Mental Health Legislation Administrator

Job summary

Are you motivated, organised and passionate about working in mental health? The Mental Health Legislation team are looking for you to join their friendly and supportive team as a Mental Health Legislation administrator, based at St Ann's Hospital, Poole.

You will provide administration around the use of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty safeguards across the organisation. As a team we are passionate about supporting service users and their relatives in understanding mental health legislation and how it affects them. We also work closely with many of the clinical areas within the Trust by providing advice on the use of legislation and how to apply relevant Codes of Practice. In addition, we work with many external agencies and professionals such as Local Authorities, Ministry of Justice, Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, Advocacy services and MH solicitors.

We provide a robust induction programme and the opportunity to further you career development by enhancing your knowledge through specialised learning. It can lead to progression with the team or further with in the trust.

This post is full-time hours of 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 08:30 - 17:00. We can be flexible, and support start time arrangements to balance work and childcare. The role is based at St. Ann's Hospital, although rare you will need to be willing to travel across our Dorset sites for inpatient appeals and supporting the wider team.

Main duties of the job

Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

Key tasks a successful applicant might find themselves undertaking in this role include:

• organising service user appeals against section;
• ensuring service users are lawfully detained
• supporting clinicians to meet statutory timescales
• ensuring service users have been informed of their rights
• sending notifications to the Care Quality Commission about care and treatment patients have received

About us

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference.Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, and expand your skill set. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.