Clinical Lead, Healthcare

Location: Medway
Salary: £44,180.28
Hours: Full-time, 37 hours a week
Contract: Permanent

Every role at North Kent Mind contributes to improving mental health and wellbeing outcomes for people and communities across Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley and Medway. By working together to deliver high-quality, person-centred support, we help ensure that people experiencing mental health challenges receive the support and respect they deserve.

North Kent Mind is an independent mental health charity supporting people living in Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley and Medway.

We provide a wide range of services that help improve mental health and wellbeing, including counselling, community support, children and young people’s services, wellbeing programmes and employment-related support.

Our vision is that everyone experiencing a mental health problem receives the support and respect they deserve. We are committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred services that make a meaningful difference in our local communities.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated

Clinical Leadto join our team.

Reporting to Director of Children and Young Persons Services, this role will play a key part in Clinical Leadership across the Medway Therapeutic Alliance and contribute to the continued success and sustainability of North Kent Mind.

Reporting to the Director of Children and Young People’s Services, the Clinical Lead provides clinical leadership, professional oversight and expert guidance across therapeutic services, ensuring safe, effective and high-quality support for children and young people.

The Clinical Lead is responsible for maintaining high standards of clinical practice, safeguarding, quality and governance across services. The role provides expert guidance on complex clinical decision-making, supports workforce development through consultation, training and supervision frameworks and drives continuous improvement through service user outcomes and quality assurance activity.

This rolewill contribute to service development, influence wider mental health systems and represent North Kent Mind at local and strategic forums.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to combine professional expertise with meaningful social impact while helping shape the future of mental health support across North Kent.

Whether working directly with people accessing our services or supporting the teams who deliver them, you will be part of an organisation committed to improving mental health and wellbeing across North Kent.

The successful candidate will:

• Provide clinical leadership and professional oversight across Children and Young People’s Services.
• Support complex clinical decision-making, risk management and safeguarding practice.
• Lead on clinical governance, quality assurance and continuous improvement activities.
• Use audits, outcomes, feedback and learning to strengthen service quality and improve outcomes.
• Develop workforce capability through consultation, reflective practice, training and supervision frameworks.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, partners and people with lived experience to inform service development.
• Represent North Kent Mind within partnership forums, networks and strategic meetings.
• Contribute to service innovation, influencing system-wide improvements that benefit children, young people and families.

The successful candidate will have:

• A postgraduate qualification (Level 7 or above) in a relevant mental health, clinical, therapeutic, nursing, psychology, social work or related discipline.
• Current registration, accreditation or membership with a recognised professional body (e.g. BACP, UKCP, HCPC, NMC, Social Work England or…