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 service
• Assess gaps in clinical practice
  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
• Lead the development of multi-disciplinary practices and approaches

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
• Review the conduct and analyse the outcomes of 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
• Oversee the implementation plans for supervision of all professional staff across disciplines
• Evaluate the quality of clinical supervision across disciplines
• 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
• Collaborate with educational institutions, clinical educators and regional facilitators to advance staff learning
• Develop and promote inter-professional education programmes
• Provide consultation and feedback on curriculum to education institutions in relevant professional areas
• 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