mental health lead

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Winwick; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in England seeks a dedicated professional to lead the development and implementation of policies related to the Mental Health Act. The role involves providing specialist advice and training to staff, undertaking audits, and ensuring robust partnerships with external agencies. Candidates should demonstrate a strong understanding of mental health legislation and be committed to delivering high-quality care. This role offers an inclusive environment that values diversity and promotes equal opportunities.

Benefits

Inclusive workplace culture

Guaranteed interview for disabled candidates

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of policy and procedure.
• Provide bespoke and specialist advice and training to clinicians and managers across the Trust.
• Prepare reports on the Trust's adherence to the Mental Health Act.

Job description

Overview

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under‑represented in our workforce. We also welcome applications from reservists and ex‑armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

We have a duty and a desire to deliver the Mental Health Act to the highest possible standard with the aim of keeping patients safe. To do this the Trust needs to ensure that its staff have a sound fundamental knowledge of the legislation and that they have access to specialist knowledge and support to help them when they are faced with complex situations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of policy and procedure.
• Prepare for the implementation of any new legislation/case law.
• Provide bespoke and specialist advice and training to clinicians and managers across the Trust.
• Undertake audits to identify any gaps in the delivery of the Mental Health Act.
• Link with external agencies to ensure that partnership working is as robust as possible.
• Prepare reports to Trust committees on the Trust's adherence to the Mental Health Act.
• Lead in providing advice, scrutiny and audit of the implementation of the Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation for the Trust.
• Keep the Trust informed of emerging developments in this area, supporting other leads to ensure the Trust support principles underpinning the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.
• Be responsible for the overall professional management of the Mental Health Act.
• Interpret national policy and legislation in relation to a range of policy areas and to be responsible for the policy development of the service in regard to these areas.
• Develop and deliver training strategies for staff across the organisation that is specific to their job roles.
• Provide practical advice to all staff in relation to promoting best practice in line with key Mental Health legislation and professional and organisational responsibilities.
• Support and give expert practical advice on decision making in this area for complex cases.

Application Process

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. All information regarding your application will come from apps.trac.jobs not NHS Jobs. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust's guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.

Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email [email protected] to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role and work in Children's & Young People services to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email [email protected]) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles. Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

The use of Artificial Intelligence on applications is monitored and if you choose to use this, you must declare this on your application form.

Equal Opportunities

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is a disability confident employer and a non‑profit standing body that promotes a culture of inclusion. We comply with the Equality Act 2010, the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Data Protection Act 2018. All staff who require a personal support or particular adjustments are fully supported. We value diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity and prioritise a positive and respectful workplace in which all staff can advance and develop.

About the Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist inpatient and community mental health, learning disabilities, addiction and acquired brain injury services for the people of Liverpool, Sefton and Kirkby, Merseyside. We also provide community physical health services in Liverpool Sefton, secure mental health services for the North West of England, the West Midlands and Wales and specialist learning disability services across Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside. Our ambition is to deliver perfect care to become the world’s leading organisation in holistic health and well‑being. Mersey Care's vision and values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respect, Enthusiasm and Support (CARES) drive our organisation and the way we work together to deliver services. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate, during recruitment and any subsequent employment with the Trust, that their behaviour supports our values. 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 are 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.