Mental Health Act Hearings Co-ordinator | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

OverviewThe 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 in line with Trust policy.

Responsibilities

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 up to date accordingly.

Qualifications and skills

Have excellent communication skills.

Disability Confident: A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

About KMPT / Equal OpportunitiesWe 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 ..... full job details .....