Community Practice Lead
| Posting date: | 15 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 September 2025 |
| Location: | Exeter, EX2 5AF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9369-25-0648 |
Summary
The Community Practice Leader is responsible for ensuring compliance with quality & safety standards within their assigned clinical pathways / teams. They will ensure that all individuals receiving care and treatment from DPT services do so in line with Trust strategic objectives (safe, timely, personalised, sustainable and recovery focused) and are safeguarded from any harm. The key responsibilities of this role are as follows: Promote a recovery model that empowers users of services to be at the forefront of decision making and ownership of their care and treatment. Champion dignity, equality, diversity, choice and respect Prioritise demand and allocate/delegate accordingly Work flexibly across a range of sites - regular and frequent travel from base to and between settings. Lone working at times Quality improvement and audit Compliance with CQC standards Managing complaints and compliments Learning from experience Practice education Advanced clinical delivery and leading others in their clinical practice through training, supervision, coaching and mentoring Applying quality improvement methodology to solve service delivery problems with qualified solutions The post holder may be required to undertake regular clinical work which will be subject to an agreed job plan. Additional Responsibilities All practice leads will hold a portfolio of LDU responsibilities these will include: ensuring the quality and triangulation of provider compliance assessment tools and responsibility for updating and monitoring risk registers. They will also take responsibility for key practice development projects across the directorate as assigned by the Head of Practice and Professions. All Community Practice Leaders will hold a portfolio based on individual job planning e.g. safeguarding, complaints, assurance. Personal and professional qualities Transformative leadership skills Passion and enthusiasm for both evidenced and values based practice Compassionate leader Strong role model Confidence Willingness to learn and pass on knowledge An amazing communicator