Specialist Mental Health Law Practitioner

Job summary

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 jobYou 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.

About us Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?

The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Details Date posted
18 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

BandBand 7

Salary
49,387 to 56,515 a year

gross per annum (pro rata)

Contract Permanent Working  pattern

Full-time,

Part-time

Reference number
246-COR
8032923-AJob locations

Trust wide Hellesdon Hospital

NorwichNR6 5BE
United Kingdom Job description

Job responsibilities

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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 pensiona comprehensive in house & external training programmescareer progressionstarting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) staff physio serviceNHS discounts and many more.

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Job description
Job 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 pensiona comprehensive in house & external training programmescareer progressionstarting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) staff physio serviceNHS discounts and many more.

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

Person Specification

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

Skills

Essential Competence and experience in clinical or other record systems

Analytic skills including ability to analyse information from…