Lead Practitioner - Anaesthetics

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
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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

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.

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.

• 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.

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.

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

• 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 ENB
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