Job summary
Have you worked in an environment where everyone feels safe to act and confident to learn from errors, as well as pursue excellence in an environment of psychological safety? We want this for all our people, and we are looking for someone to join our theatre leadership team who will support us on our journey to develop our learning culture, productivity and leadership.
At Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHSFT, we have a multidisciplinary surgical team of over 150 staff, including surgeons, anaesthetists and healthcare professionals working across 13 operating theatres. We carry out approximately 37,000 planned operations each year, delivering both planned and emergency surgery.
As OD Practitioner you will focus on optimising human performance of this team through better understanding of processes, the behaviour of individuals and their interactions with others and their environment
The Operating Department in Chesterfield is committed to a major transformation project to embed the Trust's CARE values and leadership principles into our culture, behaviours and the way we work. This is a rare opportunity to play a pivotal role supporting effective change to develop the culture and performance of a team of healthcare professionals.
The post holder will use an Organisational Development approach to support the theatre improvement plans. We want you to be passionate about our people, our patients and their families, and the public service we provide.
INTERVIEW DATE 16TH MARCH 2026
Main duties of the job
As an Organisational Development practitioner, this post will join our Theatre Leadership Team. You will have a key role supporting organisational development and cultural change, influencing and persuading people across the Trust. We will help you build up your professional networks as you join our leadership assembly.
Supporting the Theatre Productivity Improvement Programme Lead, the post holder will be visible in the theatre environment with much of the diagnostic and development work anticipated to take place in the 'live' theatre environment.
The role will embed leadership and safety culture development within the day-to-day work, enabling teams to recognise positive behaviours in daily working, supporting cultural change and empowering us to put patient safety and clinical excellence at the heart of what we do.Using a wide range of data and intelligence to monitor the culture, you will be responsible for responding to requests for support, for undertaking diagnostic work to identify needs, and for developing and facilitating organisational development interventions within the theatre setting. You will be responsible for coordinating, planning and facilitating training in response to quality concerns, process failures and other learning opportunities.
You will demonstrate inclusive leadership behaviours and be passionate about values, learning, wellbeing, inclusion, building staff engagement and improving the experiences of our workforce.
About us
Here at Chesterfield Royal Hospital, we provide a full range of district general services, including 24-hour urgent and emergency care, specialist children's services, maternity and community midwifery to the population of North Derbyshire - around 400,000 local people. We also offer primary care services through nine GP surgeries in Chesterfield and Derbyshire. We work closely with our partners across health and care as part of the Joined-Up Care Derbyshire system.
The Trust's Together as One Strategy describes our organisational values and a pledge to support our people. A significant element of supporting our people includes compassionate and inclusive leadership. We know that people have a life outside of work and we offer flexibility and a whole raft of support to care for your physical and mental wellbeing. With abundant countryside and lovely views - it's easy to access green space at break times which offers an opportunity to de-stress. We are easily accessible from the M1 and the A61 and the local train station is nearby.
You do not need to have NHS experience; you may have some knowledge of the NHS and patient safety from either work experience or researching available information. We offer flexible working and have special leave and staff support policy in place.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments section on this page. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are, along with the criteria that are required for the role.
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For a confidential and informal discussion about the post, please contact Ian Channon, Theatre Productivity Improvement Programme Leadian.channon1@nhs.net
If you would like the opportunity to discuss the role with the following people who the post holder will work closely with, you are welcome to contact: -
Lead OD Practitioner, Trudy Stringfellow
trudy.stringfellow@nhs.net
HR Partner, Catherine Husband
catherine.husband@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments section on this page. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are, along with the criteria that are required for the role.
Follow us on Facebook and on Twitter for more:@hrcrhft @royalhospital @WellbeingCRH
For a confidential and informal discussion about the post, please contact Ian Channon, Theatre Productivity Improvement Programme Leadian.channon1@nhs.net
If you would like the opportunity to discuss the role with the following people who the post holder will work closely with, you are welcome to contact: -
Lead OD Practitioner, Trudy Stringfellow
trudy.stringfellow@nhs.net
HR Partner, Catherine Husband
catherine.husband@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Expert Knowledge in Human Factors (Postgraduate Certificate)
- Teaching qualification
- Postgraduate study experience
- Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of facilitating organisational development initiatives / projects in multidisciplinary organisations
- Delivering training and/or facilitating learning to a wide range of people
- Demonstration of ability to teach and appreciate differing learning needs
- Experience of responding to events / incidents to discover organisational learning
Desirable
- Experience of service development and transformation, quality improvement and leadership
- Experience of delivering teaching both face to face and virtually
- Ability to use a wide range of educational methodologies including online learning platforms
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- An excellent understanding of patient safety, how to maximise learning and embed changes
- Actively obtain feedback and facilitate improvement in educational material / development interventions
- Knowledge of the current patient safety priorities and learning from incidents in the secondary care environment
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft applications including Teams
Desirable
- Knowledge of just learning culture
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Demonstrate openness and transparency whilst remaining professional in sharing lessons from incidents
- Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external partners and stakeholders
- Ability to work under own initiative
- Evidence of good personal time management
Desirable
- Evidence of Reflective practice
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Expert Knowledge in Human Factors (Postgraduate Certificate)
- Teaching qualification
- Postgraduate study experience
- Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of facilitating organisational development initiatives / projects in multidisciplinary organisations
- Delivering training and/or facilitating learning to a wide range of people
- Demonstration of ability to teach and appreciate differing learning needs
- Experience of responding to events / incidents to discover organisational learning
Desirable
- Experience of service development and transformation, quality improvement and leadership
- Experience of delivering teaching both face to face and virtually
- Ability to use a wide range of educational methodologies including online learning platforms
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- An excellent understanding of patient safety, how to maximise learning and embed changes
- Actively obtain feedback and facilitate improvement in educational material / development interventions
- Knowledge of the current patient safety priorities and learning from incidents in the secondary care environment
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft applications including Teams
Desirable
- Knowledge of just learning culture
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Demonstrate openness and transparency whilst remaining professional in sharing lessons from incidents
- Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external partners and stakeholders
- Ability to work under own initiative
- Evidence of good personal time management
Desirable
- Evidence of Reflective practice
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
