Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent: None
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 380-SS0650
- Employer
- Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Priority House
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Mental Health Act Administrator
Band 4
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
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an expanding and dynamic Mental Health Act Team in Maidstone.
This role requires someone with Mental Health Act knowledge and experience alongside the ability to work in a fast-paced office environment.
The successful candidate must be able to adapt their workload to meet the needs of the service and at times work alone as well as within a wider team. Prioritising is a must for this post, alongside general administration skills.
The post is full time Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. You may be required to travel between KMPT sites at short notice.
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).
Main duties of the job
- Scrutinising section paperwork with the meaning of the Mental Health Act and Code of Practice.
- Liaising with service users and doctors and other professional teams to arrange patient tribunals.
- Undertaking audits across acute wards in line with the Mental Health Act standards.
- Providing training to nurses, doctors and other allied professionals.
- Excellent communication skills are required to ensure the best possible liaison for patients.
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
- Effectively manage own time and resources
- To assist with MHA scrutiny visits.
- Provide advice and, when required, training on various aspects of the Mental Health Act, particularly scrutiny of documentation, to ward staff and participate in planned training events with colleagues.
Please see the attached job description for more information
Person specification
Questions
Essential criteria
- To prioritise workloads accordingly
- Mental Health Act Administration Experience
Desirable criteria
- Mental Health Act legislation knowledge
Questions
Essential criteria
- Excellent Communication Skills
Desirable criteria
- To be able to work alone at times
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clair Rudden-Vine
- Job title
- Head of Service - Mental Health Act
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07762 000851
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