AHP Lead | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	17 Rhagfyr 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£55,690 - £62,682 per annum
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	16 Ionawr 2026
Lleoliad:	Reading, RG30 4EJ
Cwmni:	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7688957/371-MHS883-A

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Are you an experienced Allied Health Professional with proven leadership skills, ready to take the next step in your career? Do you want to make a real impact within a CQC-rated “Outstanding” Trust that genuinely prioritises staff wellbeing?


At Berkshire Healthcare, we are proud of our Outstanding CQC rating, which reflects our positive, inclusive and supportive culture where people feel valued and empowered. We are recruiting to an exciting Band 8a Allied Health Professional (AHP) Lead role for our inpatient mental health services, based at Prospect Park Hospital, Reading.


As the AHP Lead for Inpatient Mental Health Services, you will provide senior clinical leadership to AHPs working across our acute inpatient mental health wards for adults and older adults. This role is suited to an experienced, highly skilled AHP with substantial clinical expertise and strong leadership experience.


You’ll benefit from a well-established AHP leadership structure, access to high-quality learning and development resources, and excellent peer support across the Trust—enabling you to thrive and make a meaningful difference. You will need to be on site daily to offer accessible, compassionate leadership and to provide direct support, guidance and encouragement to the team in their day-to-day work.




• The post holder will provide 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


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 Sunday 28 Dec 2025

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