
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Michelle Mbayiwa, Michelle.Mbayiwa@berkshire.nhs.uk or 07876 578401
Please note, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Thursday 9 Oct 2025
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