Mental health Practitioner: Nurse/OT | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust


Company:	Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
Salary:	£39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Canterbury, CT1 3HH
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	28 Aug 2026
Closing date:	27 Sept 2026

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Summary

Join the UK's first Peer Supported Open Dialogue Service, developed in response to the groundbreaking ODDESSI trial, and be part of something genuinely innovative. This is a rare opportunity for an Occupational Therapist or registered nurse who is passionate about relational, person-centred practice to combine clinical work with families and networks, facilitation of Open Dialogue training, and supporting the wider implementation of Open Dialogue across the organisation.

You'll work within a pioneering team that is shaping the future of mental health care, helping to embed dialogical practice at every level while developing your own skills in a service that is exciting, evolving, and unlike any other in the NHS. If you're looking for a role that blends clinical practice, teaching, and service transformation, we'd love to hear from you.

• 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).

• The post will cover Kent and Medway and out-of-area Kent and Medway patients; it is essential that you are able to travel between bases in a timely manner.

• To deliver person-centred mental health care using the Open Dialogue model with service users and their social networks, with service users who would normally receive treatment from Home Treatment Teams (HTT) and Mental Health Together+ (MHT+)

• The postholder will contribute to service development, support organisational transformation, and ensure safe, effective, and compliant practice

• Collaborate in the training and implementation of Open Dialogue across the organisation

The role focuses on collaborative, network-based care that promotes recovery, inclusion, and wellbeing.

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, youngpeopleand 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 mentalillness, butlive well.It’swhywe’repassionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive,curiousand confident.

Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a teamthat’sworking well together.

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• Work flexibly across different settings in response to service needs

• Manage competing demands while ensuring safe and effective care delivery

• Promote a safe, secure, and confidential working environment

• Support health promotion, self-care, and involvement of carers where appropriate

If your application is successful, you will be notified by email and advised to check your Trac/ NHS Jobs account. Therefore, please ensure that you regularly check both your email and your Trac/NHS Jobs account.

Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification

This advert closes on Friday 11 Sep 2026

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