Job overview

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a significant impact on the delivery of care within acute inpatient mental health service.  

We are pleased to announce a Permanent Ward Manager position available on ward 4 Newsam Centre.

We seek motivated, compassionate, and forward-thinking leader who is dedicated to providing high-quality inpatient mental health care; if that is you then we want to hear from you.

As a Ward Manager, you will have responsibility for the effective day to day running of your ward, ensuring that care is safe, well coordinated, and consistently delivered to a high standard. You will guide and support your team, working closely with the Acute Inpatient Service Leadership Team to strengthen the service and enhance both patient and staff experience.
This role offers the chance to influence clinical practice, support improvement initiatives, and contribute to a positive and therapeutic environment.

In return, we offer:

•  A supportive and approachable leadership structure
• Strong commitment to your ongoing professional development
• Opportunities to contribute to service improvement and innovation

If you are ready to take the next step in your leadership journey and help shape the future of our inpatient services, we encourage you to apply.

Main duties of the job

The Ward Manager is responsible for the effective day to day leadership and coordination of the inpatient ward, ensuring the delivery of safe, high quality, evidence based care. The role requires strong communication and relationship building skills, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, senior leaders, and partner agencies, and contributing to operational, governance and professional meetings. The post holder will demonstrate confident decision making in complex and emotionally challenging situations, supporting staff, resolving conflict, and ensuring adherence to Trust policies, clinical standards, and medicines management procedures.

They will provide visible leadership, supervise staff, organise team meetings and management supervision, and promote a therapeutic environment that supports patient safety and wellbeing. The Ward Manager is expected to contribute to service development, implement NICE guidance, support clinical governance activity, and lead on investigations, complaints and service reviews. They will maintain up to date clinical knowledge, model best practice, and foster a positive, inclusive culture that supports continuous improvement, professional development, and high standards of care.

Working for our organisation

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.