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Mental Heath Together for Medway & Swale
Grade
Band 3
Contract
12 months (Fixed term)
Hours
Part time - 25 hours per week (Days to be agreed with successful applicant)
Job ref
380-NK226
Employer
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Mental Health Together, Britton House, Gillingham
Town
Gillingham
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/09/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust logo

Administrator

Band 3

 

The CQC rates us as an Outstanding organisation for Caring with an overall rating of Good

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce across the Trust. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.

Would you like to work flexibly?  In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.

 Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

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Job overview

We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic Administrator who has a strong sense of initiative and an excellent team working ability to join our Mental Health Together team.

Mental Health Together is a new service to improve the way people are supported with their mental health in the community. It gives people faster access to care that is more personalised, with support from one place so someone won’t deal with lots of different organisations for each part of the help they are offered. 

This post offers an excellent opportunity to work in an interesting and developing service environment. You will be offered considerable opportunities for training and professional development.

Please visit  Mental Health Together for more information about the service.

The team comprises consultant psychiatrists, community psychiatric nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, support workers and administrative staff and many more.

Main duties of the job

  • Be the friendly voice answering phones and responding to inquiries.
  • Manage the team's schedule, efficiently booking appointments for our service users.
  • Prepare and meticulously maintain clinical records and correspondence.
  • Processing referrals received to the service. 
  • Assisting clinical staff with administrative tasks required to support the team.

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 in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

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

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every day
We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

 

Our vision is where we want to be in the future
To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

 

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role. 

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in administration and administrative work
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in a health or social care setting

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • IT skills and a knowledge of Microsoft Packages
Desirable criteria
  • Booking and diary management knowledge

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareNo smoking policyHSJ Best places to workCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStep into health

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Georgia Eastland
Job title
Business Admin Coordinator
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01634 973100
Additional information

 

 

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