Community Mental Health Practitioner | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 20 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 February 2026 |
| Location: | Ashford, TN25 4BY |
| Company: | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7747117/380-EK318-A |
Summary
Calling all Community Psychiatric Nurses & Occupational Therapists, why not kick start your career inKent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust working in our friendlyAshford and Canterbury Mental Health Together Services located atEureka Place, Trinity Road, Ashford
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Band 6 RMN/OT to contribute to the development of mental health services.The post is suitable for registered nurses, occupational therapists, with at least 2 years post qualification experience.You will need to have demonstrated skills and expertise in carrying out a variety of assessments and be able to plan and execute interventions, both with individuals, their carers and groups.You will need to be clinically confident and competent in working with individuals in community setting and be able to work effectively in a multi-professional context. You should have collaborative and enthusiastic styles as well as have a passion and commitment to develop and promote mental health services.
• To ensure assessment of service users and analyse and interpret information gained to form an accurate formulation of risk and need.
• To work collaboratively with service users, staff, and carers to identify goals to determine and deliver an appropriate intervention/recovery plan which maximises engagement and performance whilst balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence.
• To monitor, evaluate and modify therapeutic interventions in order to measure progress and increase efficacy for the best possible service user outcomes and experience.
• To act as an experienced clinician supporting best practice in line with NICE guidance and professional standards.
• To demonstrate clinical leadership skills through the management of dedicated projects and approved quality improvement initiative.
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Our strategy
Our mission is what we set out to do every day
We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people
Our vision is where we want to be in the future
To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
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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).
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details of the role's responsibilities and person specification
This advert closes on Tuesday 3 Feb 2026
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