Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health Act
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 334-NCL-7424010-MU
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- South London and the Maudsley NHS Trust
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £37,259 - £45,356 Per Annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior MHA Coordinator
NHS AfC: Band 5
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
1. To support the department and Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDT) to increase compliance with the MHA by reviewing data to identify areas where good practice measures are required.
2. To support members of the frontline clinical teams to help identify MHA issues and address potential errors before they occur, and where necessary, attend clinical reviews and relevant meetings
3. To ensure service deliverables are maintained in accordance with the statutory provisions of the Mental Health Act
4. To provide supervisory and managerial support to the Mental Health Act Co-ordinators
5. To meet and maintain Trust standards for the MHA Offices
Main duties of the job
1) The post holder will provide effective MHA operations to clinical teams through monitoring and implementing the In-Reaching Model.
2) To organise the work of the MHA Office in order to meet the Trust Working Practice standards for the MHA Department
3) To provide weekly reminders to the clinical teams regarding key MHA actions including expiry dates, consent to treatment and hearing requirements.
4) To line-manage the MHA Co-ordinators within the team, providing supervision, training and appraisals.
5) To identify training needs and provide team-based training sessions to address issues and promote best and safe legal practice
6) To ensure clinical records and supportive databases are maintained to a high standard.
7) To be available to attend and support Care Quality Commission visits at short notice.
8) To scrutinise section papers and arrange amendments in line with the Act under supervision
9) To be responsible for the ordering of stocks and supplies ensuring that the cost of the materials remains within the identified budget for that area and monitor the non-pay budget for the MHA Office
10) To complete preliminary investigations following incidents involving the misuse of the Mental Health Act jointly with MHA Leadership
Working for our organisation
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1) To provide appropriate quarterly statistics and data relating to the use and operation of the Mental Health Act as instructed by the MHA Team Leader
2) To provide additional data to the MHA Team Manager and Associate Director of MH Legislation as required
3) To support the MHA Team Leaders in the training of clinical staff and teams
4) To participate in local Operational Directorate Mental Health Law Committees
5) To co-ordinate and support the appropriate preparations for visits of the Care Quality Commission
6) To alert the MHA Team Leaders to any operational difficulties
7) To provide support to other colleagues, demonstrating the Trust values, when required, including covering on site where needed.
8) To ensure the office is adequately covered, in particular during periods of annual leave and sickness
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • GCSE or equivalent English and Maths
Desirable criteria
- • Qualification in MH Law or other relevant qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience in the operation of the Mental Health Act
- • In-depth working knowledge of office procedures
- • Experience of compiling statistics and data reporting
- • Experience of working with office procedures
Desirable criteria
- • Experience in legal related work
- • Experience of a Mental Health treatment setting
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- • In-depth working knowledge of the Mental Health Act
- • In-depth knowledge of Microsoft applications
- • Experience of delivering training and supervising staff
- • Ability to prioritise and case manage the workload
Desirable criteria
- • Working knowledge of other related legislation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Viveen Decosta
- Job title
- MHA Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07546 560877
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