Lead Practitioner - Anaesthetics

Transformation Unit; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Lead Practitioner in the Anaesthetic department for an NHS Band 7 post at Northern General. The role combines clinical leadership with team management to ensure high-quality patient care across operating theatres.

You will lead the team, support pathways, and work with Surgical Care Groups to improve services while supporting staff development and governance. UK-wide NHS standards apply.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in a clinical team
• Excellent communication with multidisciplinary teams
• Experience with staffing, rotas, and recruitment processes

Responsibilities

• Provide positive team leadership with high standards of patient care
• Plan development of the team and operational management including appraisals and rotas
• Balance 60% clinical work with 40% management duties

Skills

Leadership

Staff management

Appraisals and rotas

Team motivation

Communication

Education

Nursing/ODP qualification

First degree or pursuing one

Job description

Main area Operating Theatres Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Minimum hours to be considered and accepted will be 30 hours for this post) Job ref 190-3025-DIR

Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Northern General Town Sheffield Salary £49,387 - £56,515 pa/pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 20/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 30/10/2026

NHS AfC: Band 7

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts is delighted to advertise a Lead Practitioner position within the Anaesthetic dept.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a friendly and supportive environment within the Operating Services/Theatre team. You will provide strong clinical leadership to the team and directorate and will assist the Executive team to build relationships across patient pathways and work closely with our partners in Surgical Care Groups to provide high quality patient care.

You will promote a culture where the patient comes first. You will lead by example, challenge our usual practices and be proactive in seeking opportunities for continuously improving high quality care. The role will support the Matron in providing a quality service to all its user and deliver the broad objectives of the clinical teams.

Main duties of the job

• To provide positive team leadership, ensuring a high standard of patient care is delivered in a safe, professional environment.
• The post holder is responsible for planning the development of the team and for the operational management of staff within a defined team, including appraisals, rotas, recruitment and selection and the supervision of students.
• The post holder’s duties would reflect a 60% clinical and 40% managerial commitment.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

This is an opportunity to work in a friendly and supportive environment within the Operating Services/Theatre team. You will provide strong clinical leadership to the directorate and will assist the Executive team to build relationships across patient pathways and work closely with our partners in Surgical Care Groups to provide high quality patient care.

The Operating Services has 42 operating theatres across 2 sites providing 24 hour peri operative care within a range of specialties, You could be asked to support at both sites for cover.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

Qualifications

• RGN, Diploma in Nursing or City and Guilds 752 / ODP NVQ level 3 / Diploma in Operating Department Practice
• To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
• 1st degree or evidence of working towards

Experience

• Managerial experience leading a team
• Extensive experience in a wide range of surgical specialities.
• Extensive experience working within the relevant specialty.
• Previous Band 7 experience
• Previous experience deputising for Lead Practitioner within speciality

Further Training

• Clinical related courses in specialism
• Service Improvement
• Accredited management training
• Leadership course
• Excellent communication skills with all multidisciplinary team
• Ability to manage own work and that of others
• Understanding of performance management within operating theatres

Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here .

The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Louise Cummings Job title Matron Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01142766785 Additional information

Email in first instance to arrange a phonecall/teams meeting