Assistant Mental Health Act Compliance Officer

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Mental Health Act Compliance Officer to join our Mental Health Act team, based at Woodlands, Ipswich Hospital Site, Ipswich. This is a Band 3, full time role.

There is excellent potential for career advancement existing within the team.

Once fully trained the successful candidate will be able to be subject to a hybrid working pattern in line with the Trust's Flexible working policy.

We are inviting applications from enthusiastic individuals who will work with the existing Mental Health Act Compliance Team to assist in the provision of a comprehensive Mental Health Act service to the Trust.

You must be a good, clear communicator and have the ability to deal with issues as they arise. An understanding of confidentiality and data protection is essential.

The ability to prioritise and work on your own initiative, reliability, diplomacy, flexibility and adaptability are key to this position.

The post requires a working knowledge of Microsoft Office software packages.

Main duties of the job

Maintaining the Section 117 Registers: Maintain existing reminder system for clinicians with S117 responsibility. Oversee and support the administration process of the Section 117 after-care service ensuring the completeness and accuracy of the Section 117 records.

Maintain existing systems to register people subject to Section 136 MHA, record Section 136 documentation. This includes data entry and scanning and uploading of documentation.

To assist and support the Mental Health Act Compliance Officers with tasks associated with recording MHA data and maintaining compliance with the MHA.

Support MHA Compliance Officers in timely booking of Associate Hospital Manager appeal and renewal hearings and administrative tasks associated with the same.

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 are an improving Trust, with ambitious aspirations and pushing ahead with exciting transformation work. We have strong, established nursing 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.

Benefits included with this role are:-

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits and in addition:

• Flexible working hours
• Up to 307 hours holiday entitlement (subject to length of service)
• FREE physio service
• Cycle scheme tax-free bikes and accessories
• Support with revalidation
• Post graduate training opportunities

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Woodlands

Ipswich Hospital Site, Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Woodlands

Ipswich Hospital Site, Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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