Senior Healthy Minds Manager - Pathways and Integration

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic and influential senior system leader to drive the commissioning, development and delivery of integrated pathways across all-age mental health, learning disabilities and children’s services.

You will work across a complex partnership landscape, lead large-scale transformation programmes, build strong partnerships with NHS organisations, local authorities, primary care and third sector, and champion innovative, preventative,

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Lead commissioning, development and delivery of integrated pathways across all-age mental health, learning disabilities and children’s services.
• Build partnerships across NHS organisations, local authorities, primary care and voluntary/community sector to ensure seamless care pathways.
• Oversee governance, performance, stakeholder engagement and resource management while promoting co-production and early intervention.

Job description

Are you an experienced system leader with a passion for transforming health and care services? Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic and influential leader to drive the commissioning, development and delivery of integrated pathways across all-age mental health, learning disabilities and children’s services.

Working across a complex partnership landscape, you will lead large-scale transformation programmes that improve population health outcomes, reduce inequalities and deliver high-quality, person-centred care. A key priority will be advancing integrated neighbourhood health models, promoting proactive, preventative and community-based approaches that meet the needs of our most vulnerable communities.

You will build strong partnerships across NHS organisations, local authorities, primary care, voluntary and community sector organisations, ensuring seamless care pathways and reducing fragmentation across services. As a senior system leader, you will champion innovation, collaborative commissioning and service redesign, supporting the delivery of Trust and Integrated Care Board priorities.

Leading multidisciplinary teams, you will oversee governance, performance, stakeholder engagement and resource management while promoting co-production, inclusion, prevention and early intervention. Using your expertise across the full commissioning cycle, from needs assessment and pathway redesign to procurement, contract management and evaluation, you will drive continuous improvement and sustainable service delivery.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of health and care across Bradford, making a lasting difference to local communities through collaboration, innovation and shared accountability.

Closing date: 27th September 2026

Shortlisting: 28th September 2026

Interviews: 5th October 2026 TBC

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

Core values

• We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
• We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
• We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

Benefits

• Increase mileage rates for > 4500
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
• Plus many more.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Phillipa Hubbard Job title: Director of Nursing Email address: [e-mail]