Mental Health Legislation Administrator

www.healthjobsuk.com - jobboard; West Bromwich; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job description

Employer Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type NHS

Site Hallam Street Hospital

Town West Bromwich

Salary £26,530 - £29,114 per annum

Salary period Yearly

Closing 17/04/2025 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 4

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for highly motivated individuals to join the mental health legislation team. To support the Mental Health Legislation department in ensuring effective implementation of legal administrative duties. There are 2 posts and will be office based, sites to be agreed.

Main duties of the job

• Scrutinising section papers
• Ensuring that diaries and spreadsheets are updated with listings of hearings
• Notifying all parties concerned regarding report deadlines and dates of hearings
• Chasing up reports for all Tribunal and Managers Hearings
• Data input of Section within the Mental Health Act spreadsheet
• Support with Mental Health Act Audits
• Attending Meeting in the absence of the Mental Health Administrator
• Liaise with external Agencies & the Multi-disciplinary Team within the Hospital setting

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To assist in the administration of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards/Liberty Protection Safeguards (DoLS/LPS) process.

This is an office based role and the hours of work are full-time (37.5): 9am to 5pm.

• To assist the day-to-day functioning of the service.
• To review, scrutinise and process section papers.
• Manage the MHA diaries.
• To train/supervise work of junior members of staff/apprentices.
• To make arrangements for Tribunals, chase reports, liaise with professionals and service users. To assist with ensuring that the hearings run smoothly.
• Maintain electronic systems. To enter MHA details and upload MHA paperwork onto the RiO system in a timely manner, ensuring a high degree of accuracy at all times.

Person specification

• Able to work under pressure
• Awareness/knowledge of the Mental Health Act

** Please Note that Internal at Risk Employees will be given preference for this position**

We reserve the right to bring the closing date forward for this vacancy at any time should we receive an overwhelming response of applications. We therefore encourage applicants to apply early if you wish to be considered for this post.

If you do not hear from the recruitment 4 weeks within the advertised closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful at the shortlisting stage. Please ensure that you check your emails on a regular basis for any recruitment updates regarding this vacancy.

The salary range quoted is as per NHS Agenda for Change pay structures. This is based on the number of years’ working directly within the NHS at the advertised pay band. Experience gained with other NHS Trusts will apply, but candidates without prior experience working direct for the NHS would normally be appointed at the lowest point unless they can demonstrate the equivalent experience and then be eligible for incremental increases in future years.

Successful applicants for clinical posts up to and including Band 4 are expected to hold the national Care Certificate qualification and will be supported to attain this once in post.

The Trust is committed to equal opportunities, providing opportunities for flexible working and is a non-smoking organisation.

As a Trust we are passionate about Anti-Racism, Disability Inclusion, and LGBTQ+ Equality, and are committed to diversifying our staff team in all areas and at all levels of seniority to better reflect the diverse communities we serve. Therefore, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from people who belong to a minority or marginalised community, including from Black and Asian, Disabled (including hidden disabilities such as Neurodiversity, Mental Health, etc), or Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans or Queer (LGBTQ+) people.

Furthermore, Disabled applicants have the option of requesting that their application is considered under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS). Please indicate your intention to apply under the GIS in the relevant section of your application. Regardless of whether you participate in the scheme or have shared a disability, you will be provided the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments to the interview process at each stage of the recruitment process.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.