Mental Health Legislation Coordinator

Job overview

You will work as a member of the Mental Health Legislation Team. You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with the legal requirements of the Mental Health Act and associated legislation by coordinating a variety of interconnected quality improvement and compliance projects; this will include analysing data, drafting reports, coordinating audits and maintaining policies.

You will provide an important role in ensuring that patient rights are identified, clearly communicated to the relevant people and facilitated in line with the legislation, managing complex cases in an effective, efficient and sensitive manner. You will also be expected to use your specialist knowledge of mental health legislation and regulation to oversee and provide assurance on the effective administration of the department, provide relevant training sessions and advise Trust officers.

You will have day-to-day contact with Trust employees at all levels and must maintain excellent working relationships with external organisations as well, including Lincolnshire County Council, solicitors, CQC and the Tribunal service

Main duties of the job

Provide accurate and complex advice to staff on practical aspects of mental health legislation.

Share the management of a generic inbox of all MHA related queries, varying in complexity.

Identify the need for, schedule, and coordinate relevant audits of the Trust’s use of, and compliance with mental health legislation. Provide analysis of the results and make relevant recommendations to appropriate colleagues to improve compliance. Ensure an annual schedule and action log of MHA audits is maintained.

Identify and coordinate quality improvement projects. Ensure that advice provided and recommendations made are clear, consistent, and reflected in relevant policies and procedures, independently coordinating and communicating updates to key team documents when necessary.

Support inpatient wards by developing and maintaining close professional relationships, ensuring the effective implementation of the heatmap audit system.

Support the senior managers of Divisions by providing monthly summaries of MHA related issues for review and analysis within Divisional Management Team Meetings.

Provide focused training sessions on specific parts of the Mental Health Act to relevant groups of Trust officers.

Collate and analyse Mental Health Act data to inform the drafting of detailed reports for a variety of audiences.

Provide ongoing training, mentoring and leadership to Mental Health Legislation Administrators.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

Provide accurate and complex advice to staff on practical aspects of mental health legislation.

Share the management of a busy generic inbox which acts as the single point of access for the entire Trust for all MHA related queries, varying in complexity and urgency.

Identify the need for, schedule, and coordinate relevant audits of the Trust’s use of, and compliance with mental health legislation. Provide analysis of the results and make relevant recommendations to appropriate colleagues to improve compliance. Ensure an annual schedule and action log of MHA audits is maintained.

Identify and coordinate quality improvement projects based on advice provided, management of the inbox and audits completed. Ensure that advice provided and recommendations made are clear, consistent, and reflected in relevant policies and procedures, independently coordinating and communicating updates to key team documents when necessary.

Support inpatient wards by developing and maintaining close professional relationships, ensuring the effective implementation of the heatmap audit system.

Support the senior managers of Divisions by providing monthly summaries of MHA related issues for review and analysis within Divisional Management Team Meetings.

Provide focused training sessions on specific parts of the Mental Health Act to relevant groups of Trust officers.

Collate and analyse Mental Health Act data to inform the drafting of detailed reports for a variety of audiences.

Provide ongoing training, mentoring and leadership to Mental Health Legislation Administrators.

Due to the UKVI immigration changes we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.