Mental Health Clinician | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 09 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 February 2026 |
| Location: | Maidstone, ME16 9NW |
| Company: | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7684201/380-WK0341 |
Summary
Please note, at this stage, the role is open only to internal staff (including NHSP and Agency staff currently on placement within our organisation) and staff substantively employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Any individual who is at risk of redundancy will be given priority, provided they meet the essential criteria.
Are you interested in improving care for people with a diagnosis, or traits of, personality disorder/Complex Emotional Difficulties (CED)?
Are you a registered mental health clinician?
Do you like to innovate and lead on new developments?
Do you believe in working in partnership with people with Lived Experience?
If so, this post could be for you.
As a recent addition to the CED care pathway, the Service User Network (SUN) provides face-to-face and online peer support groups for those who experience CED. The service model promotes open access and inclusivity, and is embedded in local communities.
It is an innovative and exciting development in local mental health care, with an enthusiastic, creative and supportive team.
Groups are run with Lived Experience Facilitators.
A combination of working from home, from community venues across Kent and Medway and The Brenchley Unit
• The provision of SUN groups co-facilitated with Lived Experience facilitators across Kent and Medway, both in person and online including evenings and weekends.
• Support service users to develop Resource and Support Plans (RASPs).
• Support the development of a group culture that is in keeping with the SUN and Therapeutic Community ethos of support, inclusion, safety, and responsibility.
• Support the team to develop the service including co-production with service users.
• Complete a variety of administrative tasks to ensure the smooth running and evaluation of the service
• Work in collaboration with other colleagues and service in the pathway providing services to people who are experiencing complex mental health problems including escalation for additional intervention if required.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s doing well together.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for details of the job and the responsibilities.
We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
This advert closes on Monday 19 Jan 2026
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