Mental Health Act Administration Assistant | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
| Posting date: | 23 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,768 per annum (inclusive of high-cost area supplement) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 August 2025 |
| Location: | Dartford, DA2 6PB |
| Company: | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7303271/380-SS0675 |
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).
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
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.
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We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people
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To 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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This advert closes on Wednesday 6 Aug 2025
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