Job overview

The Mental Health Legislation Team is looking for a motivated and hard-working Inquests and Mental Health Legislation Coordinator to support the smooth running of its Inquest caseload and Mental Health Act administration work.

You will provide an effective and dynamic Inquests and Mental Health Act 1983 compliance service to the Trust by responding to organisational and business needs and the Coroner's directions.

For any further information and to discuss the demands of the role, please contact Andrew Clark, Inquests and Mental Health Legislation Advisor via email: [email protected]

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role include:

•            Support the Inquests and Mental Health Legislation Advisor in requesting evidence for inquests; undertake reviews of draft statements and provisional reviews of internal investigation reports, highlighting any areas of conflict and concern.

•            Be a source of support to all Trust staff called to inquests. They will ensure that the Coroners specific directions have been addressed and any associated risks have been identified and managed by the relevant people.

•            Liaise with Coroner’s court in writing, by telephone and in person; divisions across the Trust,  the Trust’s experience of care team; staff who have left the Trust and other external bodies

•            Understanding of, and the ability to comply with the Coroner’s rules and regulations pertaining to timing of obtaining reports.

•            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.

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family,  Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.