Lead Practitioner

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in the East Midlands seeks an experienced Lead Practitioner for Women's and Children's theatres. This role emphasizes clinical leadership, supporting a multi-speciality team. Candidates must have significant management experience, especially in obstetric theatres, and will actively shape patient care delivery. Competitive development opportunities and staff benefits are offered.

Benefits

Staff benefits including employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Qualifications

• Demonstrable substantial post qualification/experience within theatres.
• Demonstrable experience at mentoring and developing staff.
• Evidence of change management experience.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate and take responsibility for the management of the W&C Theatre service.
• Act as a professional and clinical role model in theatres.
• Provide specialist clinical advice to facilitate high quality patient care.

Skills

Ability to analyze and solve complex problems

Ability to prioritize and assess clinical risks

Ability to plan, delegate and organize

Education

1st level registered nurse/ODP

Relevant teaching and assessing qualification

Evidence of degree level study

Working towards a management qualification

Job description

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Lead Practitioner

The closing date is 09 December 2025

An exciting opportunity for an experienced, dynamic and forward-thinking Lead Practitioner has arisen within Women's and Children's theatres at Royal Derby Hospital.

Women's and Children's theatres is a multi speciality area covering Gynaecology, Breast, Obstetric, and Paediatric surgery. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading Obstetric theatres. You will work closely with the other Lead practitioners for the department, and will support each other to manage the Women's and Children's theatre suite as one unit.

Candidates must have previous management and theatre team leading experience with strong team building and communication skills.

If you are looking to influence and progress the way patient care is delivered within the service, this is your opportunity.

Closing date of applications: 09th December 2025 Interview date: 23rd December 2025

Main duties of the job

• To co-ordinate, organise and take responsibility and accountability for the management and organisation of the W&C Theatre service, this involves managing a wide range of complex and sometimes conflicting priorities including staff management.
• To be a professional and clinical role model, leading and coordinating theatres, in conjunction with the Theatre Matron, and working closely with the multidisciplinary team.
• Able to practice clinically within theatres.
• Provide specialist clinical advice to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients/ clients and relatives/ carers in collaboration with the multi professional team.
• Deliver clinical leadership through effective monitoring and implementation of standards and evidence based practice.

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Education, Training and Qualifications CPD Requirements

• 1st level registered nurse/ODP
• Relevant teaching and assessing qualification
• Evidence of degree level study
• Working towards a management qualification

Experience & Knowledge

• Demonstrable substantial post qualification/experience within theatres
• Demonstrable experience at mentoring and developing staff.
• Evidence of change management experience
• Recent evidence of CPD activities
• Demonstrable specialist knowledge in multiple specialities including obstetrics and gynaecology

Skills and Ability

• To be able to demonstrate the ability to analyse and solve complex problems
• To be able to demonstrate the ability to prioritise and assess clinical risks
• To be able to demonstrate the ability to plan, delegate and organise

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust