NHS
Operational Manager
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Job Description
- Req#: C9173-26-0043?language=en&page=839&sort=publicationDateDesc
- Develop and maintain effective communication and relationships across services, both internal and external.
- Support and lead on Service Developments, ensuring that the culture/ethos of the service is maintained.
- Budget Management
- People Management - including staff wellbeing, employment relations, Management of Change, Recruitment, Workforce planning, Absence Management and performance.
- Performance Management - adherence to KPI's, reporting requirements and relationships with contracted organisations.
- Chairing Senior Leadership meetings and ensuring operational governance processes are in place.
- Capacity management to support key service delivery
- Evidence of high level of operational expertise (Masters Level or equivalent leadership experience gained through formal training and CPD
- Recognised senior management training/experience in leadership, post graduate learning to Masters level or equivalent
- Experience of managing multi-disciplinary teams, including line management at minimum of Band 7 or equivalent
- Experience of leading relevant specialist services
- Evidence of high level of operational expertise (Masters Level or equivalent leadership experience gained through formal training and CPD
- Recognised senior management training/experience in leadership, post graduate learning to Masters level or equivalent
- Experience of managing multi-disciplinary teams, including line management at minimum of Band 7 or equivalent
- Experience of leading relevant specialist services
Job summary
The Operational Manager is responsible for the development and delivery of high-quality clinical services by providing strong, effective leadership and management to a specified portfolio of services and teams.Working in partnership with a multi-disciplinary team you will support clinical practice and governance and demonstrate advanced management skills, providing support and advice to service users, carers, staff, managers and other agencies, appropriate to the service portfolio. Partnership working with other key agencies and organisations is a key aspect of the role.
Main duties of the job
You will provide key operational management including:
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles(this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Details
Date posted
29 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£55,690 to £62,682 a year pa
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
173-03726-RSP
Job locations
Personality Disorder Service
Poplar House, St Mary's Hospital
Leeds
LS12 3QE
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.netAttached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
Job responsibilities
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.netAttached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Skills
Essential
Experience
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Skills
Essential
Experience
Essential
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Personality Disorder Service
Poplar House, St Mary's Hospital
Leeds
LS12 3QE
Employer's website
https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Personality Disorder Service
Poplar House, St Mary's Hospital
Leeds
LS12 3QE
Employer's website
https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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