Job vacancy: Programme Manager, CYPIMHS Transformation, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds

Job summary

Main area: West Yorkshire CYP Provider Collaborative
Grade: Band 8b
Contract: Fixed term: 11 months (Secondments also considered. Contract ending 31/03/2027)
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref: 173-17826-CYP

Employer: Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: St Marys Hospital
Town: Leeds
Salary: £66,582 - £77,368 Per Annum Pro Rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/04/2026 23:59

Programme Manager, CYPIMHS Transformation

Band 8b

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Develop, lead and manage the delivery of a significant project (linked to the national agenda for CYPIMHS), ensuring the developments do not have an adverse impact on existing patient care and quality.
• Develop and maintain a clear programme outline, detailed plan and risk register for each project.
• Support clinical, operational and corporate services in the identification, planning and implementation of service redesign and transformation opportunities to improve the quality of care.
• Lead the planning and engagement with clinicians and stakeholders to understand the case for change, develop future models of care and implement the change.
• To support the identification and sharing of best practice in rehabilitation to support service improvement
• Able to identify data requirements, define analysis requirements, design data gathering and desired outputs.
• To support the Programme SRO, PC Lead, ICS MH Programme Director and Programme Board in the identification and management of project and programme dependencies.
• To oversee the successful completion and implementation of the project to operationally support with the necessary approval.
• Comply with the financial processes and deadlines (e.g. ensuring benefits are identified in the appropriate timescales) and promote best value for money.
• Ensure that any financial information (cost or benefit) related to the programme is accurate, up-to-date and verified by the finance lead.
• Development of business justifications, business cases, and programme initiation and definition documents in collaboration with all operational teams across all partnering organisations.
• Direct and motivate multi-agency, multi-disciplinary project teams while emphasising a focus on project delivery.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to master's degree level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level.
Programme Management qualification e.g. PRINCE2, MSP, etc. or equivalent experience.
Evidence of relevant further higher level education (post graduate) and/or training and/or CPD plus further experience.

Experience

Essential criteria

Extensive management experience, including delivery of a significant programme of change / redesign and effectively redesigning clinical pathways.
NHS clinical or operational experience.
Expert and demonstrable knowledge and experience of managing several projects to support large and complex programmes in a health care setting.

Skills

Essential criteria

Demonstrable team and senior management skills.
Delivery of successful change or redesign programmes
Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills when dealing with highly complex and sensitive information to a wide range of stakeholders across organisational boundaries.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Have an expert knowledge of the tools and techniques for planning, monitoring, controlling programmers and projects
Working knowledge of clinical governance principles egg Data Protection – Information Governance and IG toolkit.
Able to think strategically and can problem solve at a strategic level.

Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position based on a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

Fixed Term Contracts for existing NHS Employees – temporary contracts for employees of LYPFT, or colleagues joining from another NHS Trust, will be offered on a secondment basis wherever possible. In the event this is not possible, an FTC would be issued and this would require a break in service of two weeks.

The purpose of a temporary is role could be for maternity cover, temporary funding or some other reason. At the end of which the need for the temporary work will cease. Temporary roles can stop, be extended and/or made permanent at any point during the period of work. Should the role become permanent then the post-holder will be informed of the process to be followed to convert the position to a permanent one.

All new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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

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 enough applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible. In submitting an application form, you authorize Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post.

In applying for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. We reserve the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form, whether they are directly relevant to the role or not.

Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.