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Mental Health Act Administrator, West Midlands
Client:
Priory Group
Location:
West Midlands, United Kingdom
Job Category:
-
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
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Job Views:
4
Posted:
16.02.2025
Expiry Date:
02.04.2025
Job Description:
Mental Health Act Administrator
Reference: PRI99204
Location: Priory Group Division
Hours: 37.5
Vacancy Type: Permanent - Full Time
Job Advert - Division Information: Providing quality, inspiring innovation and delivering value is what we set out to achieve at Priory Healthcare. Enabling our patients with mental health illness to receive a truly integrated and holistic approach to their treatment, regardless of complexity or severity, thanks to the knowledge and expertise of our multidisciplinary clinical teams.
Job Advert Location Description: Responsible for ensuring administration of the Mental Health Act and supporting sites and teams in interpreting and applying the Act, Regulations, statutory guidance and policies and procedures. Receiving and scrutinising legal paperwork on behalf of Hospital Directors, ensuring governance and quality processes are applied.
Responsibilities include:
1. Manage the efficient administration of the Mental Health Act (MHA) within the area of responsibility and prioritise workload to meet constantly changing demands.
2. Ensure compliance with the MHA 1983, amendments to the act and the revised MHA Code of Practice.
3. Support and advise staff, service users and relatives on the MHA 1983 and associated procedures.
4. Ensure effective creation and maintenance of legal files for service users subject to the Act, safeguarding confidential information and statutory documentation.
5. Maintain accurate data in relation to the use of the Act to provide statistical information for national and local reporting processes.
6. Support the service in any administration related to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards where required and identify and escalate any issues.
7. Receive and scrutinise statutory documentation; ensure that errors are rectified within the legal timescale; be responsible for identifying an invalidating error and following documented procedures after consultation with the Hospital Director/Director of Clinical Services and Regional Mental Health Law Lead.
8. Provide training to nurses, doctors and other professionals on the Mental Health Act and statutory guidance.
9. Monitor, remind and record changes in legal status and appropriate documentation, informing Consultants and nursing staff of legal requirements relating to detained patients i.e. renewal of sections, consent to treatment etc.
10. Be responsible for the efficient and effective processing of hearings in relation to MH tribunals and Hospital Directors review, ensuring all relevant parties are notified, reports have been obtained and helping to negotiate hearing dates and venues, providing and processing documentation in accordance with the MHA Code of Practice and Divisional Policies and procedures.
11. Ensure supplies of MHA documentation, statutory and in-house, are available for clinicians, service users and their nearest relatives.
12. Provide support to other MHA administrators and provide cover when required and as agreed.
13. Follow up MHA action points in Regulatory Inspection reports following visits to clinical areas.
14. Ensure as far as practicable, a safe environment in hearings for visitors and staff.
Experience, Knowledge, Education, and Skills:
* Working in an administrative team in Healthcare or legal environment advantageous.
* Excellent administrative skills.
* Working knowledge of mental health services and mental health legislation.
* Good standard of general education with GCSE or equivalent in maths and English.
* Competent in the use of Microsoft Office.
* Able to support and advise staff on the administration requirements of the MHA.
* Able to understand, interpret and apply relevant legislation, and current case law relating to the act.
* Ability to work under pressure and prioritise to meet constantly changing demands.
About us:
As one of the UK’s leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services, Priory promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development. Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.
As part of our wider infection control efforts, and to meet our commissioner and customer requirements, we continue to record vaccination status for all colleagues and we therefore request that you disclose this information as part of your Pre-Employment checks. Your vaccination status will not affect any offer of employment and will be held in line with GDPR requirements. We thank you for your understanding.
Disclosure:
All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS check.
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