Senior Healthy Minds Manager - Pathways and Integration
Location
Saltaire BD18 3LD
Employment Hours
New Jobs
Employment Type
Contract, Contract
Salary
£66,582 - £77,368 a year
Job Highlights
- Lead the commissioning and development of integrated mental health and care pathways to enhance community health outcomes and reduce inequalities.
- Seek a candidate with extensive leadership experience, strong collaborative skills, and expertise across the full commissioning cycle.
- This full-time role is based in Saltaire, offering an opportunity to drive meaningful change in health services across Bradford.
Job Requirements/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: -
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 will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
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.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
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.
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 candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible.
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for more details about this role.
Right to Work in the UK
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.
Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trust’s eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa. The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period.
As a condition of continuous employment, it essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes. Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and will result in termination of your employment. We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptly.
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: -
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 will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
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.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
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.
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 candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible.
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for more details about this role.
Right to Work in the UK
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.
Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trust’s eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa. The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period.
As a condition of continuous employment, it essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes. Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and will result in termination of your employment. We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptly.
Location
Saltaire BD18 3LD
Employment Hours
New Jobs
Employment Type
Contract, Contract
Salary
£66,582 - £77,368 a year