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.
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
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:
https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook
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
