Head of Operations

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 74,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in mental health services is seeking a Senior Leader to join their Care Service Leadership Team. This role involves operational management and working closely with clinical leads to ensure high-quality care for Children and Young People’s Services. The organization is committed to creating an inclusive environment and values lived experiences, aiming to provide outstanding support to service users and their families. If you are driven by empathy and integrity and have a passion for mental health, this opportunity could be the perfect fit for you. Join a team that is dedicated to making a difference in the community.

Qualifications

• Experience in operational management and leading a CYPS health service.
• Recognised senior management training in leadership or strategy.

Responsibilities

• Plan and organize resources to deliver high-quality care in the service portfolio.
• Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders and represent the Trust externally.

Skills

Excellent Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Current professional qualification & registration (e.g. RMN, RNLD, DipOT/BScOT, DipSW)

Postgraduate learning to Masters level or equivalent

Job description

Are you looking for mental health jobs in Leeds, York or with one of our regional services operating across the country? We have a range of NHS Job opportunities, placements and specialities in our clinical, research, and professional support teams across Leeds and York.

At Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT), we strive to provide high-quality mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice. We can only achieve this by putting our staff and the people using our services at the centre of everything we do. This starts with the people we employ. We recruit based on values and qualifications (where required) and believe lived experience is an advantage. We look for potential, not perfection, and this means that together, we are as diverse as the communities we care for.

Simply put, we seek out people who care, act with integrity and have the right skills. We want to add to our incredible colleagues, students and volunteers who share these principles, with people like you, who find empathy comes easily and who treat everyone with respect without thinking. Search our latest jobs to start your journey with us.

Main area: Children and Young Peoples In-patient Service (Leeds & York)
Grade: Band 8C
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 173-61524-COR

Site: Red Kite View, Town: Leeds
Salary: £74,290 - £85,601 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/01/2025 23:59

Job overview

We are looking for a Senior Leader with experience in operational management and experience of working in Children and Young People’s Services to join our Care Service Leadership Team. The Head of Operations is part of a team of senior Managers and Clinical Leaders working collectively across the Care Services directorate to ensure that high quality care is consistently delivered in all our clinical services.
Working autonomously in our Services, they play a vital role working in close partnership with a Clinical Lead for the Services they manage; enabling staff and building effective relationships with stakeholders and commissioners – developing services to meet the needs of the population we serve. This would also include working closely with the two Provider Collaboratives that commission the two CYPS in-patient services across Leeds and York and NHSE with the National Deaf CAMHS Service covering the North of England.

Main duties of the job

In line with Trust values and strategy, the Head of Operations key accountability is the planning, organising and deployment of resources to deliver high quality care in their Service portfolio; accountable for ensuring that high standards of care are provided in line with requirements, regulations and good practice and that contractual requirements are delivered consistently within the funding available.
The postholder will provide highly expert levels of support and leadership to direct reports, ensuring that effective management, improvement and governance and performance systems are in place demonstrating positive leadership through their behavior and role modelling.

Working for our organisation

We are a high quality, high performing NHS foundation trust. We are the main provider of specialist mental health and learning disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York as well as some highly specialised services across the country.
We employ around 3,000 staff and every year we have contact with over 25,000 service users. Our vision is to provide outstanding mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice. Our ambition is to support our service users and carers, our staff and the communities we serve to live healthy and fulfilling lives. We need people like you to help us achieve our goals; to live our lives free from stigma and discrimination; and to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and mental ill health.
We perform well against local and national targets and in our most recent CQC inspection, 85% of our services were rated good or outstanding.
As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be required to develop, maintain and manage effective relationships with a range of stakeholders internally and externally, across all disciplines and including service users, carers, partner agencies and organisations. The post holder will need to be visible to front line staff and be an enabling and supportive senior leader and positive role model. They will always work within the Trust behaviour framework and make decisions and act in line with Trust values. They will communicate and interact widely and represent the Trust externally across all our networks and touchpoints.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Member of a recognised professional body and hold a current, relevant professional qualification & registration (e.g. RMN, RNLD, DipOT/BScOT,DipSW) or relevant training and significant experience in health service operational management.
• Recognised senior management training in leadership, policy, strategy or experience. Post graduate learning to Masters level or equivalent.

Experience

• Experience of leading a CYPS health service.
• Experience of managing clinical projects.

Skills

• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal skills.

Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement – please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries regarding this in terms of your initial application.

LYPFT is committed to upholding its’ statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.

Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response.

LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.

We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidates best interest to apply as soon as possible.