Mental Health Legislation Administrator

at  Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The Mental Health Legislation Team offers a comprehensive Trust wide service to all in-patient and community services within Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust providing expertise in all aspects of the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA), Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), including associated Court of Protection (CoP) work. The team strives to deliver a consistently high standard of support to all NHFT staff offering advice, guidance and training in relation to the above legislations to ensure the Trust is lawfully compliant, maintain the Trust’s reputation and protect from unlawful practice and litigation claims.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the day to day administration of all aspects of the Mental Health Act 1983 working closely with key professionals across the Trust to ensure full compliance with the Act and associated Code of Practice.
A good working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 is required and previous experience of working with legislation and legal documents is desirable. Working within the Mental Health Legislation Team the post holder will also support work relating to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, therefore an awareness of both these legislations is desirable but not essential.
The successful candidate must be organised, have a flexible & calm approach, able to work under pressure & meet deadlines, show a willingness to learn, have excellent communication skills and a good team player. As the post is countywide it will involve travel across Northamptonshire therefore access to a car is essential .
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document

Please refer the Job description for details