Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Mental Health Act Administration Assistant

The closing date is 06 August 2025

Job summary

A team player is required for a busy Mental Health Act team based within Little Brook Hospital, Bow Arrow Lane, Dartford. You will need to be flexible, able to prioritise your workload and have excellent communication skills.

The role will involve assisting the Mental Health Act Teams across three localities, including scanning and uploading documents onto patient's computer records and checklists. Assisting with the e-medication system. Sending patient letter, answering the telephone for the department. Assisting the MHA Co-ordinator when an onsite patient review is taking place.

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. 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 £1,258 and a maximum payment of £2,121. (The agreed annual amount will be divided into 12 equal amounts and paid monthly).

Main duties of the job

Undertake any administrative duties deemed appropriate by the Head of Service.

This will include, but not be limited to the handling sensitive material and scanning. Uploading and filing Mental Health Act documentation.

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.

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

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 strategyOur 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

23 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£25,768 a year per annum (inclusive of high-cost area supplement)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-SS0675

Job locations

Little Brook Hospital, Dartford

Bow Arrow Lane

Dartford

DA2 6PB


Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Training, Qualifications and Registration

Essential

  • English Language GCSE or Equivalent to Grade C or above
  • Experience of Excel computer package

Desirable

  • Word Processing or Pitmans Typewriting/keyboard skills/qualification to level 2 or equivalent
  • Experience of powerpoint package

Experience

Essential

  • Good communication skills
  • Good use of English Language
  • Some experience of working with systems and generating of spreadsheets/data

Desirable

  • Desirable NHS setting previously

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Some experience of working in a systematic and organised way

Desirable

  • Some Mental Health Act knowledge desirable but not essential
Person Specification

Training, Qualifications and Registration

Essential

  • English Language GCSE or Equivalent to Grade C or above
  • Experience of Excel computer package

Desirable

  • Word Processing or Pitmans Typewriting/keyboard skills/qualification to level 2 or equivalent
  • Experience of powerpoint package

Experience

Essential

  • Good communication skills
  • Good use of English Language
  • Some experience of working with systems and generating of spreadsheets/data

Desirable

  • Desirable NHS setting previously

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Some experience of working in a systematic and organised way

Desirable

  • Some Mental Health Act knowledge desirable but not essential

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, Dartford

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, Dartford

Bow Arrow Lane

Dartford

DA2 6PB


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

Clair Rudden-Vine, Head of Service

c.rudden-vine@nhs.net

07884957842

Details

Date posted

23 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£25,768 a year per annum (inclusive of high-cost area supplement)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-SS0675

Job locations

Little Brook Hospital, Dartford

Bow Arrow Lane

Dartford

DA2 6PB


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