Mental Health Law Administrator

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an experienced Mental Health Law Administrator to join their Mental Health Care Division in Liverpool. The successful candidate will utilize excellent administration and communication skills to support multidisciplinary teams in ensuring compliance with the Mental Health Act. Responsibilities include expertise on mental health law issues, planning training, and liaising with various agencies. The role offers a commitment to flexible working arrangements and organizational development initiatives.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Organizational development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health law administration.
• Ability to liaise with various disciplines and agencies.
• Competence in presenting information to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Providing expertise on Mental Health law issues.
• Supporting updates on action plans and reports.
• Ensuring multidisciplinary teams comply with legal requirements.
• Planning and organizing meetings and events.

Skills

Excellent administration skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Negotiating skills

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Law Administrator to join the Mental Health Care Division - Mental Health Law Administration Team based at Clock View.

The successful candidate will have excellent administration and communication skills as they will be required to liaise with various disciplines and agencies. They must be able to prioritise their work to meet strict deadlines. Attention to detail is essential as the role will involve the scrutiny of statutory documentation to ensure compliance with the MHA 1983 and current legislation.

It is mandatory to attend in house training on Mental Health Law and related topics.

Responsibilities

• Providing expertise on a range of Mental Health law related issues, particularly the Mental Health Act 1983.
• Supporting the M H Law Service Manager in updating all action plans and reports provided by the Care Quality Commission.
• Providing support to the Team Manager and M H Law Service Manager.
• Ensuring that the multi-disciplinary teams within the Trust operate in accordance with the requirements of the law and accepted good practice.
• Participating in the development and delivery of training to a wide range of multi-disciplinary staff.
• Supporting the Trust’s planning for the implementation of changes to Mental Health law.

The post holder will be required to provide and receive complex, sensitive information, coordinate a range of specialist systems and processes and should possess persuasive, motivational, negotiating skills. They will need to be confident in presenting information to a wide variety of audiences, including staff and members of the public.

They will require a range of administrative and organisational skills and skills for researching a variety of issues and proposing solutions for dealing with complex enquiries.

They must be able to plan and organise meetings and events, prioritise their work and work autonomously. The post involves contact with patients and relatives often when upset or unhappy with the circumstances of their care.

Benefits

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Contact

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Julie Lenehan Job title: Administration Operational Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07795092466