Practice Development Lead
| Posting date: | 22 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 January 2026 |
| Location: | Leeds, LS9 7BE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9173-25-0479 |
Summary
You will be required to provide expert clinical leadership to the teams, working in partnership with senior colleagues and spend at least 70% of your time in clinical practice. In conjunction with the Senior Leadership Team for CRISS and the Acute Care Services you will lead the development of practice highlighted within the Acute Care Excellence and support increased levels of skills, competencies and confidence in all areas of practice. One of the priorities will be to support the ongoing implementation of the recent changes to the CRISS model, changes that were underpinned by the Core Fidelity Standards of Crisis Resolution Teams. These projects will include re- embedding a robust gatekeeping process, facilitating early discharge and the review and development of evidenced based interventions within home treatment. Providing clinical supervision is a key component of this role. In return we can offer you an effective, supportive team structure and commitment to your professional development. This post will support the continuing development of excellence in clinical practice in the CRISS and the Acute Care Service within the framework of the Acute Care Excellence programme leading to the delivery of high quality acute mental health care. The Acute Care Excellence is a programme of improvement to ensure the provision of an effective, safe, purposeful and high-quality services. The post holder will also have the responsibility of providing a significant level of clinical practice and practice development. They will work closely with Clinical Operations Managers and Clinical Team Managers for Acute Services to identify learning and development needs for staff and support the implementation of projects within the Acute Care Excellence. They will ensure that service users receive high quality, safe and effective.