Elysium Healthcare
Mental Health Act and Compliance Administrator
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Mental Health Act and Compliance Administrator
Are you an experienced administrator with a passion for maintaining high standards and an eye for detail - ideally with knowledge of the Mental Health Act or a qualification in it - looking for a new challenge? If so, join Chadwick Lodge as a Mental Health Act and Compliance Administrator.
About the Role
As the Mental Health Act and Compliance Administrator you will work as part of the administration team at a medium and low secure services providing specialist treatment programmes for service users who have been detained under the Mental Health Act (1983) and have a history of offending behaviour.
You will work 37.5 hours. In this role, you’ll ensure full compliance with the Mental Health Act and related legislation, safeguarding the rights and interests of our service users at every stage. You’ll manage key documentation and processes linked to detention, consent, appeals and statutory reporting, while maintaining accurate records and supporting the smooth running of meetings and multidisciplinary communication.
Alongside this, you’ll assist with the governance and compliance activity across the hospital including coordination of policy and protocol implementation, working with data and dashboards to monitor compliance and produce quality reports for internal and external stakeholders. This role also includes minuting meetings and providing general administrative support to the wider team as needed.
You will liaise with clinicians, allied professionals, service users, their families, legal representatives, commissioners and official agencies, receiving and responding to enquiries and requests for information in accordance with company policy, service level agreements and statutory regulations.
Responsibilities
- Dealing with administrative tasks associated with implementation of the Mental Health Act, ensuring that all information and documentation required to effect the detention, registration and admission of an individual is correctly processed in line with policies and procedures in order that regulatory and statutory requirements are met.
- Ensuring all necessary paperwork, such as consent to treatment forms and detention renewals, is completed accurately and on time.
- Coordination of mental health tribunals and hearings and ensuring service user rights are upheld, liaising with Advocacy and Legal Services as needed.
- Completion of audits and maintaining the audit trail ensuring up-to-date and accurate information can be provided or accessed as required.
- Assisting with compliance and quality administration including maintaining records, databases and trackers, collating and analysing data, producing reports, and co-ordinating the effective implementation of policies and procedures.
- Assisting with contractual, regulatory, and other reporting; managing competing tasks and priorities whilst working to deadlines.
- Organising and servicing meetings ensuring the effective and timely production, collation and distribution of reports, minutes or other relevant documentation and monitoring the completion of action points through action trackers.
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Where You Will Be Working
Location: Chadwick Drive (off Saxon Street), Eaglestone, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK6 5LS
You will be working at Chadwick Lodge and Eaglestone View, a medium and low secure services providing specialist treatment programmes for service users who have been detained under the Mental Health Act (1983) and have a history of offending behaviour.
The service offers a broad spectrum of evidence-based therapeutic interventions, involving service users at every stage. The hospital’s consultant-led multidisciplinary team has a wealth of clinical and research experience in forensic psychiatry. All programmes are designed to reduce the risk of re-offending and to maximise the potential and enhance the quality of life of each service user.
Chadwick Lodge secure services care for service users with complex and enduring mental illness who need to achieve stability in order to benefit from multidisciplinary interventions, helping them move on to community settings whenever possible.
To Be Successful In This Role, You'll Need
- Educated to GCSE level of equivalent including English and Maths
- Administration or secretarial experience is essential including diary management, minuting meetings, and customer service.
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 (Amended November 2007) and associate legislation, with experience of working with the Mental Health Act desirable.
- IT skills including being competent in the use of Microsoft office applications, especially Word, Excel and Outlook, as well as setting up video conferencing meetings, and working with electronic data and record systems.
- Exceptional organisational skills and ability to manage competing tasks and priorities whilst working to deadlines.
- The ability to work with complex databases, dashboards, spreadsheets, and electronic patient records.
- Computer literate (Microsoft Office preferred), including Word and Excel.
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting is desirable.
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What You’ll Get
At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:
- Annual base salary of £27,284
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
- Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
- Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
- Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
- Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
- 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
- Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
- Pension contribution, to help secure your future
- Free/subsidised meals and onsite/local free parking
About Your Next Employer
Elysium Healthcare has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
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