Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Mental Health Act Hearings Co-ordinator*%

The closing date is 22 May 2025

Job summary

The Mental Health Act Hearings Co-ordinator is an integral post within the expanding Mental Health Administration Team. This position is primarily to arrange all patient's Associate Hospital Managers reviews within a timely manner.

The post is for six months to cover maternity leave as a Hybrid position.

Main duties of the job

To liaise with professionals for timely submission of reports.

To ensure all patient reviews are undertaken in accordance with the mental health act legislation and code of practice.

To ensure all decisions are cascaded to participants.

To keep internal processes and spreadsheets upto date accordingly.

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.

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Details

Date posted

08 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year pro rata

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-SS0653

Job locations

Hybrid

Little Bourne Road

Canterbury

CT1 8BP


Job description

Job responsibilities

To arrange patient reviews

Liaison to establish reports in a timely manner

Work on spreadsheets using Excel and complete databases accordingly.

Have excellent communication skills

Job description

Job responsibilities

To arrange patient reviews

Liaison to establish reports in a timely manner

Work on spreadsheets using Excel and complete databases accordingly.

Have excellent communication skills

Person Specification

Excellent interpersonal skills

Essential

  • Administration experience
  • One year experience

Desirable

  • Good Time Management

Good use of word packages

Essential

  • Have excellent keyboard skills

Desirable

  • Good knowledge of an NHS setting

Good Communication skills

Essential

  • Good communication skills

Desirable

  • Working with Excel package
Person Specification

Excellent interpersonal skills

Essential

  • Administration experience
  • One year experience

Desirable

  • Good Time Management

Good use of word packages

Essential

  • Have excellent keyboard skills

Desirable

  • Good knowledge of an NHS setting

Good Communication skills

Essential

  • Good communication skills

Desirable

  • Working with Excel package

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

Hybrid

Little Bourne Road

Canterbury

CT1 8BP


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

Hybrid

Little Bourne Road

Canterbury

CT1 8BP


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Service - Mental Health Act Administration

Clair Rudden-Vine

clair.rudden-vine@nhs.net

07884957842

Details

Date posted

08 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year pro rata

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-SS0653

Job locations

Hybrid

Little Bourne Road

Canterbury

CT1 8BP


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