Mental Health Act Administrator

1 month ago


Leicester, United Kingdom Oakleaf Recruitment Full time

**Job title**: Mental Health Act Administrator

**Location**:Barclay House 0JE, 165 Barclay St, Leicester LE3 0JE

**Rate Of Pay**: £12

**Shift Patterns**:Full time, permanent, 40 hours per week.

**Information about the Role**:
Working as a Mental Health Act Administrator at Barclay House your duties will include the following:

- Act as an advisor on the administration of the MHA and provide all departments with the appropriate section forms and rights leaflets and update these where necessary.
- Receive all papers, check for errors, then arrange for medical scrutiny or scrutinise as appropriate.
- Assist in training for all staff specific to mental health law and legislation.
- Ensure the MHA Tracker is up to date at all times and is compliant with audit requirements.
- Attending to KP90 requirements.
- Ensure that correct copies of papers are filed in the medical case notes and the original papers are kept by the MHA Administrator in the patient’s legal file.
- Send out letters to the nearest relative and all correspondence related to detained patients, and any relevant letters to patients.
- Keep a register of all detained patients and send reminders to all Consultants relating to renewals, consent to treatment, expiry dates and appeals.
- Liaise with the Tribunal Service and the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and the non-executive directors and independent hospital managers to arrange manager’s appeals
- Provide managers with statics, the Department of Health, and information for CQC visits as required.
- Be the named addressee for all correspondence for the hospital in relation to detained patients.
- Complete and audit of the patient’s legal file and the ward-based case notes on a monthly basis.

**Information about the Service**:
Barclay House is set over two floors with three distinct accommodation suites. Barclay House has 29 beds in total, 6 of which are now approved by the CQC to be hospital beds for people who may be detained under the Mental Health Act.

**Necessary Experience or Qualifications to work a Mental Health Act Administrator**:

- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Previous experience as a Mental Health Act Administrator
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook skills
- Advanced internet use skills
- LLM - Mental Health Law (desirable)

Oakleaf Recruitment are the In-House Recruitment Team for a growing group of Services and Hospitals across the UK.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Leeds LS25 1NA: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £12.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Work Location: In person



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