Clinical Practice Lead

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician to take a key leadership role in developing and embedding improvements in clinical processes and practice across the organisation. The post holder will use their advanced clinical expertise to provide specialist advice, support and visible leadership, promoting high-quality, safe and person-centred care. The role will lead and contribute to the development, coordination and delivery of training programmes—such as clinical risk and suicide prevention—supporting staff across all professional groups to develop their knowledge and confidence. The post holder will contribute to a culture of learning, continuous improvement and compassionate care.

Please note this role is subject to banding.

Main duties of the job

Working collaboratively with senior leaders, clinical teams, corporate services and external partners, the post holder will identify areas for improvement and respond to emerging themes from incidents, audits and service feedback, ensuring that learning is translated into sustainable changes in practice. They will contribute to the development of policies and quality standards, ensuring alignment with local and national guidance, and play an active role in key organisational workstreams, including reducing restrictive interventions, safer staffing and suicide prevention. Acting as a clinical leader and role model, they will facilitate psychologically safe discussions, support staff in challenging and emotive situations, and influence practice through compassionate and skilled communication. The role includes leading and contributing to complex reviews, using highly developed analytical, investigative and problem-solving skills to produce high-quality written reports and present findings to a range of audiences. The post holder will work both autonomously and within multidisciplinary teams, managing a varied workload and multiple projects, while providing leadership, coaching and supervision to support workforce development, enhance clinical standards and improve the experience of service users and carers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [email protected]

Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.