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PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, Stockport
- Onsite working
- Full time
- Permanent
Posted today, 31 Jan
Job ref: 09b25f3f3a19489da36f58dcd6d526fe
Full Job Description
This is a varied, busy and demanding position which requires exceptional organisational and communication skills. Duties would include ensuring that all the statutory requirements under the various pieces of Mental Health Law legislation are carried out to the highest standard, working within and maintaining the operational systems including local procedures, standards and protocols.
We are looking for an experienced person with a mature and punctilious attitude who would have the confidence and expertise to deal with sensitive and confidential issues using their own initiative in a calm and empathic manner.
The Mental Health Law Assistant will be required to work under the support and direction of the Mental Health Law Administrator.
Knowledge of Mental Health legislation would be advantageous but not essential as full training will be provided to the right person.
Use of a car or access to a means of mobility is required for cross covering other sites within Pennine Care as and when required., Take responsibility in assisting the Mental Health Law Administrator to provide an efficient and effective administration of Mental Health legislation. Ensuring through the appropriate application of office standards, policies, procedures, protocols, checklists, associated Codes of Practice and the Reference Guide that the requirements of the Act are met and the interests of the patient are safeguarded.
Assist in ensuring that patients are only detained as the Act allows; that their treatment and care accords fully with its provisions and that they are fully informed of, and are supported in exercising their statutory rights.
In the absence of the Mental Health Law Administrator, responsible for all Mental Health Law administration duties, including the co-ordination and processing of Mental Health Tribunals and all Hospital Managers reviews of detentions and appeals within their relevant timescales.
Be able to work autonomously under the direction of the MHL Administrator, taking responsibility for the prioritisation of own work tasks and schedules, ensuring high level attention to detail and accuracy throughout all work tasks undertaken.
Key responsibilities as Mental Health Law Assistant
Complying with day to day office standards protocol and checklists at all times
Ensuring that all Mental Health Law related documentation is carefully and fully scrutinised and processed within the relevant timescales dictated by the Act and Trust Policies.
To carry out day to day administration of the Act under the direction of the MHL Administrator and to ensure that all appropriate procedures required by staff within the Trust have been communicated effectively and monitored for completion/action. Escalating any concerns in a failure to complete the procedures within the team and under the direction of the MHL Administrator to other team/ward managers as required and within a timely manner.
To receive and administratively scrutinise all MHA paperwork on behalf of the Trust which includes both statutory and non-statutory forms.
To ensure that section papers are all legally acceptable and to bring any possible irregularities or legal deficits to the attention of the Mental Health Law Administrator/ Co-ordinator/Mental Health Law Manager for action. This includes using/completing locally identified tools and checklists to complete this and returning paperwork to the relevant professionals for amendments under Section 15 of the MHA. Ensuring a record is maintained of all scrutiny issues to inform MHL processes within the Trust and monitor and track individual papers.
To ensure timely notification of detention dates/expiries/legal requirements to all appropriate professionals and the patients nearest relative as appropriate.
Registration on Paris, Mental Health Act recording systems and registers of information on all detained patients, cross referencing and updating files/data for total accuracy and recording any changes in legal status across the required systems.
To ensure all office procedures and standards in relation to reminder systems in place are followed to ensure all relevant professionals are provided with timely reminders to meet relevant statutory requirements including but not limited to - expiry of detention, renewal of detention, nearest relative, patient rights, consent to treatment due dates, referrals to the Mental Health Tribunal (MHT)/Hospital Managers etc.
Organising transfers (section 19) to and from the Trust and ensuring that the relevant documentation accompanies the patients.
To maintain an effective and safe system for storage of all MHA section papers which meets the local requirements and ensure accessibility and archiving procedures are in place for the Trust.
To ensure there is an adequate supply of statutory and non-statutory paperwork and rights leaflets and to order supplies when necessary for staff
Dealing with general queries from staff in relation to detained patients. Taking details of legal queries for the Mental Health Law Administrator in their absence.
Assisting the Mental Health Law Administrator to co-ordinate the Care Quality Commission visits by preparing the required data, programmes, notices and information for patients and relevant staff.
To ensure inpatient wards and units are supplied with copies of detention papers, rights leaflets and general information relating to the Mental Health Act. Working with wards and unit to provide, improve and review their access to MHA information and promote key safeguards such as CQC visits, hearings and advocacy.
To ensure the Trust's identified data systems are maintained, updated and quality checked on a weekly basis to feed into the Trust's monitoring and reporting processes and enable statutory returns and local reports on the MHA activity.
Meeting with clients and/or their relatives and offering support and advice relating to their rights.
Assisting in the monitoring/auditing process for sections, assessments, treatment orders etc. and taking part in the Trust's MHL audit programme as required.
To support other members of the team when and where necessary including cross covering other boroughs as and when required during busy periods, periods of sickness and leave
Manage local distribution lists and dissemination of relevant information including weekly ward views and MHL updates with support from the MHL Administrator.
Supporting the MHL Administrator with any necessary work required with the local MHL forums including assisting in and printing of agendas and taking minutes.
Patient Rights
To ensure, through the issue of standard letters and working with wards and teams, that detained patients are informed of the reasons of their detention in hospital or community section and are periodically advised of their rights in line with the Trust policy.
To develop and maintain monitoring systems to ensure detained and patients subject to a Community Treatment Order are advised of their rights on a regular basis and as a minimum on those occasions outlined in the Trust policy.
To assist patients with legal representation or advocacy advice, including the statutory advocacy service.
To process any requests by Nearest Relatives requesting the discharge of their relative and to ensure statutory timescales are adhered to.
To write to and provide the Nearest Relative with information regarding their relatives detention where appropriate and adhering to the Data Protection Act.
Meeting with clients and/or their relatives and offering support and advice relating to their rights.
Appeals/referrals to the Hospital Managers (HMs)- Section 23
To ensure that all appeals to the HMs hearings are dealt with promptly and that all such requests are processed within the time limits specified by the Trust.
To set up hearings by organising a panel of associate hospital managers, keeping a record of all requests and outcomes to allow monitoring by the Trust and the HMs' Committee.
To develop and maintain reminder system to ensure the Trust fulfils its commitment to organise automatic reviews for those patients whose detention has been renewed, including automatic referrals following the statutory time periods.
To liaise with relevant care professionals, solicitors, advocates and relatives to ensure that the required reports, information and documentation is made available for the hearing and that care professionals remain complaint with Trust timescales.
To book venues and ensure refreshments are arranged.
Mental Health Tribunal (MHT)
To ensure that all appeals to the MHT are dealt with by the MHL Team and that all requests are processed within the statutory time limits. Escalating any issues in process through the agreed escalation framework for the Trust.
To develop and maintain reminder systems to ensure that the Trust complies with the requirements of the Act in arranging automatic hearings and referrals for those patients who have not appealed against their detention within the appropriate timescales as identified in the MHA.
To book venues and ensure refreshments are arranged.
To negotiate with Trust staff, for reports, hearing dates and to confirm the necessary arrangements. This includes wider communication where there are any concerns in the Trust meeting its statutory obligations under the MHA and Tribunal Service Rules.
To liaise with relevant care professionals, solicitors, advocates and relatives to ensure that the required reports, information and documentations is available and that the Trust is compliant with statutory timescales. If statutory timescales are not met, then be responsible for escalation to the MHL Administrator.
To work in an inclusive manner identifying any opportunity to improve the processes and increase patient involvement in the MHT.
To work at all times within the confines of the Data Protection legislation and the Trust's policies on confidentiality, ensuring a Safe Haven working environment.
To safeguard at all times confidentiality of information relating to patients and staff.
To abide by all relevant trust policies and procedures.
To actively contribute to the Trust's commitment and policy surrounding anti discriminatory practice.
To prioritise workload to meet constantly changing demands. Any other duties as required by the Trust
The job description is indicative of the duties required of the post and does not form part of the contract of employment. It may be the subject of review at any time following consultation with the post holder and the Mental Health Law Manager.
General Duties of all post holders
To undertake any other reasonable duty, which is appropriate to the band, when requested by Senior Staff
To be familiar with and comply with all Trust and departmental policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines
To be aware of and work towards the Trusts strategic goals
Hints and tips for completing your application can be found here.
Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.
What happens after your application has been received?
You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.
What happens if I am offered the position after interview?
The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.
What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?
By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards. The checks are:
+ Identity verification
+ Right to work check
+ Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
+ Professional registration and/or qualification check
+ Occupational health assessment
+ Employment history and reference validation
All applicants external to NHS will be required to provide HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years. This information will used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.
If you are offer a position with is and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with government guidance. If the role you have been offer is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.
What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?
Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked on to a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.
Other important information
+ We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
+ If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
+ If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
+ Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
+ We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure you application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople, A full time opportunity has arisen in the Mental Health Law Team for a highly motivated, hard working and reliable individual to undertake administrative duties in relation to the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
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