Mental Health Act Administrator

Join Spring Wood Lodge as a Mental Health Act Administrator and enjoy a career where you are valued and supported to be the best you can be.

Working alongside the multidisciplinary team, you will be responsible for organising and coordinating First Tier Tribunals Section Renewal and Hospital Manager Appeal meetings for service users, this will see you prepare and arranging paperwork to support meetings. 

As a Mental Health Act Administrator, you will process hearings for Mental Health Tribunals and Hospital Managers Reviews, which will see you notify all parties, obtaining reports, negotiate hearing dates and venues, and providing and processing documentation in line with MHA Code of Practice and procedures. 

At Elysium, we want the best for you. That’s why you will have continuous access to a range of training courses to enable you to reach your career goals. After all, a better you means better care. That’s what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

Our Medical Health Act Administrator involves: 

• Attending Managers Review Hearings in the capacity of the MHA Administrator/Clerk
• Ensure the review satisfies the fundamental legal requirements of fairness reasonableness and lawfulness
• Following up MHA action points included in the Care Quality Commission reports submitted following visits to clinical areas
• Liaise with the consultants and nursing team to update service users information regarding the renewal of sections and consent to treatments
• Provide information to service users about their access to Independent Mental Heal Advocacy Services (IMHA)

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

• Liaise and give advice to a wide range of people from different professions
• Experience within a similar role
• Knowledge of the relevant legislation and current case law relating to the Act

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £20,436
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Career development and training
• Pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check and much more. 

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 70 services across England and Wales, providing four services including: Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is an opportunity for you to grow and move with Elysium.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.