Service Manager - Wakefield 0-19
The closing date is 11 December 2025
Job summary
The Wakefield 0-19 Service have an exciting opportunity for a registered nurse with advanced specialist knowledge and skills to join our team as a Service Manager supporting our Health Visitors, School Nurses and Family Nurse Partnership with service delivery.
This role will be an integral part of the Wakefield 0-19 (Growing Healthy) Service, and will work directly with the Head of Children's Public Health Nursing and Operations to provide operational leadership and management for clinical and non-clinical services. The post holder will ensure caring, inclusive and compassionate leadership to staff within the geographic locality, as a part of the wider children's portfolio of the Children and Young People's Public Health Directorate.
The post holder will be a key point of contact with external partners such as Commissioners, GPs and the ICB, Local Authority, Education and Community Groups in relation to highly complex, and sometimes contentious service-related information. Acting as a point of escalation to ensure the delivery of Service and address issues which impact upon this.
Main duties of the job
This role is a strategic lead position to ensure the delivery of a high quality and safe Service to Children, Young People and their families, undertaken through assurance of effective safeguarding, audit, quality and governance, and education. The postholder will work in collaboration to support delivery of performance, meeting targets and the service specification requirements, through the overseeing of resource allocation, line management to ensure well engaged and high performing teams, and budget management.
About us
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.
At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you're looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients' lives, HDFT could be the place for you!
We offer colleagues:
- A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
- Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
- Employee Support and wellbeing - we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.
Please note:
- Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
- Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
- Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
- All job offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.
Details
Date posted
27 November 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
421-CYPD-3494R
Job locations
Tuscany Way Wakefield - various sites across Wakefield District
Normanton,
WF6 2UA
Employer details
Employer name
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Tuscany Way Wakefield - various sites across Wakefield District
Normanton,
WF6 2UA
Employer's website
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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