Mental Health Act Legislation Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Mental Health Act Legislation Officer to join our forward thinking Trust. The successful candidate will be part of a small team responsible for the provision of Mental Health Act administration across the Trust, based at Derwent Unit, Chesterfield. To work closely with colleagues in the Mental Health Act legislation team to ensure high quality systems and procedures are in place in order to comply with the administration requirements of the MHA.

You will need to be a self-motivated individual with good knowledge of the Mental Health Act.

Responsibilities include:

receiving and scrutinising MHA statutory documents, arranging for amendments to be made within the legal timescale: requesting reports and organising Mental Health Tribunals, sending out section expiry reminders to clinical teams. The candidate will need to be able to prioritise their workload, liaise with consultants, clinical teams, social services, solicitors, Care Quality commission, service users and their relatives. The candidate will need to have excellent administrative and organisational skills, together with the ability to communicate at all levels.

A sound knowledge and good understanding of the complexities of the MHA and ability to disseminate information appropriately within your area of responsibility. To develop and maintain good working relationships both internally and externally. To support and advise colleagues, patients and their nearest relatives on the MHA and associated procedures.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities