Specialist mental health law practitioner

Specialist Mental Health Law Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Specialist Mental Health Law Practitioner for Norfolk.

Working alongside their counterpart in Suffolk, the postholder will be an expert in all aspect of mental health legislation.

The post holder will work across NSFT sites in Norfolk, in order to provide hands on support to clinical staff and provide specialist advice to the Associate Hospital Managers.

The successful applicants will play an important part in helping to ensure NSFT meets its statutory obligations and in delivering on the forthcoming changes to the MHA.

Main duties of the job

You will report to, and deputise for, the Deputy of Head of Mental Health Law for Norfolk and will support all the senior leadership in the Mental Health Law Team. You will focus on supporting the management of Mental Health Law Administration as it relates to clinical practice and assisting with strategic leadership in the Trust on mental health law matters.

You will provide cover for their Suffolk counterpart. You will work closely together to ensure consistency across the trust and to work on joint projects.

The successful applicants will be dynamic and self-motivated, with a passion for safeguarding vulnerable individuals.

Whilst training and professional support will be available, applicants require an in‑depth knowledge and understanding of the MHA , MCA and DoLS with experience of working within a complex health or social care organisation.

Job responsibilities

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• NHS discounts and many more.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• First degree in Nursing or Health/Social Care related profession or equivalent experience
• Recognised leadership/management qualification

Skills

• Competence and experience in clinical or other record systems
• Analytic skills including ability to analyse information from varied sources and draw conclusions
• Ability to manage competing priorities and delivery to tight deadlines

Knowledge

• Detailed knowledge of Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2005 and other relevant mental health law
• To have good knowledge and understanding of confidential information management including principles of safe information sharing

Other

• Ability to travel to all Trust locations within Norfolk and Suffolk
• Ability to take an organisation wide perspective

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£49,387 to £56,515 a yeargross per annum (pro rata)