Job summary
This role will ensure safe, high quality, evidence based clinical services are delivered to patients across UHT. It will work in close collaboration with the Operations Managers and Senior Operations Managers, Head of AHP Professions, Deputy Chief AHP, Head of Nursing/Deputy Head of Nursing, Clinical Director. The post holder will be responsible for providing leadership and management to Team Leaders / Service Leads / Senior AHP staff / Nursing staff within his/her area of responsibility, ensuring high quality patient care is delivered within available resources and in line with University Hospitals Tees overarching strategic objectives.

Main duties of the job
To be accountable for a number of Services within the Transfer of Care Directorate.

To make significant contribution to the development of the medium to long-term strategy for these services provided by the Clinical Service Unit and to ensure that the fundamental aspects of care are in place.

The Senior Clinical Professional will provide leadership that inspires, motivates and empowers, working in collaboration with Care Groups and other Organisations across the local system.

The post holder will be responsible for coordinating safe standards of care, monitoring and controlling expenditure, monitoring the quality of clinical support and environment and ensuring safe staffing levels at all times.

About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates, including those who first language is not English.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Details
Date posted: 27 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum (pro rata)
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 2 years
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 328-COR-8304658

Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma AHP / Social Work
• Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) / British Association of Social Workers (BASW) registered
• A management qualification or equivalent experience
• Evidence of recent relevant professional development.

Knowledge and Skills

• Proven ability to be intellectually flexible and to be able to look beyond existing processes and ways of working to produce more effective service delivery.
• Evidence of a strong understanding of professional clinical management, with knowledge of national and local professional therapy agendas and key priorities.
• Evidence of a sound understanding in operational management, lean manufacturing, six sigma etc. or comparable service improvement methodologies. A strong knowledge of change and project management processes.
• Sound understanding of the NHS current legislation and national strategy.
• Comprehensive knowledge of financial and commissioning framework and experience of workforce and capacity planning. Knowledge of budgetary planning and cost improvement planning processes.

Experience

• Demonstrable experience in management, including direct line management responsibility
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience and evidence of creative strategic thinking.
• Recent evidence and experience of positive leadership skills and the ability to transform and lead a team to work effectively together.
• Experience of translating strategic goals into effective operational plans and objectives
• Proven track record of achievement in: Achieving healthcare targets, Partnership working, Pro-active performance management, Delivering challenging objectives to a deadline, Experience in capacity and service planning within an acute health care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website. Apply through our website.

Employer details
Employer name: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: The James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 3BW, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website.

For questions about the job, contact: Head of Patient Flow, Vicky Cardona, victoria.cardona@nhs.net, 01642617617