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Job overview

As this post is suitable for both Consultant Psychiatrists and/or other registered disciplines, the salary offered will either be Consultant Psychiatrist (£93,666 - £126,281 pro rata, per annum) or Band 9 (£99,891 - £114,949 pro rata, per annum).

As Clinical Lead you will provide strong clinical and operational leadership across the South East Region Perinatal Provider Collaborative (PC). You will work closely with senior management, experts by experience and specialist perinatal clinicians to lead on clinical transformation across the collaborative in line with the strategic vision and aims of the PC, ensuring delivery of safe and high quality perinatal mental health pathway for the population of the South East Region.

You will support the team in developing and delivering a clinical strategy in line with the vision and aims for the South East Region Perinatal PC, and establishing improvement plans for the development of quality, tailored to meet local needs. This includes a focus on maintaining high standards, and providing preventative and holistic, person-centred care and will be underpinned by collaborative working and whole-pathway oversight, ensuring community provision is maintained as an alternative to admission and ensuring inpatient care is closer to home.

Main duties of the job

• The Clinical Lead is required to foster strong relationships with stakeholders and providers to support development of clinical practice and whole system pathways across the region and promote clinical quality. Developing strong robust relationships with community providers and our two Mother and Baby Units (MBU);

• Kent and Medway Partnership NHS Trust – Rosewood MBU 8 beds

• Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust – Clover Ward MBU 8 bed

• To foster and promote a culture of clinical engagement and influence ensuring the work is clinically led.
• Strengthen stakeholder relationships across the whole pathway (health, social, and VCSE), enhancing shared learning.
• Lead on patient, carer, family, and staff engagement within the South East Region

As the post holder will be expected to travel to Dartford and Winchester in a timely manner,  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).

If you are a Consultant who is interested in this role but seeking more hours, we do have other Consultant posts available that you may wish to apply for, for further information please contact the medical staffing recruitment team, [email protected]

Working for our organisation

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 across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

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 is recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.