Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Mental Health Act Administration Assistant

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Job summary

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for an Administration Assistant to join the Mental Health Act based in Little Brook Hospital, Dartford.

Whilst the post is based within the MHA team at Dartford, the post holder will be covering work for all three Mental Health Teams, in Dartford, Canterbury, and Maidstone.

The role includes all areas of administration such as filing, uploading, photocopying, and assisting the Mental Health Co-ordinators and the Head of Service of the Mental Health Act teams.

Here are some clips of our KMPT staff, speaking about their role and why they enjoy working for us.

Working at KMPT (youtube.com)

Dartford site tour (youtube.com)

Main duties of the job

Uploading of documents in accordance with Mental Health data sets.
Providing reassurance in terms of Medical MHA scrutiny
Organising across all three areas, checklists and spreadsheets as required.
Photocopying of reports
Answering the telephone and assisting panel members on days of patient reviews.
Auditing ward reviews across all three areas
Inputting on e-med system as directed by the Mental Health Act Co-ordinator

About us

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 dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

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

Date posted

20 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-SS0579-B

Job locations

Little Brook Hospital, Greenacres Site

Bow Arrow Lane

Dartford

DA2 6PB

Job description

Job responsibilities

To make room bookings for meetings to take place (virtual and in person).
Work on own initiative to prioritise administrative procedures to meet the requirements of the department, and to work efficiently as part of a team.
The post holder will be required to undertake training and attend regular updates to achieve a working knowledge of the Act in order to carry out procedures with understanding and to provide basic advice to staff and clients when the Mental Health Administrators are absent.

Please see the job description for more information

What is High Cost Area Allowance?

The High-Cost Area (HCA) allowance, also referred to as London Weighting is a payment made to employees who work in London and the surrounding areas.

As this post is based in Dartford, Gravesham or Swanley, the successful applicant will receive an additional payment each month.

5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,192 per year and a maximum payment of £2,011 per year (the agreed annual amount will be divided into 12 equal amounts and paid monthly)

Job description

Job responsibilities

To make room bookings for meetings to take place (virtual and in person).
Work on own initiative to prioritise administrative procedures to meet the requirements of the department, and to work efficiently as part of a team.
The post holder will be required to undertake training and attend regular updates to achieve a working knowledge of the Act in order to carry out procedures with understanding and to provide basic advice to staff and clients when the Mental Health Administrators are absent.

Please see the job description for more information

What is High Cost Area Allowance?

The High-Cost Area (HCA) allowance, also referred to as London Weighting is a payment made to employees who work in London and the surrounding areas.

As this post is based in Dartford, Gravesham or Swanley, the successful applicant will receive an additional payment each month.

5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,192 per year and a maximum payment of £2,011 per year (the agreed annual amount will be divided into 12 equal amounts and paid monthly)

Person Specification

Questions

Essential

Good Computer/IT skills
Good Level of English Language

Desirable

Some Mental Health Act Knowledge preferable
Some experience of RIO or patient computer systems

Questions

Essential

Good communication skills

Desirable

Prioritising workloads and managing one's own workload

Person Specification

Questions

Essential

Good Computer/IT skills
Good Level of English Language

Desirable

Some Mental Health Act Knowledge preferable
Some experience of RIO or patient computer systems

Questions

Essential

Good communication skills

Desirable

Prioritising workloads and managing one's own workload

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Little Brook Hospital, Greenacres Site

Bow Arrow Lane

Dartford

DA2 6PB

Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Little Brook Hospital, Greenacres Site

Bow Arrow Lane

Dartford

DA2 6PB

Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)