AHP Head

Build professional partnerships and collaborations

• Lead collaborations with organisations and ministries to advance professional practice and clinical services.
• Provide consultancy and specialist expertise to other organisations, relevant professionals and at national or international projects and conferences.

Drive client care and service excellence

• Drive evidence-based practices that align with emerging trends in specialty areas of clinical services.
• Assess gaps in clinical practices.
• Lead the development and implementation of new clinical services, assessment techniques and intervention strategies based on current trends and evidence.
• Design quality improvement projects to improve client care and clinical services at the organisation and/or department level.
• Guide the holistic management of clinically complex cases taking into consideration multi-disciplinary perspectives.

Maintain professional, legal and ethical standards

• Develop implementation frameworks for professional standards in clinical, legal and ethical practices.
• Drive the development of clinical practice guidelines and protocols.
• Develop the framework and implementation plan for clinical audits.
• Develop preventive measures for clinical adverse events.
• Provide clinical inputs in formulating risk, emergency response and crisis management plans at organisational, sector or national levels.

Manage clinical supervision

• Oversee the setting of clinical practice guidelines and clinical competency standards across disciplines.
• Lead the development of induction, clinical orientation and mentorship programmes for new staff.
• Lead the development of clinical supervision framework and guidelines.
• Drive initiatives to improve clinical supervision in developing staff to be competent in clinical specialty areas.

Manage quality of training and development activities

• Establish frameworks for staff participation in continuous professional development.
• Lead professional development initiatives and programmes across all disciplines.
• Develop structures for supervisors to identify knowledge gaps and training needs of staff.
• Create opportunities for capability development and co-learning across institutions, departments or settings to advance staff learning.
• Develop and promote inter-professional education programmes.
• Oversee clinical attachment programmes within the department.

Uplift professional practice

• Develop strategies for talent management.
• Oversee the recruitment, selection and assessment of staff.
• Lead the development of departmental research, data management and analytics frameworks.
• Provide clinical expertise and consultation for research.
• Collaborate with other departments and organisations to advance staff's research opportunities.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Social Work or Speech & Language Therapy recognised by the relevant local professional associations
• Post-Graduate qualifications in relevant field of clinical specialisation

Other Information

• Minimum 10 years of experience in AHP clinical practice
• Minimum 5 years of experience in AHP clinical supervision
• Prior experience in supervisory and/or leadership roles
• Registration with relevant professional licensing or accreditation board