Community Learning Disability Service Manager

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Flexible working

Continued Professional Development

Improvement and research opportunities

Staff wellbeing service

Staff discounts

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Learning Disability Services Manager (Band 8a) to provide clinical and operational leadership across specialist community services in Greater Manchester.

The post holder leads service transformation, ensures safe, person-centred care and robust governance, and works with commissioners, local authorities and partners to improve outcomes and cost-effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in learning disability services or healthcare settings.
• Experience with governance, safeguarding, and CQC requirements.
• Strong track record in strategic development and service transformation.

Responsibilities

• Lead service transformation and integration across community learning disability services.
• Provide professional, clinical and managerial leadership to senior staff and multidisciplinary teams.
• Oversee planning, development, delivery and performance management within budgets and resources.
• Ensure robust clinical governance, safeguarding, risk management and regulatory compliance.
• Manage workforce planning, staff wellbeing, appraisals and effective communication with partners.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Operational leadership

Strategic planning

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

The Community Learning Disability Services Manager (Band 8a) is responsible for providing clinical and operational leadership for specialist community learning disability services, including the Bury Specialist Community Learning Disability Team. The post holder is a senior leader within the Learning Disability Directorate, contributing to strategic development, service transformation and continuous quality improvement in line with Trust and system priorities.

The role focuses on delivering safe, effective, person‑centred and well‑led services, ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory and commissioning requirements. The post holder works in close partnership with people with learning disabilities, families, carers, commissioners, local authorities and a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to improve outcomes, promote integration across health and social care, and ensure services reflect Trust values, national policy and best practice.

The post holder leads the planning, development, delivery and performance management of community learning disability services, ensuring high‑quality care within agreed resources and budgets. This includes establishing robust clinical governance arrangements, safeguarding systems, risk management processes and compliance with statutory, regulatory and CQC requirements.

Key responsibilities include leading service transformation and integration, supporting innovative practice, and ensuring the voice of people with learning disabilities drives service design and quality improvement. The role requires strategic oversight of financial management, including responsibility for borough budgets, efficiency plans and service redesign, ensuring services are cost‑effective and meet agreed service specifications.

The post holder provides professional, clinical and managerial leadership to senior staff and multidisciplinary teams, promoting engagement, learning, research, development and continuous improvement. They are responsible for workforce planning, performance appraisal, staff wellbeing and effective communication across services. The role also involves managing complaints, serious incidents and complex clinical matters, contributing to on‑call arrangements, and maintaining strong partnerships with commissioners, local authorities, voluntary sector organisations and wider system stakeholders.

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jeremy Bentham Job title: Associate Director Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07912455162