# Specialist Mental Health Law Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-mental-health-law-practitioner/1e0db56f-9dda-44af-876b-db904219f638 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-mental-health-law-practitioner/1e0db56f-9dda-44af-876b-db904219f638.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Hellesdon Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health professionals - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 gross per annum (pro rata) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-04T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-18T08:00:50.769Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health_Law/Mental_Health_Law-v8305301 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8305301?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Specialist Mental Health Law Practitioner for Norfolk. Working alongside their counterpart in Suffolk, the postholder will be an expert in all aspect of mental health legislation. The post holder will work across NSFT sites in Norfolk, in order to provide hands on support to clinical staff and provide specialist advice to the Associate Hospital Managers. The successful applicants will play an important part in helping to ensure NSFT meets its statutory obligations and in delivering on the forthcoming changes to the MHA. ### Main duties of the job You will report to, and deputise for, the Deputy of Head of Mental Health Law for Norfolk and will support all the senior leadership in the Mental Health Law Team. You will focus on supporting the management of Mental Health Law Administration as it relates to clinical practice and assisting with strategic leadership in the Trust on mental health law matters. You will provide cover for their Suffolk counterpart . You will work closely together to ensure consistency across the trust and to work on joint projects The successful applicants will be dynamic and self-motivated, with a passion for safeguarding vulnerable individuals. Whilst training and professional support will be available, applicants require an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the MHA , MCA and DoLS with experience of working within a complex health or social care organisation. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! Some of the benefits you can expect: - NHS pension - a comprehensive in house & external training programmes - career progression - starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) - staff physio service - NHS discounts and many more. Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Ability to travel to all Trust locations within Norfolk and Suffolk - Excellent time management skills - Ability to take an organsation wide perspective ### Skills **Essential** - Competence and experience in clinical or other record systems - Analytic skills including ability to analyse information from varied sources and draw conclusions - Ability to manage competing priorities and delivery to tight deadlines ### Knowledge **Essential** - Detailed knowledge of Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2005 and other relevant mental health law - To have good knowledge and understanding of confidential information management including principles of safe information sharing ### Qualifications **Essential** - First degree in Nursing or Health/Social Care related profession or equivalent experience - Masters level or equivalent relevant experience or PG Certificate Mental Health Law plus relevant experience **Desirable** - Recognised leadership/management qualification - Masters level or equivalent experience ## Documents - [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863) - [mental health law team structure 2026 (pdf, 96.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10625094) - [specialist mental health law practitioner (pdf, 368.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10625093) - [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.