Do you take pride in delivering exceptional customer service, building positive relationships at all levels?  Can you produce high-quality work with accuracy and attention to detail?  If yes, then this full time, fixed term role may be ideal for you.

KMMS are seeking an Administrative Assistant to work as a member of the KMMS Operations Team providing an accurate and effective central administrative support function across the breadth of KMMS activities. You will provide regular front facing support to KMMS staff, focusing on the support and progression of staff recruitment, onboarding and induction. In this role, you will support line managers and the senior team in creating recruitment documentation, scheduling and diarising interviews and relevant meetings, onboarding new staff and performing both in-person and online inductions.

The role holder will contribute to general Operations Team activities, including supporting facilities and health and safety tasks, as well as providing feedback on the development and implementation of ways of working suitable for KMMS. The Operations Team regularly work to support wider School events and activities, including all staff training and development days, Multi-station Mini Interviews and Objective Structured Clinical Examinations, as well as facilitating and improving the ongoing staff experience across KMMS.

As an Administrative Assistant you can expect to be involved in:

• Supporting the onboarding of new staff, carrying out in-person and online KMMS School inductions and training ensuring staff are effectively supported
• Working as a member of the Operations Team, providing efficient and effective administrative support to students, staff and external colleagues, ensuring that all contacts have a positive impression of KMMS and that administrative tasks at KMMS are carried out effectively
• Supporting the scheduling and servicing of regular committee meetings, and other ad-hoc meetings in KMMS, supporting with diary management and minuting meetings to accurately record actions and outcomes

What will you bring to the role?

• Educated to GCSE in English & Maths (Grade C/4 or above) or equivalent
• Strong customer service experience and a commitment to delivering a high-quality service
• Exceptional organisation skills, with experience of administering complex processes including tracking data and monitoring progress

What we can offer in return:

As a member of our team, you can expect a friendly, open and collaborative working environment and support in your development and wellbeing. You'll enjoy a range of great staff benefits including:

• Hybrid working options allowing a flexible blend of office and home working (to be agreed in line with business needs) (remove this bullet for ACADEMIC roles)
• 43 days' leave per year (personal leave, bank holidays and additional days allocated for the Christmas period, pro rata for part-time staff)
• Excellent pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Corporate employee-funded healthcare plan, in partnership with Benenden Health

For more information about what you can look forward to if you join us, visit our dedicated webpage: Working at Kent

We are ambitious for our people, our communities and the region we serve – join us in making the world a better place. Visit our website for more on who we are: http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/

Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. For further information regarding the application process, please contact peopleserviceshr@kent.ac.uk quoting reference number KMMS-116-26-R. 

Closing Date: 22 Jul 2026

Section: Administrative

Salary: £24,685 to £26,093 per annum

Do you want to be part of a pioneering clinical research team that is focused on mental illness and dementia care studies? If yes, then this exciting opportunity may be ideal.

KMMS wishes to recruit a Research Fellow to contribute to building a research profile for KMMS and the collaborating universities. You will be responsible for supporting the delivery of clinical research across a range of studies in mental illness and dementia; including the testing and delivery of a new support system for people living with dementia and their family carers in areas of high health inequalities and with under-served groups. You will contribute to the development of new research projects, support ethics applications, and provide mentorship and guidance to research staff.

The role is open to suitably qualified individuals who have a record of research publications in a relevant field of research and scholarship.

This role will involve working on both the University of Kent and the Canterbury Christ Church University campuses in Canterbury and Medway as well as working virtually and at other clinical sites across Kent and Medway.

As a Research Fellow you can expect to be involved in:

• Using experience in current clinical practice, engaging in individual and collaborative research and scholarship leading to high-quality publications and academic excellence, and developing income from research, enterprise, or corporate engagement individually or in collaboration with others
• Writing or contributing to publications or disseminating research findings using other appropriate media
• Delivering high-quality teaching and student supervision to undergraduate BM BS students in KMMS, such as acting as Personal Academic Tutor to students, participating in MMIs and OSCEs as an examiner, and supervising students undertaking Student Selected Components (SSCs) and Individual Research Projects 

What will you bring to the role?

• A primary medical qualification and full registration with the GMC, with a current licence to practise
• Current clinical practice and commitment to remain in clinical practice for the duration of the KMMS contract
• Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods and their application

What we can offer in return:

 As a member of our team, you can expect a friendly, open and collaborative working environment and support in your development and wellbeing. You'll enjoy a range of great staff benefits including:

• 43 days' leave per year (personal leave, bank holidays and additional days allocated for the Christmas period, pro rata for part-time staff)
• Excellent pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Corporate employee-funded healthcare plan, in partnership with Benenden Health

For more information about what you can look forward to if you join us, visit our dedicated webpage: Working at Kent

We are ambitious for our people, our communities and the region we serve – join us in making the world a better place. Visit our website for more on who we are: http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/

Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. For further information regarding the application process, please contact peopleserviceshr@kent.ac.uk quoting reference number KMMS-120-26.

Closing Date: 13 Jul 2026

Section: Research

Salary: £48,822 to £65,509 per annum pro rata
The salary will be benchmarked to the NHS pay scale appropriate to the successful candidate’s clinical discipline and level in clinical practice

On the 1 August 2026, The University of Greenwich and the University of Kent will form a pioneering new multi-university group called London and South- East (LASE) University Group. Should you join us, you will be employed by LASE but will work as part of the University of Kent academic division, contributing to its distinct strengths, community and identity while also being part of a wider group that brings together the scale, resilience and shared ambition of both universities. Through LASE we aim to deliver outstanding education, impactful research, and meaningful regional and global impact.

Kent and Medway Medical School (KMMS) is an exciting collaboration between Canterbury Christ Church University and the University of Kent (soon to be part of LASE University Group). Our aim is to develop doctors from diverse backgrounds to provide person-centred healthcare in a variety of settings and in response to a wide range of needs. 

Located in Canterbury, we combine the expertise and resources of two excellent universities to create a hands-on clinical experience. Following our successful GMC accreditation in 2025, we are now at a pivotal moment in our journey where there is the chance to consolidate and improve our educational offer. This is an exciting time for exceptional people to take on leadership roles in our School at a time of rapid change and growth at KMMS.  

We are now seeking a dedicated educator and role-model to lead education and the student experience at KMMS. The role provides strategic leadership, operational management, and quality assurance for the medical curriculum, ensuring compliance with GMC and University requirements. 

The postholder will both foster an excellent environment for students, ensuring an inclusive student experience, and also provide inspirational leadership to academic and teaching staff, leading on the management of academic programmes in the School and managing educational excellence. They will have the opportunity to lead a review of the School’s undergraduate medicine curriculum with a mind towards continuous improvement. They will be an ambassador for KMMS in the wider university context, and at times will deputise for the Dean of KMMS. 

The postholder will line manage the Heads of Year within the School and will help plan for future programme, and school, expansion. They will be a member of the KMMS Senior Leadership Team.

Applicants should have significant experience in leading medical education and healthcare programme development. Ideal candidates will demonstrate a strong student-centred approach and exceptional stakeholder management skills. They must bring a non-hierarchical attitude and will need to connect with the vision and ethos of KMMS, as well as being able to build rapport with and influence others. This individual will need a primary medical qualification and full GMC registration with a current licence to practise; they must also sit at Senior Lecturer or Reader level. The appointee must be a clinician. 

KMMS is being supported in this appointment by executive search firm, Minerva. To apply for this vacancy, please send a covering letter and CV to kmms@minervasearch.com. 

PLEASE NOTE: The closing date for this role is midday on Tuesday 18 August. Interviews are expected to be held in September. 

See more information here: www.minervasearch.com/current-opportunities/kmms/ 

For information about what you can look forward to if you join us, visit our dedicated webpage: Working at Kent

We are ambitious for our people, our communities and the region we serve – join us in making the world a better place. Visit our website for more on who we are: http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/

Closing Date: 18 Aug 2026

Section: Academic

Salary: The salary will be benchmarked to the NHS pay scale appropriate to the successful candidate’s clinical discipline and level in clinical practice

Are you an enthusiastic clinician-educator looking for an opportunity to influence undergraduate medical education in psychiatry and mental health? If yes, then this part-time fixed term role may be of interest.

The role of a Clinical Associate Lecturer will involve working on both the University of Kent and the Canterbury Christ Church University campuses in Canterbury and Medway. You will contribute to the ongoing development and quality assurance of the KMMS undergraduate medical programme with a focus on the psychiatry and mental health curriculum and delivery.

As a Clinical Associate Lecturer (Mental Health) you can expect to be involved in:

• Developing teaching content, delivery and evaluation using experience of current clinical practice with a focus on mental health related content
• Using expertise in current clinical practice, ensuring that the learning and teaching materials for campus-based, online and placement teaching are developed and implemented so that KMMS students have an excellent experience across the curriculum and are prepared for clinical placements in all years with useful contemporary and accessible knowledge
• Collaborating with academic colleagues on course development and curriculum changes 

What will you bring to the role?

• A primary medical qualification and full registration with the GMC, with a current licence to practise 
• Fellowship/Membership of an appropriate Royal College or equivalent
• Successful teaching of healthcare students in a university or clinical environment to undergraduate degree or at a post-graduate level

What we can offer in return:

As a member of our team, you can expect a friendly, open and collaborative working environment and support in your development and wellbeing. You'll enjoy a range of great staff benefits including:

• 43 days' leave per year (personal leave, bank holidays and additional days allocated for the Christmas period, pro rata for part-time staff)
• Excellent pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Corporate employee-funded healthcare plan, in partnership with Benenden Health

For more information about what you can look forward to if you join us, visit our dedicated webpage: Working at Kent

We are ambitious for our people, our communities and the region we serve – join us in making the world a better place. Visit our website for more on who we are: http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/

Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. For further information regarding the application process, please contact peopleserviceshr@kent.ac.uk quoting reference number KMMS-118-26.

Closing Date: 12 Jul 2026

Section: Teaching

Salary: £39,906 to £44,746 per annum pro rata
The salary will be benchmarked to the NHS pay scale appropriate to the successful candidate’s clinical discipline and level in clinical practice

Are you an experienced clinician educator who has the vision, expertise, and enthusiasm to inspire teaching for Year 5 undergraduate medical students? If yes then this part time, ongoing post may be of interest.

The salary will be benchmarked to the NHS pay scale appropriate to the successful candidate’s clinical discipline and level in clinical practice (Pro rata).

KMMS is a joint venture between University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University and is seeking an inspirational educator and role model to make a major contribution to delivery and development of clinical teaching and learning across year five of the school’s undergraduate medicine programme.

In this role you will ensure alignment of teaching with Year 5 learning objectives, engage with placement providers to ensure equivalent learning experience, and seek improvements by reflecting on placement design and teaching methods, and providing feedback to enhance Year 5 provision.

As a Senior Lecturer in Medical Education (Module Lead for Senior Rotations) you can expect to be involved in:

• Using experience of clinical practice, delivering and contributing to the design of high-quality, demand-driven, and student-centred taught programmes as a member of the teaching team
• Contributing to the delivery, organisation and reviewing of the teaching within the BM BS programme, ensuring that it is expressed in informative, interactive and assessable learning and teaching for our medical students, and is integrated with students’ core learning throughout, and satisfies GMC requirements
• Contributing to the School’s learning and teaching strategy and to subject level TEF submission

What will you bring to the role?

• A primary medical qualification and full registration with the GMC, with a current licence to practise
• Current clinical practice within NHS and commitment to remain in clinical practice for the duration of the KMMS contract
• Experience of teaching undergraduate or postgraduate students in a clinical or academic setting

What we can offer in return:

As a member of our team, you can expect a friendly, open and collaborative working environment and support in your development and wellbeing. You'll enjoy a range of great staff benefits including:

• 43 days' leave per year (personal leave, bank holidays and additional days allocated for the Christmas period, pro rata for part-time staff)
• Excellent pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Corporate employee-funded healthcare plan, in partnership with Benenden Health

For more information about what you can look forward to if you join us, visit our dedicated webpage: Working at Kent

We are ambitious for our people, our communities and the region we serve – join us in making the world a better place. Visit our website for more on who we are: http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/

Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. For further information regarding the application process, please contact peopleserviceshr@kent.ac.uk quoting reference number KMMS-119-26.

Closing Date: 12 Jul 2026

Section: Academic

Salary: £58,225 to £65,509 per annum pro rata
The salary will be benchmarked to the NHS pay scale appropriate to the successful candidate’s clinical discipline and level in clinical practice

Are you medically qualified and currently practicing in psychiatry within an NHS organisation, with demonstrable expertise in clinical research and education in this field? 

We are seeking an inspirational researcher, educator and role model to join both the Kent and Medway Medical School as a clinical academic and the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust as a Consultant Psychiatrist. 

This is a joint appointment with Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust and approximately 50% of the role will be carried out under an honorary consultant contract with the Trust in adult psychiatry. 

This is an exciting opportunity to undertake high quality research within an innovative academic environment, to initiate new avenues of research and to make an important contribution to the aims of Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust, the medical school and the partner universities. 

To make your mark in this role you must be suitably qualified and an experienced senior clinician, with evidence of medical education experience, high quality research, publications and conference presentations, and an innovative and co-operative approach that matches our own.  

This post is based across Maidstone, Canterbury, Kent and Medway. 

In this role you will:

• Engage in individual and collaborative research and scholarship 
• Develop income from research, enterprise or corporate engagement 
• Deliver high-quality teaching to students in KMMS 
• Manage, appraise and give professional supervision to Resident doctors within the Trust 
• Ensure that Resident doctors working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant 
• Undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients in the Trust 

To be successful in this role you will have: 

• Current medical qualification, full GMC registration with current licence to practise in general adult psychiatry with entry on the GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months) 
• A research or professional doctoral degree (PhD or MD) in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience 
• Evidence of research excellence in psychiatry including publications in internationally competitive journals and conference presentations 
• A Certificate of Completion of Specialist training (CCST) and approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment 

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust provides specialist mental health care to the people of Kent and Medway through award winning services and has ambitious plans to become an exemplar in Research and Quality Improvement. 

KMMS opened to our first cohort of students in September 2020. Our mission is to widen participation, train excellent doctors, and improve health in Kent and Medway.  

Prospective candidates are encouraged to contact Professor Sukhwinder Shergill (sukhwinder.shergill@kmms.ac.uk) for an informal discussion about the role. 

Please see the links below for the job description and to apply for this post. Please note that the job description is currently pending approval from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. 

For further information regarding the application process please contact peopleserviceshr@kent.ac.uk quoting reference number KMMS-086-26-R. 

As a member of our team, you can expect a friendly, open and collaborative working environment and support in your development and wellbeing. You'll enjoy a range of great staff benefits including: 

• 43 days' leave per year (personal leave, bank holidays and additional days allocated for the Christmas period, pro rata for part-time staff) 
• Excellent pension scheme with generous employer contributions 
• Corporate employee-funded healthcare plan, in partnership with Benenden Health

For more information about what you can look forward to if you join us, visit our dedicated webpage: Working at Kent 

Closing Date: 12 Jul 2026

Section: Academic

Salary: Clinical Academic (salary will be benchmarked to the NHS pay scale appropriate to the successful candidate’s clinical discipline and level in clinical practice)