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Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust; Sheerness; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

The Complex Pathway Lead role at Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust in Sheerness combines direct clinical care with strategic service leadership for CYPMHS. The post handles 80% frontline clinical work and 20% pathway leadership, working to improve wait times and care quality for children and families.

Band 7, permanent, full-time, based in Sheerness with an NHS-wide commitment to diversity and inclusion. Applications close 2 October 2026.

Qualifications

• Autonomous caseload with direct therapeutic interventions.
• Experience leading CYPMHS pathways and teams.
• Oversee assessments, care planning and outcome measurement.
• Manage waiting lists for Mood and Anxiety Pathway.
• Provide clinical supervision and mentoring to colleagues.
• Collaborate with education, social care and SEND frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Hold an autonomous caseload and deliver targeted therapeutic interventions.
• Provide clinical and operational guidance to CYPMHS clinicians in the Complex pathway.
• Oversee comprehensive clinical assessments, care planning and outcome tracking.
• Actively manage waiting lists for the Mood and Anxiety Pathway.
• Provide expert clinical supervision and mentoring to colleagues.
• Build relationships with education, social care, SEND frameworks and educational partners.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Mental health practice

Clinical supervision

Multi-agency collaboration

Waiting list management

Job description

Complex Pathway Lead | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

Company: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum

Hours: Full-time

Location: Sheerness Kent, ME12 1AW

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 2 Sept 2026

Closing date: 2 Oct 2026

Are you an experienced mental health practitioner looking to combine direct therapeutic care with meaningful service leadership? We are seeking a compassionate, clear-sighted Complex Pathway Lead to join our Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) team.

In this dual-focused Band 7 role, you will balance direct clinical practice (80%) with pathway leadership (20%). You will guide clinicians within the Complex pathway, oversee assessment and treatment models, and manage waiting lists for the Mood and Anxiety Pathway. Working closely with education, social care, and wider wellbeing services, you will ensure children, young people, and their families receive timely, high-quality, and evidence-based care.

If you are passionate about transforming outcomes for children and young people while advancing your leadership career, we would love to receive your application!

• Direct Clinical Care (80%): Hold an autonomous caseload and deliver targeted therapeutic interventions, including specialist psychological treatments, group work, short-term CYPMHS input, parent work, and school observations.
• Pathway & Operational Leadership (20%): Provide clinical and operational guidance to CYPMHS clinicians in the Complex pathway, upholding high standards of evidence-based practice across the team.
• Assessment & Outcome Measurement: Oversee comprehensive clinical assessments, care planning, and systematic outcome tracking to ensure interventions remain effective and child-centered.
• Access & Waiting List Management: Actively manage waiting lists for the Mood and Anxiety Pathway to ensure timely, accessible, and seamless service delivery.
• Clinical Supervision: Provide expert supervision, mentoring, and support to clinical colleagues to foster professional growth.
• Multi-Agency Collaboration: Build strong relationships with wider mental health networks, social care, SEND frameworks, and educational partners to deliver holistic support.

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.

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 Wednesday 16 Sep 2026

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