Being a post‑graduate qualified practitioner graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist) or will have substantial CAMHS clinical, management and leadership experience. They will be fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC).
You will have extensive clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.
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.
You will provide operational and clinical leadership to the care pathway and all CYPMHS clinicians working in the care pathway. They will be responsible for referrals, assessment, treatment, and outcome measurement in the care pathway.
You will ensure that a high quality, timely, accessible, and evidence‑based service is available to all service users who need it and who use the care pathway.
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.
Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.
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. 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 working well together.