Mental Health Act Administrator Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Florin Chilian; Dartford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join an expanding Mental Health Act Team in Dartford, where you will play a vital role in providing exceptional mental health services. This dynamic position requires a strong understanding of the Mental Health Act and excellent communication skills to liaise with service users and healthcare professionals. You will be responsible for managing your workload, conducting audits, and providing training to ensure compliance with standards. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a compassionate team dedicated to delivering outstanding care within a supportive environment. Embrace the chance to make a meaningful impact in the lives of those we serve while enjoying a fulfilling career.

Qualifications

• Experience with Mental Health Act and ability to prioritize tasks.
• Strong communication skills for liaising with various professionals.

Responsibilities

• Scrutinizing section paperwork and liaising with service users and doctors.
• Providing training and conducting audits in line with Mental Health Act standards.

Skills

Mental Health Act knowledge

General administration skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Time management

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an expanding and dynamic Mental Health Act Team in Dartford.

The post holder ideally would suit someone with Mental Health Act knowledge and experience alongside the ability to work in a fast-paced office environment. The 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 22.5 hours across three days: 7.5 hours on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Days are not negotiable.

1. Scrutinising section paperwork with the meaning of the Mental Health Act and Code of Practice.
2. Liaising with service users, doctors, and other professional teams to arrange patient tribunals.
3. Undertaking audits across acute wards in line with the Mental Health Act standards.
4. Providing training to nurses, doctors, and other allied professionals.
5. Excellent communication skills are required to ensure the best possible liaison for patients.

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.

1. Effectively manage own time and resources.
2. To assist with MHA scrutiny visits.
3. 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.

This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Jan 2025.

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