Mental Health Legislation Lead

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Winwick; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a motivated mental health lead to develop and implement policies related to the Mental Health Act. This role involves providing specialist advice, preparing reports on adherence to legislation, and ensuring effective partnership working with external agencies. The ideal candidate will demonstrate knowledge and experience in mental health practices and have a commitment to delivering safe and effective care within their organization.

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.

Job description

Role Overview

The Trust has 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.

The Trust is looking to recruit a highly motivated and knowledgeable mental health lead who will have a special focus on the Mental Health Act.

About Mersey Care NHS Foundation 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'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.