An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our At‑Risk Mental State (ARMS) Service in North Kent. We seek a dynamic clinician who holds a recognised Advanced Clinical Practice qualification and is a fully qualified Independent Prescriber. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering high‑quality assessment, intervention, and clinical leadership within this specialist early intervention pathway.
You will be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, which comprises Nurses, Doctors, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, and a range of non‑registered health‑care roles. You will work within a defined scope of practice and to agreed clinical standards applied within the local setting.
The role will be multifactorial, including clinical assessment, formulation, non‑medical prescribing and holistic treatments, and will improve the quality of and access to health care provision and strengthen professional leadership, supporting the development and practice of junior clinicians.
The role will involve inter‑agency working and will be structured around four core functions:
Core Functions
- Expert practice with a minimum clinical focus of 70%
- Professional leadership and consultancy
- Education, training and development
- Practice and service development, audit and evaluation
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out and coordinate comprehensive, systematic holistic assessments which take account of relevant mental, physical, social, cultural, psychological, spiritual, and environmental factors, in partnership with service users and others through interaction, observation and measurement.
- Work collaboratively with other disciplines, service users and their carers to formulate and agree a holistic person‑centred care plan that addresses the needs identified through assessment.
- Deliver and evaluate safe, person‑centred care in partnership with the service user and their carers to support recovery.
- Act as a clinical leader supporting the development of best practice in line with trust policy and NICE guidance.
- Facilitate and review approved quality improvement initiatives within the care setting.
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. We are passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone, guided by our values of 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. We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds and are encouraging applications from under‑represented communities for our more senior roles, such as this one.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle for business purposes (unless a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 applies).
This advert closes on Wednesday 8 Apr 2026.
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