MHA Administator

1)Provide administration support to the Senior MHA Coordinator and MHA Team Leader including additional support to the AHM hearing team when required.

2) The post holder will be providing MHA administration to individual wards through a newly created Mental Health Act In-Reaching Model.

3) Tosupport the Senior MHA Coordinator to complete the weekly reminder table for all MHA actions and compliance.

4)To ensure the rights of patients are supported through close working relationships with the Mental Health Tribunal service and the Associate Hospital Managers hearing systems. The post holder will arrange and co-ordinate all hearings/reviews.

5)To ensure records are maintained in an orderly manner including use of the MHA tab on the patient record system and any other clinical systems, registers/logs managed by the MH Law team.

6) To raise the profile of the MH Law department and maintain professionalism through liaison with patients, carers, staff including external stakeholders in relation to the operation of the Act as appropriate.

7) To be available to attend and support with Care Quality Commission visits at short notice.

8) To provide cover at all Trust Sites when required

1)Provide administration support to the Senior MHA Coordinator and MHA Team Leader including additional support to the AHM hearing team when required.

2) The post holder will be providing MHA administration to individual wards through a newly created Mental Health Act In-Reaching Model.

3) Tosupport the Senior MHA Coordinator to complete the weekly reminder table for all MHA actions and compliance.

4)To ensure the rights of patients are supported through close working relationships with the Mental Health Tribunal service and the Associate Hospital Managers hearing systems. The post holder will arrange and co-ordinate all hearings/reviews.

5)To ensure records are maintained in an orderly manner including use of the MHA tab on the patient record system and any other clinical systems, registers/logs managed by the MH Law team.

6) To raise the profile of the MH Law department and maintain professionalism through liaison with patients, carers, staff including external stakeholders in relation to the operation of the Act as appropriate.

7) To be available to attend and support with Care Quality Commission visits at short notice.

8) To provide cover at all Trust Sites when required

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.

Qualifications

Essential: - oGCSE or equivalent English and Maths

Experience

Desirable: - Experience in legal related work; - Experience of a Mental Health treatment setting; - Experience in the operation of the Mental Health Act

Knowledge / Skills