# Operational Lead > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/operational-lead/3c00936b-2084-4f52-8714-00eefc7acb4e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/operational-lead/3c00936b-2084-4f52-8714-00eefc7acb4e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Northern General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Operations manager - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 pa/pro rata for part time staff - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-12T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T23:04:36.796Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Shefield/Sheffield_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Physiotherapy_Occupational_Therapy/Physiotherapy_Occupational_Therapy-v8305718 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8305718?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and innovative therapist (PT or OT) or experienced care manager with proven and extensive senior management skills and knowledge to work in the Active Recovery service (AR) at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHSFT (STH). You will be responsible for the development & operational delivery of the AR Care & Reablement team, including Operational Support Managers & Advanced Clinical Support Workers (ACSWs) Active Recovery is a city-wide service providing rapid, responsive and time-limited support to people experiencing a health crisis in their own homes. Working at the interface of primary, community, acute and social care services, the team plays a vital role in admissions avoidance, hospital discharge and promoting independence through re-ablement. In this senior leadership role, you will provide operational leadership for the Active Recovery Care & Reablement workforce, including Operational Support Managers, Advanced Clinical Support Workers (ACSWs) and the Scheduling & Allocation Team. You will lead service delivery, workforce development, performance management and continuous improvement, ensuring high-quality, patient-centred care and excellent operational outcomes. Working with appropriate professional leads and clinical/operational pathway managers to ensure professional development of all staff working within the Active Recovery Care & Reablement team. ### Main duties of the job You will be an experienced operational leader with a proven track record of managing complex services and multidisciplinary teams. You will have strong influencing and partnership-working skills, be passionate about delivering excellent patient care, and be committed to developing innovative community services that support people to remain independent at home. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping and delivering the Active Recovery service within one of the largest care groups in the Trust, making a significant difference to patients, families and partners across Sheffield. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post. When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Operational/managerial skills appropriate to area of responsibility, evidence of specialist training/competencies in relevant area/evidence. - Excellent communication (both verbal and written). - Evidence of successfully undertaking a lead role in a project/audit. - Evidence of ability to develop service policies, guidelines and pathways. - Understanding of NHS financial management and of working in a multi-disciplinary environment to include aspects of pricing, costing, budgeting, and performance manage¬ment. - Ability to analyse activity/ financial data and provide assurance. - Ability to produce reports for Senior Management in the Service and Care Group. - Able to establish effective working relationships and forge bonds with all relevant stakeholders. ### Experience **Essential** - Significant operational/managerial leadership experience at Band 7 NHS or at care manager level including line-management of staff, e.g. sickness/absence, recruitment & selection & managing complex change initiatives in a multi-disciplinary arena. - Extensive knowledge and experience of managing change, demonstrating evidence of a change management project. - Community team based working experience - Experience of strategic development & understanding the effects of implementation/evaluation & review. - Experience and understanding of the complexity of managing services across statutory and non-statutory boundaries - Comprehensive under¬standing of Community Services, Care Closer to Home, local and national drivers. - Knowledge of Intermediate Care Services. - Comprehensive under¬standing of the benefits of integrated working **Desirable** - Experience of managing large teams delivering care into patient’s own homes. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Professional qualification; Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist or Registered Care Manager - Undergraduate degree or equivalent - Evidence of continuous personal and professional development. - Masters level qualification or can provide evidence of equivalent experience **Desirable** - Currently working towards or willing to work towards Masters level qualification ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Willingness to undertake any training, education or development identified during the personal development planning process. - The duties of this post require traveling throughout the city on a regular basis; therefore, the post holder must be independently mobile. ### Skills and abilities **Essential** - Ability to manage complex workload under pressure and prioritise to meet deadlines - Operational/managerial skills appropriate to area of responsibility, evidence of specialist training/competencies in relevant area/evidence. - Excellent communication (both verbal and written). - Evidence of successfully undertaking a lead role in a project/audit. - Evidence of ability to develop service policies, guidelines and pathways. - Understanding of NHS financial management and of working in a multi-disciplinary environment to include aspects of pricing, costing, budgeting, and performance manage¬ment. ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 2.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2420) - [job description (pdf, 328.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10638301) - [person specification (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10629920) - [information for candidates (pdf, 496.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2162) - [applicants - how we use your information (pdf, 87.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2165) - [getting to work at sheffield teaching hospitals (pdf, 212.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2163) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 124.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2211) - [a guide to using artificial intelligence and with your personal statement (pdf, 163.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2894) - [candidate application best practice guide - please read before completing your application (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2161) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.