Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- 5 months (Fixed Term - 5 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-BAY902-SRP
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Shawbrook House/TBC
- Town
- Leyland
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Service Manager (RMN/OT/SW)
Band 8a
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:
- Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
- Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen to join the Central and West CYP service as the Service Manager. We are looking for an euthanistic, motivated individual to support with the overall delivery of services in CYP and also the exciting transformation agendas taking place.
We are looking for an individual with ideally experience of working in CYP services and previous management experience. The post holder must be committed to working with our system partners to improve the offer to children and young people locally.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for the operational management of services within a locality base. They will ensure that service lines deliver patient pathways that meet all quality and operational performance targets and that these are monitored and tracked. The post holder will lead, develop and manage teams within a portfolio to ensure that our services provide a high quality care for our service users
The post holder will be required to form effective working relationships internally by working collaboratively with other service managers of different multi-disciplinary teams, and external with clinical commissioning groups. Effective communication and interaction will also be required with stakeholders in other networks and with external stakeholders such as commissioners and other service providers, both NHS and voluntary sector.
The post holder will work in line with the Trust’s corporate objectives and will be expected to make a positive contribution to the provision of health services.
The post holder will be expected to work in line with the Trust values and behave in a manner that facilitates the development of autonomous teams and individuals that are empowered, engaged and committed to continually delivering excellent care with compassion.
Working for our organisation
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to relevant master’s degree or prepared to study towards masters with demonstrable equivalent experience.
- First level registered nurse/occupational therapist or social worker with approved professional body.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of operational management.
- Detailed understanding and experience of the operation healthcare services and performance targets.
- Experience of managing a budget.
- Knowledge and experience of risk assessment and management.
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Well-developed analytical & problem solving skills.
- IT literate with well-developed skills for the use and application of information technology systems including file management, safe and effective internet use, Outlook, Word processing, PowerPoint, Access and Excel.
- Proven ability to manage large groups of staff and implement human resource strategies.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kylie McDonald
- Job title
- Head of Clinical Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
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