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Client:
Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust
Location:
St Martins Hospital
Job Category:
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Yes
Job Reference:
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Job Views:
6
Posted:
22.01.2025
Expiry Date:
08.03.2025
Job Description:
Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Mental Health Act Coordinator to join our team at St Martin's Hospital. In this crucial role, you will play a vital part in ensuring the safe and lawful care of patients detained under the Mental Health Act.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Championing the Mental Health Act:
* Ensure all aspects of the Mental Health Act and its associated Code of Practice are adhered to within the hospital setting.
* Provide expert advice and guidance to hospital staff on all matters relating to the Mental Health Act.
* Training and Education:
* Deliver comprehensive training on the Mental Health Act to all relevant professionals within the hospital.
* Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the legislation and any relevant case law.
Main Duties of the Job:
* Scrutinising all MHA documents.
* Sending reminders to all professionals.
* Ensuring all appeals with the Mental Health Act tribunals are adhered to and delivered with the specified deadline dates and times.
* Managing the part-time member of staff.
* Delivering training on the Mental Health Act.
* Giving advice and guidance on the legislation.
* A sound knowledge and previous working with the MHA are a must.
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 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.
Please see job description for more details
Person Specification:
Experience in Mental Health Act Administration:
Essential:
* At least one year experience.
* Practical experience in the legislation of the Mental Health Act and Code of Practice.
Desirable:
* Managing staff.
* Desirable training experience.
Experience of implementing and managing the Mental Health Act:
Essential:
* At least one year experience.
Desirable:
* Certification of managing staff.
Experience:
Essential:
* At least one year experience.
Desirable:
* Knowledge of DOLS.
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